Up from Slavery: An Autobiography (version 3): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Up from Slavery: An Autobiography (version 3), credited to Booker T. Washington, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Up from Slavery: An Autobiography (version 3) by Booker T. Washington. Read in English by Andrew Kennedy Up from Slavery is the autobiography of American educator Booker T. Washington, describing his personal path up from the position of a slave child during the Civil War to his work at founding schools to help children from black or other disadvantaged groups learn skills that would give them the chance to work to pull themselves up by the bootstraps.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Up from Slavery: An Autobiography (version 3)
• Author credits: Booker T. Washington
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 17
• Listed recording duration: 8:38:27

Catalogue topics

• african american authors
• slavery
• reconstruction
• race relations
• work ethic
• tuskegee
• jim crow
• black exodus

Track guide

1. 01 - Preface & A Slave among Slaves — 35:59
2. 02 - Boyhood Days — 28:54
3. 03 - The Struggle for an Education — 32:08
4. 04 - Helping Others — 24:08
5. 05 - The Reconstruction Period — 18:11
6. 06 - Black Race and Red Race — 20:45
7. 07 - Early Days at Tuskegee — 17:32
8. 08 - Teaching School in a Stable and a Hen-House — 25:29
9. 09 - Anxious Days and Sleepless Nights — 24:19
10. 10 - A Harder Task than making Bricks without Straw — 25:09
11. 11 - Making their Beds before they could lie on them — 21:51
12. 12 - Raising Money — 31:09
13. 13 - Two Thousand Miles for a Five Minute Speech — 35:04
14. 14 - The Atlanta Exposition Address — 38:34
15. 15 - The Secret of Success in Public Speaking — 49:49
16. 16 - Europe — 41:03
17. 17 - Last Words — 48:23

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