I have tried to tell a simple, straightforward story, with no
attempt at embellishment. My regret is that what I have attempted to
do has been done so imperfectly. The greater part of my time and
strength is required for the executive work connected with the
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, and in securing the money
necessary for the support of the institution. Much of what I have
said has been written on board trains, or at hotels or railroad
stations while I have been waiting for trains, or during the moments
that I could spare from my work while at Tuskegee. Without the
painstaking and generous assistance of Mr. Max Bennett Thrasher I
could not have succeeded in any satisfactory degree.
UP FROM SLAVERY
CHAPTER I
A SLAVE AMONG SLAVES
I WAS born a slave on a plantation in Franklin County, Virginia. I am
not quite sure of the exact place or exact date of my birth, but at
any rate I suspect I must have been born somewhere and at some time.
As nearly as I have been able to learn, I was born near a cross-roads
post-office called Hale's Ford, and the year was 1858 or 1859. I do
not know the month or the day. The earliest impressions I can now
recall are of the plantation and the slave quarters -- the latter
being the part of the plantation where the slaves had their cabins.
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