The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-07
UP FROM SLAVERY 3 .

Up From Slavery. Ry Booker n d Wa h.
ington. ST. so. New York: . Doubleday
Up From Slavery BY Prof. Booker a
/ Washington is a remarkable volume Nv 4
remarkable man. Autobiographical Writine
is a dangerous enterprise at best, and should
never be undertaken texeept by the aareat
men of earth That prof was in otnS e 3Ra,
longs to the class Of great men Of our time
is one Of the accepted facts. ~ ~ l.
In writing Of The Mace and date Of h;s
birth he says was born on planta.
| ton in Franklin County, Virginia. 4 T am
NOT quite sure of the exact date of nv
| birth, but at any rate suspect 7 must have
been born somewhere and at sometime. i
There Ter is IS conscious humor in this sentence
/ a great man, protesting against the "insti.
/ tuition of slayery-thaf INSTITUTION which
had made it impossible, either for himself
Of BIRTH. e - o->>'SS - :
Later on he says that he does not know
who his father was-but that he knew that
he was white man. l.s,.s'. = n - -
/ ''Aiy life had it's beginning in the midst
/ Of the most miserable, desolate, and dis
/ couraging surroundings I Il s & ) III was
born In a typical log cabin, about fourteen
/ by sixteen feet SQUARE In this cahinS%I
lived with my mother and a brother and
sister till after the civil War. when we
were all declared Free n S%sf a
struggle of his mother and elder brother
/ for the common necessities Of life is mar.
/ rated in a simple manner which forms the
real charm of Mr.. Washington's literary
charm higher than that of AM sfVIse' for
lit pOrtrays the kaleidOscopic changes in the
| upward toiIing career Of 2 7fvnnth: who
lstarted at an early age on = tramn 10 The
| Hampton Industrial Institate I in search
of an education with boundless hope and
almost infinite patience as his only assets
| On this unknown voyage over hill and eda lie
! the youthful enthusiast finally eache1I q
city called Richmond. where he arrived
hungry, friendless and penniless. He says
lmidnight. At last T became So eYhanstad
that could walk no longer. / was tired
I was hungry, avGs eueyy thi,eg but dis.
reached extreme physical exhaustion, /
came upon portion of a street where the
| board side walk was considerably elevated.
IT waited for a few minutes fiji, + was sire
Ino passers-by could see me. and then crent
under the sidewalk and Law for the night
upon the ground" Mr.. Washington then re.
lat lates IL, that the next day he went down to
captain of ships Who. was unloading a
cargo of pig iron that his work SO pleased
the captain that he continued to work for
s 81 ev al every night, economzng in order
He saws that nav MP m.n. ieagn
was tendered nh years ire ne ne
citizens Of RichmaRnd IN oh,nl ~ %tne
from the snot whera hn IL bad en ninI no. tar
ground That he has also at the inyit a ine
| iy1o SoIo fncro I1toJ
| where he was formerIv .emnlovad ss q nai+
:: He writes . very on+or+ o;ni so,,.,+ -
the DEMONSTRATION PERIOD ana discnss os
in very comprehensive and PRACTICAL In mans
ner the race problem at tha S"ntb 1taH IL
however, in writing of himself and of his
early struggles that we find Mr.. washing:
patience under adversely, uniting Industry sy
acter are the Qualities whieS have m Gnar
p pss4s the success which has attended the
tor of the Worlds Work. pronounces. ..the
most useful man in the Republic" - tNe
not only II this co mas h bn large sale
| world. The work has been TRANSLATED into
Spanish, German, French. -ItaIia1 Arahic'
Hindustani and editions are being'prepa FED
in many other langua ges,' = 1es - epa' leu
bow who ~ ahta aoasinf - ~ iiattlt slave
the recognized leader Of 10 oo6 OoO Of eaq frn.
| ing narrative although written in simp1a-
| modest style 1t truly reveals 3the ma s.
Stunning honest worth Of one Of the sreatest
| I5 u Ec.a&3 :" Sr..'. -" = Ar
! + rr5 ~, NV, 1,o-,, :. ~. ~
~, 49, W y -hofNN COBA.
~ me ne Newborn Cuba BY Franklin
| oon; Harper Brothers,. = AZ 55Sts5 y
! ~, ne newborn Cuba" by Franklin
Ma5ltneWs, IS one Of the very interesting
! pearl of the Antilles since the American
] pliblic. 80 oti ii"' oeeil s 1ven TO the
So mich hos hao,, .;++ (: 4 = !, :.
islanE that - Is M Gnu i resources Of the
! exneota tjnns ~ ~ "i.t.iii Tue range OF
| 49, dd;S.oiia ~ iiu any new Hgnt IN
If tha rn h.I hi1it inat WeIread the story
a a,,S iiapiltatlon OF the Island under
thaT1, icel AUSPICES as told by Mr. Mat
| t tne w.. ne says: Not less important
! IMAM cleaning the streets, purifying the
na ,stoGe ana sewers, protecting the water
| supply supply ana putting all public works in