Washington, where he describes his life during slavery and after the Civil War. In his autobiography, he begins by talking about him, where he was born, where he and his mother and siblings lived, and the things he saw during that time. Washington was born in Franklin County, Virginia, as he described it as “ the most miserable, desolate, and discouraging surroundings”. He said that he is not quite sure when he was born, but it was around the 1858-1859. In his autobiography, Washington detailed in its descriptions of the hardships of slavery, but at the same time he explains that he and other former slaves who were treated with comparative decency had no bitterness towards their former masters. After the Civil War, He and his mother and siblings move to Malden, West Virginia, and he started to work at a salt furnace and later in the coal mines. Indeed his determination to get an education, he went to school at night and work at day. He graduate with honors in 1875 at Hampton Institute. “ Washington ’s supporters welcomed Up from Slavery as a demonstration of the good that a black man could for himself and his people if given a chance to obtain an education and engage in useful, productive
Washington, where he describes his life during slavery and after the Civil War. In his autobiography, he begins by talking about him, where he was born, where he and his mother and siblings lived, and the things he saw during that time. Washington was born in Franklin County, Virginia, as he described it as “ the most miserable, desolate, and discouraging surroundings”. He said that he is not quite sure when he was born, but it was around the 1858-1859. In his autobiography, Washington detailed in its descriptions of the hardships of slavery, but at the same time he explains that he and other former slaves who were treated with comparative decency had no bitterness towards their former masters. After the Civil War, He and his mother and siblings move to Malden, West Virginia, and he started to work at a salt furnace and later in the coal mines. Indeed his determination to get an education, he went to school at night and work at day. He graduate with honors in 1875 at Hampton Institute. “ Washington ’s supporters welcomed Up from Slavery as a demonstration of the good that a black man could for himself and his people if given a chance to obtain an education and engage in useful, productive