<I>Up From Slavery, An Autobiography</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1901
name: label: Written by
content: Booker T. Washington, American, 1856 - 1915
label: Published by
content: Doubleday & Company Inc., American, founded 1897
notes: label: Description
content: This is a hardback book with red cloth covers. At the top of the front cover is embossed gold text that reads "UP FROM SLAVERY / AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY / BOOKER T. WASHINGTON." On the spine at the top is also embossed gold text "UP FROM/ SLAVERY / AN / AUTOBIOGRAPHY / BOOKER T. / WASHINGTON." At the bottom of the spine is additional embossed text "DOUBLEDAY / PAGE & CO." Handwritten on the spine near the bottom is the letter "W” in black. The interior pages are printed in black ink on off-white paper, with 330 pages total organized into seventeen chapters. The top of the pages are edged in gold. Opposite the title page is a black-and-white photograph portrait of Washington, with the handwritten inscription "Booker T. Washington" in black ink. There are several stamps and inscriptions on the inside front and back covers and title page noting previous ownership. There are also handwritten notations on the interior pages and the inside of the back cover.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Social reform
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles A. Beyah
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.77.73
objectType: label: Type
content: autobiographies
label: Type
content: books
label: Type
content: narratives
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (closed): 8 1/8 × 5 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (20.6 × 14.6 × 3.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (open): 2 3/4 × 11 1/8 × 8 1/8 in. (7 × 28.3 × 20.6 cm)