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Up From Slavery
An Autobiography
byBooker Taliaferro Washington
Copyright 1900, 1901
A Public Domain Text, Copyright Expired
This volume is dedicated to my Wife
MARGARET JAMES WASHINGTON
And to my Brother
JOHN H. WASHINGTON
Whose patience, fidelity and hard work have gone far
to make the work at Tuskegee successful
PREFACE
THIS volume is the outgrowth of a series of articles, dealing with incidents in my life, which were published consecutively in the Outlook. While they were appearing in that magazine I was constantly surprised at the number of requests which came to me from all parts of the country, asking that the articles be permanently preserved in book form. I am most grateful to the Outlook for permission to gratify these requests.
I have tried to tell a simple, straightforward story, with no attempt at embellishment. My regret is that what I have attempted to do has been done so imperfectly. The greater part of my time and strength is required for the executive work connected with the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, and in securing the money necessary for the support of the institution. Much of what I have said has been written on board trains, or at hotels or railroad stations while I have been waiting for trains, or during the moments that I could spare from my work while at Tuskegee. Without the painstaking and generous assistance of Mr. Max Bennett Thrasher I could not have succeeded in any satisfactory degree.
Chapter I
A SLAVE AMONG SLAVES Chapter II
BOYHOOD DAYS Chapter III
THE STRUGGLE FOR AN EDUCATION Chapter IV
HELPING OTHERS Chapter V
THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD Chapter VI
BLACK RACE AND RED RACE Chapter VII
EARLY DAYS AT TUSKEGEE Chapter VIII
TEACHING SCHOOL IN A STABLE AND A HEN-HOUSE Chapter IX
ANXIOUS DAYS AND SLEEPLESS NIGHTS Chapter XA HARDER TASK THAN MAKING BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW Chapter XI
MAKING THEIR BEDS BEFORE THEY COULD LIE ON THEM Chapter XII
RAISING MONEY Chapter XIII
TWO THOUSAND MILES FOR A FIVE-MINUTE SPEECH Chapter XIV
THE ATLANTA EXPOSITION ADDRESS Chapter XV
THE SECRET OF SUCCESS IN PUBLIC SPEAKING Chapter XVI
EUROPE Chapter XVII
LAST WORDS
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