Research Catalog

Title

Up from slavery : an autobiography / by Booker T. Washington.

Author

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

Publication

• New York : Doubleday, Page & Co., 1901.
• Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. : Norwood Press J.S. Cushing & Co. : Berwick & Smith, [1901]
• Booker T. Washington, ©1900-1901.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Doubleday, Page & Company, publisher.
• Norwood Press, printer.
• J.S. Cushing & Co., printer.
• Berwick & Smith, printer.

Description

ix, 330 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait; 21 cm

Summary

Autobiography of Booker T. Washington.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• African Americans > Education > 19th century
• Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
• Tuskegee Institute
• Slaves' writings, American
• Black author
• African Americans > Biography
• African American educators > Biography
• Educators > United States > Biography
• African Americans > History > 19th century
• African American civil rights workers > Biography
• Slaves > United States > Biography

Note

• With a half-title page.
• Includes index.
• Originally published in the Outlook. cf. Pref.

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Binding (note)

• with orginal binding.

Contents

A slave among slaves -- Boyhood days -- The struggle for an education -- Helping others -- The Reconstruction period -- Black race and red race -- Early days at Tuskeegee -- Teaching school in a stable and a hen-house -- Anxious days and sleepless nights -- A harder task than making bricks without straw -- Making their beds before they could lie on them -- Raising money -- Two thousand miles for a five minute speech -- The Atlanta Exposition address -- The secret success in public speaking -- Europe -- Last words.

Call Number

Sc Rare D 17-4

LCCN

01031242

OCLC

1894542

Author

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915, author.

Title

Up from slavery : an autobiography / by Booker T. Washington.

Publisher

New York : Doubleday, Page & Co., 1901.

Manufacturer

Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. : Norwood Press J.S. Cushing & Co. : Berwick & Smith, [1901]

Copyright Date

Booker T. Washington, ©1900-1901.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare B-Washington (accession no. B571107) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Binding

Copy in Sc Rare D 17-4 with orginal binding. NN

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Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Doubleday, Page & Company, publisher.

Norwood Press, printer.

J.S. Cushing & Co., printer.

Berwick & Smith, printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare D 17-4

Sc Rare B-Washington (Washington, B. Up from slavery. N.Y.: Doubleday, 1901)