Up From Slavery
Ascenso desde la esclavitud
Ascension d'un esclave émancipé
Up From Slavery
Up From Slavery
Up From Slavery
Up From Slavery
Autobiography (nonfiction), 1,888 words, Level X (Grade 5), Lexile 920L
Booker T. Washington was a slave on a plantation in Virginia until he was nine years old. His autobiography offers readers a look into his life as a young child. Simple pleasures, such as eating with a fork, sleeping in a bed, and wearing comfortable clothing, were unavailable to Washington and his family. His brief glimpses into a schoolhouse were all it took to make him long for a chance to study and learn. Readers will enjoy the straightforward and strong voice Washington uses to tell his story.
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autobiography, big house, Emancipation Proclamation, entangled, flax, manual labor, overseer, paradise, plantation, quarters, scolding, self-reliance, trade, woe
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