Up from Slavery
- First published
- 1900
- Reading level
- Plain English
- Price
- Free
About the book
"Up from Slavery: An Autobiography" by Booker T. Washington is an autobiography published in 1901. It chronicles Washington's journey from being enslaved during the Civil War to becoming an influential educator. The book describes his struggles to gain education at Hampton Institute and his founding of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Washington advocates for vocational training and practical skills as a path for Black Americans to achieve economic independence and ease racial tensions in the post-Reconstruction South, a philosophy that sparked both acclaim and controversy.
- Tuskegee Institute
- Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
- African Americans
- Educators
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #2376. Up from Slavery on Wikipedia.
