Up from Slavery: With Related Documents

Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Bedford/St. Martin's Press, 2002. Bedford/St. Martin's, Boston, MA, 2002. 240 pages. Soft cover. Edited with an introduction by W. Fitzhugh Brundage. Book is in Near Fine condition: appears unread; no creasing on spine. From the Preface: "...'Up From Slavery' is much more than an autobiography. It provides a window into the world of African American life and reform during an exceptionally traumatic era of American race relations. The autobiography was part of Washington's quest to elevate his people in their own eyes and those of white Americans. Washington sketched out for readers of his autobiography a seemingly simple program of practical education and capital accumulation that would advance simultaneously African Americans and the nation. He proposed an answer to the question of how blacks were to survive and prosper in a land where they were second-class citizens." . Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.