Booker T. Washington
Beginning of paper
“Up From Slavery” inspired readers
across the nation. People of this time had realized that they could
no longer expect support from the federal government, in their
struggle for dignity and opportunity in the south, so many blacks
concluded that self-reliance, self-help, and racial s ....
Middle of paper
.... His life went fast and devoted all of his time into some
kind of labor each and everyday and no time for sports. After the
civil war was over, all blacks were free and they felt that they
should change their names and leave their plantations either for a
couple of days or weeks in order to really feel free.
As Washington grew older he gets a job working at a
salt-furnace, working with his stepfather, he asked if he can go to
school, his stepfather said no that your responsibilities ....
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