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Describe Booker T Washington's early life as a slave at the plantation before getting freedom. (UP FROM SLAVERY).
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Class 11 CBSE
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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. His father was an unknown white man. The cabin where he lived was tiny and dreary. With an earthen floor and windows without glasses, it offered little comfort from the cold or the heat. His mother had little time to spend with her children. It was likely that she sometimes steal food to feed 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.