| Publisher |
Prabhat Prakashan |
| Publication Year |
2015 |
| ISBN-13 |
9789351864165 |
| ISBN-10 |
9789351864165 |
| Binding |
Paperback |
| Number of Pages |
216 Pages |
| Language |
(English) |
| Dimensions (Cms) |
20 x 14 x 2 |
| Weight (grms) |
241 |
"Up from slavery" Is the classic autobiography of one of the most controversial figures in American history, Booker T. Washington. "Up from slavery", recounts Washington's rise from a Virginia tobacco farm slave to his long standing tenure as President of the famed Tuskegee Institute of Alabama. Washington's message is one of the advancement of African Americans through economic empowerment for as he put it, "the individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race." his message of self-empowerment has been a dramatic force in the fight for racial equality and shall forever be remembered in the annals of American history.
Booker T. Washington
Booker was born into slavery to Jane, an enslaved African-American woman on the plantation of James Burroughs in southwest Virginia, near Hale\'s Ford in Franklin County. He never knew the day, month, and year of his birth,[7] but the year on his headstone reads 1856.[8] Nor did he ever know his father, said to be a white man who resided on a neighboring plantation. The man played no financial or emotional role in Washington\'s life.[9]
From his earliest years, the slave boy was known simply as \"Booker,\" with no middle or surname, in the practice of the time.[10] His mother, her relatives and his siblings struggled with the demands of slavery. He later recalled that
Booker T. Washington
Prabhat Prakashan