Up from Slavery [Paperback]

Booker T. Wahington (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 262 pages
• Publisher: BANTAM BOOKS (1963)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0012WXBBU
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,194,159 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating and uplifting, February 13, 2007

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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In 1901, Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) published this autobiography. Born into slavery, after emancipation, Mr. Washington developed a philosophy that African-Americans needed to sweep away the ignorance that their subservient position had left them with, and earn the respect of the whites through hard work and excellence. In 1881 he founded the Tuskegee Institute to teach African-Americans how to study, how to work hard and intelligently (producing better results than the white businesses of the day), and how to have respect for themselves and others. This is Mr. Washington's story of his youth and his success at Tukegee.

This is a fascinating and uplifting book. Though cognizant of the racism that often surrounded him, Mr. Washington never lost his faith in the basic goodness of the people of all colors that he met. The only problem I had with this excellent book was the knowledge I could not shake, that Mr. Washington's faith was not rewarded, and the white community of the day would not give the African-American community respect and fair treatment.

That said, though, this is a great and wonderful book, which should rightly be considered an American classic. If you want to read a book that is a window on the America of the late nineteenth century, or if you want an uplifting book about a man of faith and love, then I highly recommend that you get this book!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Words fail; simply superb, March 6, 2009

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I. Holder (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews
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Words fail; simply superb. Apart from it being written so wondrously, and so engagingly, the story of his life, and his determination to see health, education, and dignity, above all dignity, instilled in his people, makes this one of the most fascinating, interesting and challenging books I have ever, and will ever, read. May we all be stirred up like him to see the dignity in all men and women, and the dignity of labour, and the dignity, and the necessity, of helping our brothers and sisters in need -- wherever and whomever they may be