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5 images with subject Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915--Childhood & youth.

  • LITTLE BOOKER AND HIS MOTHER PRAYING TO BE DELIVERED FROM SLAVERY. From An Autobiography: The Story of My Life and Work.


  • LITTLE BOOKER STARTING FOR HAMPTON INSTITUTE. From An Autobiography: The Story of My Life and Work.


  • LITTLE BOOKER, A FAVORITE WITH HIS MASTER, IS ALLOWED TO PEEP INTO THE PARLOR OF THE "BIG HOUSE." From An Autobiography: The Story of My Life and Work.


  • READING OF THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. THE SMALL LAD WITH SLOUCH HAT AND STICK IN RIGHT HAND, IS BOOKER.--Text page 19. From An Autobiography: The Story of My Life and Work.


  • "THIS FIRED MY AMBITION TO LEARN TO READ, AS NOTHING HAD DONE BEFORE." From An Autobiography: The Story of My Life and Work.