Question

Describe
Booker T. Washington’s early life as a slave at the plantations before getting
freedom

Answer 1

he was born as a slave in franklin county virginia he was born at post office called hale's ford in 1858 or 1859 he had very miserable life and able to learn and discouraging environment at that the white people domination is more and the punished people brutally as a slaves his grand mother is shifted to africa to america for slavery and he had one sister and one brother

Answer 2

Answer:

Booker T Washington was born as a slave in a log cabin on a plantation in Virginia. His mother Jane worked as a cook for the plantation owner. The cabin where he lived was tiny and dreary which offered little protection from the cold or the heat. His mother had little time to spend with her children.

His early years was spent doing different works in the plantation. One work he dreaded was the weekly trip to the mill three miles away with a bag of corn for grounding. This was a difficult work for a small boy.

Washington understood the importance of education and started going to school. He noticed that the slave who was sent to the post office to collect the mail would linger to overhear the conversations of their whites masters. He would then share it with the other slaves. In this way they kept themselves informed about the latest news.

He also noted that the slaves do not hate their white masters. Washington was against the institution of slavery but he avoided blaming anyone for slavery.