# Up from Slavery — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/up_from_slavery_se/chapters/dedication.md): Booker T. Washington dedicates his volume to his wife, Margaret James Washington, and his brother, John H. Washington, acknowledging their patience, fidelity, and hard work in contributing to the success of Tuskegee.
- [Up from Slavery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/up_from_slavery_se/chapters/up-from-slavery.md): Booker T. Washington recounts his early life from childhood in slavery to his journey for education and the founding of Tuskegee Institute, emphasizing the values of hard work, self-reliance, and racial uplift through in
- [A Slave Among Slaves](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/up_from_slavery_se/chapters/i-a-slave-among-slaves.md): Booker T. Washington reflects on his early life as a slave, describing the conditions of slavery, the impact of the Civil War, and the complex relationships between slaves and their masters. He emphasizes the lack of bit
- [II: Boyhood Days](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/up_from_slavery_se/chapters/ii-boyhood-days.md): Washington recounts his family's move to West Virginia after emancipation, his intense desire for education, and the challenges of balancing work and schooling in the salt-furnaces. He describes the community's first eff
- [The Struggle for an Education](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/up_from_slavery_se/chapters/iii-the-struggle-for-an-education.md): Booker T. Washington overhears miners discussing Hampton Institute, resolves to attend, works for Mrs. Viola Ruffner to save money, travels to Hampton, passes an entrance exam by thoroughly cleaning a room, and is admitt

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- [Helping Others](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/up_from_slavery_se/chapters/iv-helping-others.md)
- [V: The Reconstruction Period](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/up_from_slavery_se/chapters/v-the-reconstruction-period.md)
- [VI: Black Race and Red Race](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/up_from_slavery_se/chapters/vi-black-race-and-red-race.md)
- [VII: Early Days at Tuskegee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/up_from_slavery_se/chapters/vii-early-days-at-tuskegee.md)
- [VIII: Teaching School in a Stable and a Henhouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/up_from_slavery_se/chapters/viii-teaching-school-in-a-stable-and-a-henhouse.md)
- [Anxious Days and Sleepless Nights](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/up_from_slavery_se/chapters/ix-anxious-days-and-sleepless-nights.md)
- [X: A Harder Task Than Making Bricks Without Straw](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/up_from_slavery_se/chapters/x-a-harder-task-than-making-bricks-without-straw.md)
- [Making Their Beds Before They Could Lie on Them](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/up_from_slavery_se/chapters/xi-making-their-beds-before-they-could-lie-on-them.md)
- [Raising Money](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/up_from_slavery_se/chapters/xii-raising-money.md)
- [Two Thousand Miles for a Five-Minute Speech](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/up_from_slavery_se/chapters/xiii-two-thousand-miles-for-a-five-minute-speech.md)
- [XIV: The Atlanta Exposition Address](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/up_from_slavery_se/chapters/xiv-the-atlanta-exposition-address.md)
- [XV: The Secret of Success in Public Speaking](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/up_from_slavery_se/chapters/xv-the-secret-of-success-in-public-speaking.md)
- [Europe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/up_from_slavery_se/chapters/xvi-europe.md)
- [Last Words](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/up_from_slavery_se/chapters/xvii-last-words.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/up_from_slavery_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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