...RECENTLY, THOUGHT HE WA BORN THE lr)(i CAI1IX IN WHICH MK. WASHINGTON N«lW IMI.NK.M HL WA.l lioK.S ground. The mill was about three miles from the plantation....way made me late in reaching the mill, and by the time I got my corn ground and reached home it would be far into the night. The road was a lonely one,...

...most of the time in cleaning the yard, carrying water to the men in the fields, or going to the mills to which I used to take the corn once a week to be...passer-by came along who would help me out of my trouble. ' ' Booker first learned of the Civil War by overhearing the prayers of his mother for the success...

...life has been occupied in some kind of labour; though I think I would now be a more useful man had I had time for sports. During the period that I spent...way made me late in reaching the mill, and by the time I got my corn ground and reached home it would be far into the night. The road was a lonely one,...

...exception on these trips, the corn would so shift as to become unbalanced and would fall off the horse, and I would fall with it. As I was not strong enough to...upon the horse I would have to wait sometimes for hours, until a passer-by came along who would help me out of my trouble. I would be late in reaching...

...typical or had happened many times. Booker T. Washington thus tells a common experience of his boyhood: During the period that I spent in slavery I was not...way made me late in reaching the mill, and by the time I got my corn ground and reached home it would be far into the night. The road was a lonely one,...

...until after our family was declared free by the Emancipation Proclamation. Three children — Jolm, my older brother, Amanda, my sister, and myself —...way made me late in reaching the mill, and by the time I got my corn ground and reached home it would be far into the night. The road was a lonely one,...

...in some way, ahnost without exception, on these trips, the corn would shift as to hecome unhalanced and would fall off the horse, and often I would fall...way made me late in reaching the mill, and by the time I got my corn ground and reached home it would he far into the night. The road was a lonely one,...

...a young child he had tasks to do. In his autobiography, Up from Slavery, he recalled some of these. "During the period that I spent in slavery I was not...passer-by came along who would help me out of my trouble." When he was older, Booker was also brought to the Burroughs house at mealtimes to operate the fan mill,...

...against slavery. The action caused many whites to distrust their slaves, including Booker's owner. in cleaning the yards, carrying water to the men in...passer-by came along who would help me out of my trouble." When he was older, Booker was also brought to the Burroughs house at mealtimes to operate the fan mill,...

...that was devoted to play. From the time that I can remember anything, almost every day of my life had been occupied in some kind of labour; though I think...way made me late in reaching the mill, and by the time I got my corn ground and reached home it would be far into the night. The road was a lonely one,...