![]() ![]() ![]() To read Up from Slavery is to explore the means by which Washington rose to become the most influential and powerful black American of his time. But from behind the mask of the humble, plainspoken schoolmaster come hints that reveal Washington the ambitious and tough-minded analyst of power who had to balance the demands of blacks with the constraints imposed on him by whites. Washington attributes his success to his belief in many of the virtues celebrated by Benjamin Franklin: selflessness, industry, pragmatism, and optimism. The life of ex-slave Booker T Washington embodied the legendary rise of the American self-made man, and his autobiography gave prominence for the first time to the voice of a group which had to pull itself up from extreme adversity. `My life had its beginning in the midst of the most miserable, desolate, and discouraging surroundings.'įor half a century from its publication in 1901 Up from Slavery was the best known book written by an African American. Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Global Public Health.The European Society of Cardiology Series.Oxford Commentaries on International Law. ![]()
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