Up From Slavery
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17
Themes
All Themes The Dignity of Labor Vocational Education Meritocracy Gradual Racial Progress
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Characters
All Characters Booker T. Washington Washington’s Mother Washington’s Stepfather General Samuel C. Armstrong General J. F. B. Marshall Mrs. Ruffner Miss Mackie Olivia A. Davidson Miss Margaret James Murray (“Mrs. Washington”) W. E. B. Du Bois
Symbols
All Symbols The Homespun Cap Bricks Henry O. Tanner
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allegory Allusions Ethos Foil Foreshadowing Genre Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Pathos Setting Situational Irony Style Tone Unreliable Narrator Verbal Irony
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