Up from Slavery
Preface
by Booker T. Washington
The Author explains the incidents that lead to the writing of his autobiography.
The Author explains the incidents that lead to the writing of his autobiography.
Sailing off the Barbary Coast, the doctor and his crew encounter a hostile ship.
The narrator describes the different kinds of flora that grow in the spring.
A poem describing the perils our fathers went through to keep their homeland free.
The sparse number of maple trees are perceived as exiles in contrast to the jungles of cypress that surround them.
The poet sees the differences in nature in winter, but still values winter.
Dinner is served.
Grendel is angered by the constant happiness of the Scyldings. The Scyldings are driven from the great hall.
The end of the Appalachian system in Northern Florida evokes the imagery of battle in the author's mind.
TO cultivate in ev'ry noble mind
Becky gets acquainted with the Sedley household.
The author explains the Icelandic and Germanic background of the tale of Siegfried, and how he added his own flavor to it.
"Little brown face full of smiles,"
Bruno and the narrator discuss the fairy king’s dinner party.
This poem descibes youth and beauty using nature as a metaphor.
"By rugged ways and thro’ the night"
O'ERWHELMING sorrow now demands my song:
A nursery rhyme in the from of a gesture and/or action song.
The year ends and Muriel and the narrator mourn the death of Arthur.
Longfellow uses the river as a metaphor for life and friendship.
"Out of the sunshine and out of the heat,"
Excerpt from Frederick Douglass' speech outlining the hypocritical nature of slavery in the United States of America.
A brief encounter causes a lifetime of remorseful reflection on what might have been.
"The cloud looked in at the window,"
Jo is deeply affected by Beth's passing, and begins to reminisce about her time in New York with Professor Bhaer.