{"product_id":"2940013343603","title":"UP FROM SLAVERY by Booker T Washington - Original Version (Bentley Loft Classics Book #9)","description":"Bentley Loft Classics proudly presents book #9, UP FROM SLAVERY an autobiography by Booker T. Washington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is a sample of Chapter 1 of Up from Slavery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter I. A Slave Among Slaves\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI was born a slave on a plantation in Franklin County, Virginia. I am\u003cbr\u003enot quite sure of the exact place or exact date of my birth, but at\u003cbr\u003eany rate I suspect I must have been born somewhere and at some time.\u003cbr\u003eAs nearly as I have been able to learn, I was born near a cross-roads\u003cbr\u003epost-office called Hale's Ford, and the year was 1858 or 1859. I do not\u003cbr\u003eknow the month or the day. The earliest impressions I can now recall are\u003cbr\u003eof the plantation and the slave quarters--the latter being the part of\u003cbr\u003ethe plantation where the slaves had their cabins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy life had its beginning in the midst of the most miserable, desolate,\u003cbr\u003eand discouraging surroundings. This was so, however, not because my\u003cbr\u003eowners were especially cruel, for they were not, as compared with many\u003cbr\u003eothers. I was born in a typical log cabin, about fourteen by sixteen\u003cbr\u003efeet square. In this cabin I lived with my mother and a brother and\u003cbr\u003esister till after the Civil War, when we were all declared free.","brand":"Bentley Loft","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073687306480,"sku":"2940013343603","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013343603_p0.jpg?v=1763579653","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013343603","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}