The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-07-26
UP FROM SLAVERY.

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Up From Slarery BY Booker T. Wash
ington;r $1.5O. New York: Doubleday
?, ':up From Slavery by Prof. Booker T..
Washington is remarkable volume by a
remarkable man.. Autobiographical writing
IS dangerous enterprise at best, and should
men of earth. That Prof Washington be.
longs to the class of great men of our time,
requires neither testimony nor proof, for, it
lis one of the accepted facts. ~ ~. ~. T
In writing. of the place and date of his
Dlrth ne says: Il was born on a planta-
ton in Franklin County, Virginia. am
not not, quite ute sure Of the exact date Of my
Deen born somewhere and at sometime"
There is conscious humor in this sentence,
a spice of wit, and the delicate sarcasm Of
great man, protesting against the insti-
tuition Of slavery-that institution which
had made it impossible, either for himself
Or Frederick Douglass to know the exact day
Later on he says that he does not know
who his father was-but that he knew that
My life had it's beginning in the midst
couraging surfdundings, ' II was
born in typical log cabin; about fourteen
ny sixteen :e feet square. In this cabin
| were all declared free .~71T' - ~ :"
An. account of his boyhood days-the
for the common necessities of life is mar:
rated In simple manner which forms the
real charm Of Mr.. Washington's literary
| style. This volume however possesses a
it portrays the kaleidoscope changes in the
upward toiling career of youth, who
started at an early age on a tramp to the
OF an education with boundless hope and
almost Infinite patience as his only assets
IN this unknoWn voyage over hill and dale
| the youthful enthusiast finally reached a
hungry, friendless and pennilessI He says
II must have walked the streets till after
midnight MIDI IT., At last I became 50 exhausted
courayed. Just about the time that ~
reached extreme physical exhaustion, !
came upon portion of a street where the
board side walk was considerably elevated
I waited for few minutes till / was sure
no passers-by could see me, and then crept
nd for the
lates that the next day he went down tt
the river and obtained work from the
captain OF ship, who was unloading a
| cargo OF pig iron, that his work so pleased
the captain, that he continued to work fol
him number Of days, sleeping under the
sidewalk every night, economizing in order
to save money to help him reach Hampton
| tie says that many years afterwards he
was rendered public reception by the
citizens of Richmond in a church, not fal
| from the spot where he had slept upon the
ground. That he has also at the invitation
of friends been "a guest in a Saratoga hotel
! er. IT, - = - - xN.~:'T
He writes very entertaining chapter or
the Reconstruction Period and discusses
in very comprehensive and practical man
ner the race problem at the South. 1t is
however, in writing of himself and of his
early struggles that we find Mr. Washing
ton at his best, and note distinctly that
patience under adversely, untfring industry
and optimism of a rarely encountered char
acter; are the qualities which have. made
possible the success which has attended the
! efforts of the man whom Walter Page, edi
most useful man in the Republic"
UP from Slavery has had a large sale
not only in#this country but all over the
world, :IheSwork has been translated into
l Spanish, German French. Italian, Arabic
1 i1l ndustani.and editions are being prepared
In many other languages. %% t.@m-M'. &
The story st the Hfes Of: the little slave
boy who at htezsage Of, forty has become
the recognized leader Of 10000, 900 Of Afro
American people is thrilling and lnspir
! ing narrative although written in simple
z;2S est style II. truly reveals the uaas
men the world has ever known