University of Virginia Library

CONTENTS

                                   
CHAPTER  PAGE 
I.  A Slave Among Slaves 
II.  Boyhood Days  23 
III.  The Struggle for an Education  42 
IV.  Helping Others  63 
V.  The Reconstruction Period  80 
VI.  Black Race and Red Race  92 
VII.  Early Days at Tuskegee  106 
VIII.  Teaching School in a Stable and a Hen-House  118 
IX.  Anxious Days and Sleepless Nights  133 
X.  A Harder Task Than Making Bricks Without Straw  148 
XI.  Making Their Beds Before they Could Lie on Them  163 
XII.  Raising Money  177 
XIII.  Two Thousand Miles for a Five-Minute Speech  196 
XIV.  The Atlanta Exposition Address  217 
XV.  The Secret of Success in Public Speaking  238 
XVI.  Europe  267 
XVII.  Last Words  293