Booker T' Washington

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Booker T. Washington

• My Biography
• By
• Jathan

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The Early Years

• Booker T. Washington was born in Hales Ford in
  1856. He had to carry his masters daughters
  books to school for her and back. He did not know
  his real father

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Childhood

• He had to be put to work immediately. On
  September 22, 1862, Booker and his family were
  free. He went to work by packing salt into bags.

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Childhood 2

• One day his mom talked to a teacher at the
  school to help him learn math and all the other
  subjects and he said yes. Then he started to work
  in the mine. One day in the mine he heard these
  people talking about a school that you could work
  for the school to pay for the classes.

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Childhood 3

• He asked his mother if he could go and she said
  no. Then he heard about a job. The job was to be
  a servant and he took the job. One day when he
  was sweeping, the lady came in to inspect. She
  told him he missed the corners and he did it.

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Life as a Teen

• When he was 13 years old his parents let him go
  to Hampton. His step father gave him money.
  Then everybody gave him a little bit of money.
  First he went on a train. Then he walked and
  hitched a stagecoach anytime he could. He found
  a town and no one would let him stay at a hotel.
  Then he ran and hid under a sidewalk. He found a
  job at the harbor but did not stay at a hotel, to
  save money. He went on a boat to Hampton. Then
  he arrived at Hampton. He went in and waited for
  her to call him but he watched whites pass by him
  into the office. Then the principal came out.
  She told him to sweep the floor and polish the
  desk.

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Life as a Teen and Adult

• Then she came in and took a handkerchief,
  wiped the desk looked at the handkerchief not
  even a speckle of dust on the handkerchief. Then
  she said, you are accepted. Booker was proud
  of himself. He became a teacher at Tuskegee. Then
  the principle at Tuskegee. He died on November
  13 in Tuskegee, Alabama.

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How I feel

• I feel like he had a very hard time in his life.
  But he never quit in his life.