Up From Slavery

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. review "this is an excellent book. it addresses a number of issues important to african american history and literature. the introduction is very successful in exposing the tension between the subject of autobiography</br>the crafted public self</br>and the far more complex, indeed enigmatic subject of real life. for those interested in the role of the individual in history, this book sheds light on the way booker t. washington used his skills of self-representation to amass power and influence in a racist society</br>his identity imposed forever upon the politics of racial self-help and the history of the new south."