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Booker T. Washington：Up from Slavery, Excerpt 344
Booker T. Washington《Up from Slavery》· Up from Slavery · Leadership
As I write the closing words of this autobiography I find myself—not by design—in the city of Richmond, Virginia: the city which only a few decades ago was the capital of the Southern Confederacy, and where, about twenty-five years ago, because of my poverty I slept night after night under a sidewalk.
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Locator：Excerpt 344 · Verified：2026-10-19 · Verification：Short excerpt
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