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Working with the hands being a sequel to "Up from slavery," covering the author's experiences in industrial training at Tuskegee

Working With the Hands: Being a Sequel to "Up From Slavery" Covering the Author's Experiences in Industrial Training at Tuskegee (Classic Reprint) Three African-American Classics:: Up from Slavery, The Souls of Black Folk and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Up From Slavery, with eBook (Tantor Unabridged Classics) : autobiography detailing the slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War. Working With The Hands: Being A Sequel To Up From Slavery, Covering The Author's Experiences In Industrial Training At Tuskegee (1904) Up from Slavery: An Autobiography (Penguin Classics) Sales Rank Publication Date Lowest New Price Washington explained that the integration of practical subjects is partly designed to reassure the white community as to the usefulness of educating black people. His educational philosophy stresses combining academic subjects with learning a trade (something which is reminiscent of the educational theories of John Ruskin). He describes his efforts to instill manners, breeding, health and a feeling of dignity to students. He reflects on the generosity of both teachers and philanthropists who helped in educating blacks and native Americans. Washington detailing his slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton University, to his work establishing vocational schools-most notably the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama-to help black people and other disadvantaged minorities learn useful, marketable skills and work to pull themselves, as a race, up by the bootstraps. Up from Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T.