From an early age, Booker, along with all enslaved children, was put to work on and near the 200-acre farm. Washington’s first foray into the world, when his family moved from the farm where they were enslaved to Malden, West Virginia, was on foot, a staggering 200 miles over mountains and ridges.īorn Booker Taliaferro in 1856, the infant’s lot in life was pre-determined: Booker was born to an enslaved mother on the farm of James Burroughs in Virginia’s Piedmont region. It is in these three places - Virginia, West Virginia, and Alabama - that Washington made a substantial impact on his local communities in the era immediately following the Civil War, known as Reconstruction. From there, he headed to Hampton, Virginia and attended Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (now Hampton University) with some trips back home to West Virginia.Īt about the age of 25, Washington relocated to Tuskegee, Alabama, where he lived for the remainder of his life, founding, stabilizing, and growing what is today Tuskegee University. There, he received an initial education through perseverance, squeezing in lessons around a hard work day in the mines (keeping in mind he was still a child). His birthplace is a National Monument, which we have visited, and you can, too! Check that post out here.Īfter being granted freedom, Washington spent the next portion of his life in Malden, West Virginia, nearby the state capital Charleston. He was born and worked on a farm in Hardy, Virginia, in the Piedmont region of Virginia about 30 minutes away from Roanoke. Washington was born and remained enslaved until he was 9 years old and was freed at the end of the American Civil War as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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