# Mr. Lewis Adams — Up from Slavery character guide

> Mr. Lewis Adams in Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Adams

**First appearance:** 0010-vii-early-days-at-tuskegee

## Who they are

A local leader who helped establish Tuskegee Institute.

## In the story

### [VII: Early Days at Tuskegee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/up_from_slavery_se/chapters/vii-early-days-at-tuskegee)

Another gentleman involved in the request to General Armstrong for a teacher.

### [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)

Black ex-slave and mechanic who learned trades during slavery; co-founder of the school effort and a key advisor to Washington.

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