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Up from Slavery
- Narrated by: Mike Vendetti
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
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Award winning narrator Mike Vendetti reads Booker T. Washington's autobiography Up from Slavery.
Mr. Washington was born a slave. His family, freed after the Civil War, struggled for a livelihood under terrible conditions. Mr. Washington, however, was determined to be educated, and he took advantage of every opportunity to learn available to him. He rose from poverty and ignorance to help found Tuskegee University. This audiobook should be an inspiration to all who listen.
