Focus Questions for Booker T.

Washingtons Up From Slavery

lease use the follo!ing "uestions to give you focus as you rea# Washingtons
narrative. Questions are on the $ack of han#out too.
%hapter & Questions
What #oes Washington remem$er of life on the plantation an# of his
familys past' What !as his mothers position on the plantation( an#
ho! #i# this affect his early life' What #oes he say a$out play' )lso
note #escription of family life( clothing.
What is Washingtons early attitu#e to!ar# schooling'
What #i# the slaves kno! a$out the events lea#ing up to the %ivil
War* an# the !ar itself' )n# ho! #i# they learn it'
+ote the passage on +egro attitu#e to!ar#s !hites( $eginning ,ne
may get the i#ea-. What #o you make of this' What is the influence
of au#ience( time' .f youve rea# other slave narratives( ho! #oes this
compare'
What !as the slaves attitu#e to!ar# free#om' +ote Washingtons
assessment of the effects of slavery.
%hapter / Boyhoo# 0ays Questions
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What kin# of life #i# Washington e3perience after slavery'
What #oes he have to say a$out this e3perience !ith e#ucation(
inclu#ing rea#ing' 4is e3perience !ith the coal mines'
2ook %arefully at Washingtons assertions a$out success. 5eep this
section in your min# as you rea# W.6.B. 0uBois.
%hapter &7 The )tlanta 63position )##ress Questions
Why #i# this speech of Septem$er &8( &89:( at the )tlanta 63position(
$ecome a historical touchstone' 0o you fin# anything interesting
a$out the overall tone of this speech' )re there any passages or
"uotes that strike you' Why'
What is he saying the $lack race shoul# #o an# use' What shoul# the
!hite race #o'
Why #i# he use para$le of the parche# sailors searching for !ater
!ho are tol# %ast #o!n your $ucket !here you are'
What !as the likehoo# that )frican*)mericans coul# make frien#s in
every manly !ay !ith their Southern neigh$ors'
Why #i# he ask that they $e given a mans chance in a commercial
!orl#'
What have $een the positive an# negative effects of his gran#
compromise( that socially the races shoul# $e separate as the fingers
of one han# .n all things essential to mutual progress'