UP FROM SLAVERY (Annotated): AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Booker T. Washington - an American Slave, his Life from slavery to freedom, Slavery in the South and the American Abolishment of Slavery BKS

Author: Washington, Booker T.Brand: GOGOHEARTBinding: PaperbackNumber Of Pages: 204Release Date: 19-04-2021Details: This autobiography of Booker T. Washington is unabridged, and contains an additional annotation at the start of the book. This section aims to give the reader an historical context, and contains a brief History of Slavery in America, and the Abolishment of Slavery. This will help set the stage for this autobiography by Booker T. Washington: “I was born a slave on a plantation in Franklin County, Virginia. I am not quite sure of the exact place or exact date of my birth, but at any rate I suspect I must have been born somewhere and at some time. As nearly as I have been able to learn, I was born near a cross-roads post-office called Hale's Ford, and the year was 1858 or 1859. I do not know the month or the day. The earliest impressions I can now recall are of the plantation and the slave quarters—the latter being the part of the plantation where the slaves had their cabins