Summary of up from slavery from ch 1 to 8
Summary of chapter 1 'Up from slavery':
- The first chapter describes Booker T Washington's childhood: his home was a log cabin with rickety wooden sides and no floor where he lived with his mother, elder brother and sister.
- Through gossip, he learns that his father was perhaps a white man from another plantation.
- His mother works as a cook at the plantation and their cabin is also the kitchen.
- There is never enough food for the family and his mother often takes a little from what she cooks.
- He worked from an early age: carrying corn or cleaning yards.
- He became aware of their situation as slaves when he heard his mother pray fro Lincoln's soldiers to be successful.
- When he worked at the house of the master, he overheard their talk and learnt a little about the political or social situation. he also yearned to be able to eat ginger cakes one day like them.
- Surprisingly, the slaves at his plantation did not have bitter feelings towards their masters: rather they were fond of them and felt sympathy for them if they were wounded in battle.
- The Emancipation Proclamation was read out loud by their master and received with cheer by the slaves.
- But, most older slaves did not know what to do and returned to bargain with their masters to continue to work for them.
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- The first chapter describes Booker T Washington's childhood: his home was a log cabin with rickety wooden sides and no floor where he lived with his mother, elder brother and sister.
- Through gossip, he learns that his father was perhaps a white man from another plantation.
- His mother works as a cook at the plantation and their cabin is also the kitchen.
- There is never enough food for the family and his mother often takes a little from what she cooks.
- He worked from an early age: carrying corn or cleaning yards.
- He became aware of their situation as slaves when he heard his mother pray fro Lincoln's soldiers to be successful.
- When he worked at the house of the master, he overheard their talk and learnt a little about the political or social situation. he also yearned to be able to eat ginger cakes one day like them.
- Surprisingly, the slaves at his plantation did not have bitter feelings towards their masters: rather they were fond of them and felt sympathy for them if they were wounded in battle.
- The Emancipation Proclamation was read out loud by their master and received with cheer by the slaves.
- But, most older slaves did not know what to do and returned to bargain with their masters to continue to work for them.
For getting more assistance on the remaining queries we would request you to kindly ask only one single query in each thread.