Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Frontispiece
- Colophon
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- Contents
- Chapter I A Slave among Slaves
- Chapter II Boyhood Days
- Chapter III The Struggle for an Education
- Chapter IV Helping Others
- Chapter V The Reconstruction Period
- Chapter VI Black Race and Red Race
- Chapter VII Early Days at Tuskegee
- Chapter VIII Teaching School in a Stable and a Hen-House
- Chapter IX Anxious Days and Sleepless Nights
- Chapter X A Harder Task than making Bricks without Straw
- Chapter XI Making their Beds before they could lie on them
- Chapter XII Raising Money
- Chapter XIII Two Thousand Miles for a Five Minute Speech
- Chapter XIV The Atlanta Exposition Address
- Chapter XV The Secret of Success in Public Speaking
- Chapter XVI Europe
- Chapter XVII Last Words
- Index
Chapter XI - Making their Beds before they could lie on them
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2015
- Frontmatter
- Frontispiece
- Colophon
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- Contents
- Chapter I A Slave among Slaves
- Chapter II Boyhood Days
- Chapter III The Struggle for an Education
- Chapter IV Helping Others
- Chapter V The Reconstruction Period
- Chapter VI Black Race and Red Race
- Chapter VII Early Days at Tuskegee
- Chapter VIII Teaching School in a Stable and a Hen-House
- Chapter IX Anxious Days and Sleepless Nights
- Chapter X A Harder Task than making Bricks without Straw
- Chapter XI Making their Beds before they could lie on them
- Chapter XII Raising Money
- Chapter XIII Two Thousand Miles for a Five Minute Speech
- Chapter XIV The Atlanta Exposition Address
- Chapter XV The Secret of Success in Public Speaking
- Chapter XVI Europe
- Chapter XVII Last Words
- Index
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- Up from SlaveryAn Autobiography, pp. 163 - 176Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1901