{"product_id":"up-from-slavery-an-autobiography-paperback-9781108079402","title":"Up from Slavery; An Autobiography (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108079402","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUp from Slavery\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Autobiography\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe 1901 autobiography of an influential African-American educator and community leader, setting out his philosophy of vocational education and non-confrontation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBooker T. Washington (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108079402, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 4 December 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e346 pages, 1 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBorn into slavery on a Virginia plantation, Booker T. Washington (1856–1915) educated himself tirelessly in the years after the American Civil War. In 1881, he was appointed head of the Tuskegee Institute, a teacher-training college for African Americans. As a writer, orator and fundraiser, he became one of the leading figures of the black community. Washington argued that the best way of bettering the social position of African Americans was through vocational education, which would make them indispensable and productive members of society. In this 1901 autobiography, he uses his life as an example to illustrate these principles, covering particularly the work of the Tuskegee Institute and his fundraising on behalf of black education. The book also contains the full text of his 1895 Atlanta Exposition speech, which created the model for Southern race relations until Washington's death and the emergence of more overtly assertive African-American civil rights leaders.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. A slave among slaves\u003cbr\u003e 2. Boyhood days\u003cbr\u003e 3. The struggle for an education\u003cbr\u003e 4. Helping others\u003cbr\u003e 5. The reconstruction\u003cbr\u003e 6. Black race and red race\u003cbr\u003e 7. Early days at Tuskegee\u003cbr\u003e 8. Teaching school in a stable and a hen-house\u003cbr\u003e 9. Anxious days and sleepless nights\u003cbr\u003e 10. A harder task than making bricks without straw\u003cbr\u003e 11. Making their beds before they could lie on them\u003cbr\u003e 12. Raising money\u003cbr\u003e 13. Two thousand miles for a five minute speech\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Atlanta Exposition address\u003cbr\u003e 15. The secret of success in public speaking\u003cbr\u003e 16. Europe\u003cbr\u003e 17. Last words\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266201440536,"sku":"9781108079402","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108079402i_ae8847a1-e516-4f5a-81c6-c1c29df7e4a9.jpg?v=1696751736","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/up-from-slavery-an-autobiography-paperback-9781108079402","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}