Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington

Up from Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T. Washington detailing his slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton University, to his work establishing vocational schools—most notably the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama—to help black people and other disadvantaged minorities learn useful, marketable skills and work to pull themselves, as a race, up by the bootstraps. He reflects on the generosity of both teachers and philanthropists who helped in educating blacks and native Americans. He describes his efforts to instill manners, breeding, health and a feeling of dignity to students. His educational philosophy stresses combining academic subjects with learning a trade (something which is reminiscent of the educational theories of John Ruskin). Washington explained that the integration of practical subjects is partly designed to reassure the white community as to the usefulness of educating black people.

The 178th greatest nonfiction book of all time


This book is on the following lists:

  1. - 3rd on The Modern Library | 100 Best Nonfiction (The Modern Library)
  2. - The 50 Best Books of the Century (Intercollegiate Studies Institute)

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Up from Slavery: An Autobiography (Penguin Classics) Kindle Edition 190565 $2.14 1986
Up From Slavery Audio CD 2256099 $19.99 $15.98
Up from Slavery (Dover Thrift Editions) Paperback 1313090 $1.45 $1.39
Working With The Hands: Being A Sequel To Up From Slavery, Covering The Author's Experiences In Industrial Training At Tuskegee (1904) Hardcover 14629744 $32.76 $35.95 2010
Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington (2012-12-20) Audio CD 12832418 $28.18 $28.17
Up From Slavery (1901) .: autobiography detailing the slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War. Paperback 1281883 $7.80 2020
Up From Slavery: A 21st Century Edition Paperback 1151246 $8.99 2019
Up from Slavery Kindle Edition 69586 $1.99 2013
Up From Slavery, with eBook (Tantor Unabridged Classics) Audio CD 853059 $15.11 $14.92 2009
Three African-American Classics:: Up from Slavery, The Souls of Black Folk and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Paperback 2290342 $22.00 $19.70 2011
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography Paperback 657347 $6.19 2013
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography Paperback 2105885 $5.85 2013
Working With the Hands: Being a Sequel to "Up From Slavery" Covering the Author's Experiences in Industrial Training at Tuskegee (Classic Reprint) Paperback 578163 $13.97 $14.46 2016
Working with the hands; being a sequel to "Up from slavery," covering the author's experiences in industrial training at Tuskegee Paperback 13961725 $27.46 $31.22 2010
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Up from Slavery (Library Edition) Audio CD 7078685 $55.05 2012
Up from Slavery (Kessinger Legacy Reprints) Hardcover 548835 $25.13 $26.60 2010
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography Paperback 846955 $4.99 $1.27 2013
Up From Slavery Kindle Edition 6623 $0.60 2021
Up From Slavery (THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BOOKER T. WASHINGTON) Hardcover 2728528 $2.99 $2.24
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Up from Slavery Hardcover 3138434 $100.00 $8.91
Up From Slavery Paperback 6827402 $78.00
Up from Slavery: (Annotated Edition) Paperback 385228 $6.99 2021
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Up From Slavery: An Autobiography Paperback 665200 $6.75 2014
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Up from Slavery (Signet Classics) Kindle Edition 453946 1986
Up from Slavery: An Autobiography (an African American Heritage Book) Hardcover 2212015 $22.46 $22.46 2008
12 YEARS A SLAVE; MY BONDAGE AND MY FREEDOM & UP FROM SLAVERY (Timeless Wisdom Collection) Kindle Edition 154483 $0.99 2014
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Up From Slavery & The Souls of Black Folk Paperback 4038496 $10.99 2020
Three African-American Classics: Up from Slavery, The Souls of Black Folk and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Paperback 3302586 $12.00 2010
Up from Slavery: With Related Documents: 1st (First) Edition Paperback 1252666 $18.25 $13.25 2003
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography Kindle Edition 76079 $0.99 2012
Up from Slavery: An Autobiography (Classic Reprint) Paperback 2702183 $9.44 2012
Up from Slavery (Dover Thrift Editions) Kindle Edition 88868 $1.88 2012
Up from Slavery: An Autobiography (Penguin Classics) Paperback 121889 $2.49 $0.01 1986
Up from Slavery (Signet Classics) Mass Market Paperback 649002 $3.34 $0.01 2000
Up From Slavery, with eBook (Tantor Unabridged Classics) Audio CD 2013623 $11.12 $11.12 2009
Up from Slavery (Library of Freedom) Hardcover 2193052 $1.99 $0.01 1993
Up From Slavery Hardcover 3452755 $998.98 $14.95 1901
Up from Slavery (AmazonClassics Edition) Hardcover 701343 $15.18 $10.24 2020
Working With the Hands: Being a Sequel to "Up From Slavery," Covering the Author's Experiences in Industrial Training at Tuskegee Hardcover 3440681 $22.63 $49.18 2015
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Up From Slavery:: Autobiography of Booker T. Washington Paperback 36874 $4.32 $4.87 2010
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Up from Slavery: By Booker T. Washington - Illustrated (Comes with a Free Audiobook) Kindle Edition 254588 2015
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Up from Slavery: An Autobiography- Corrected and Edited Unabridged Original Text Hardcover 772141 $32.99 2022
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Working With The Hands: Being A Sequel To Up From Slavery Covering The Author's Experiences In Industrial Training At Tuskegee Hardcover 16190091 $41.95 $251.81 2007
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Up From Slavery: An Autobiography Paperback 890584 $3.99 2017
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Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington | Summary & Study Guide Kindle Edition 1258290 $9.99 2011
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography [with Biographical Introduction] Kindle Edition 341897 $2.14 2004
Working With the Hands; Being a Sequel to "Up From Slavery," Covering the Author's Experiences in Industrial Training at Tuskegee Paperback 2909850 $12.90 $20.50 2017
Up from Slavery Audible Audio Edition 20496 $14.95 2001
Working with the Hands: Being a Sequel to "Up from Slavery," Covering the Author's Experiences in Industrial Training at Tuskegee Paperback 15302645 $22.75 $26.49 2010
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Up From Slavery (1901) .: autobiography detailing the slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War. Kindle Edition 772039 $4.20 2020
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