Up From Slavery

by Booker T. Washington

Up From Slavery: Setting 1 key example

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Setting
Explanation and Analysis:

Up from Slavery is set in the American South (specifically Virginia, West Virginia, and Alabama) between 1856 and 1900. As an autobiography, the book follows Washington as he moves from Franklin County, Virginia (where he and his mother were enslaved), to West Virginia (where he and his mother lived with Washington’s stepfather after emancipation), then back to Virginia (where Washington attended the Hampton Institute), and finally to Tuskegee, Alabama (where he helped found and run the Tuskegee Institute).