Booker t washington biography timeline
Booker t washington timeline!
Booker T. Washington is born a slave in Franklin County, Virginia. No one knows his actual birth date, or the name of his father, who is believed to have been a white man.
Booker t washington biography timeline
His mother, Jane, is the plantation cook.
The Civil War ends and all slaves are given their freedom. Washington moves with his mother, brother, and sister to Malden, West Virginia where his stepfather has been living.
He works at the salt mines to help the family, though he dreams about going to school.
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His mother gets him an old spelling book from which he teaches himself the alphabet.
Needing work, Washington gets hired by the Ruffners as a servant.
It is through Mrs. Ruffner that Washington learns valuable lessons on cleanliness and order. Mrs. Ruffner helps Washington with his reading, and then allows him to go to school after his morni