num_pages: 425
description: In this captivating autobiography, Washington recounts his personal voyage from the shackles of slavery to the pinnacle of prominence. Up from Slavery is as much about Washington's Tuskegee Institute as it is about himself. When criticized for limiting the educational horizons of blacks by emphasizing agricultural and vocational subjects at his school, Washington declared that these are the true bases of black economic development.
language: English
title: Up from Slavery: An Autobiography
titlecomplete: Up from Slavery: An Autobiography (Transaction Large Print Books)
characters: Booker T. Washington
genres: African American, Biography, Classics, History, Autobiography, American History, Race, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Memoir
ratings_count: 32994
places: The United States of America
publisher: Transaction Large Print