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Making America's Best Idea Even Better
Booker T. Washington National MonumentRanger explaining Drinking Gourd story to school children.
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Booker T. Washington National Monument
In His Own Words
 

As an adult, Booker Washington became a great and well-respected author.  His most famous book is his second autobiography, Up from Slavery.  This book is recognized as one of the best non-fiction books of the 20th century.  The first chapter describes Washington's humble beginnings upon the Burroughs Plantation.  The following pages will his experiences on this plantation from Washington's own words.

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Portrait of Samuel Slater.  

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Samuel Slater, known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution," was born in Belper, England in 1768. He arrived in America in 1789 and helped to establish the Slater Mill in 1790.
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