| Name: | Up from Slavery |
|---|---|
| By: | Booker T. Washington |
| Narrated by: | Noah Waterman |
| Series: | |
| Length | 6 hrs and 8 mins |
| Category: | Biographies & Memoirs, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional |
| Release Date: | 0001-06-17 |
| Language: | English |
Up from Slavery is an autobiography published in 1901 by Booker T. Washington. The book describes Washington’s personal experiences in working to rise from the position of a slave to that of an educated African-American leader.
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