American Literature / Unit 12 AML 1120 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Booker T. Washington and *Up From Slavery*
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The idea
Born enslaved in Virginia, Washington worked in coalmines and salt works after emancipation, walked to the Hampton Institute at fourteen, and built Tuskegee. His autobiography of nineteen-oh-one tells that rise and became the period's most influential Black American book.
In practice
From a salt works to a college presidency.
Where people slip
The book is an argument as well as a life.
Your place on the trail
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