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was born a slave April 15, 1856. His mother was a plantation cook. Booker’s father was an unknown white man. Booker and his mother lived in Franklin County, VA. As a slave child Booker gave water to the saves that worked in the field. After the American Ci ....

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.... His friends called him Booker T for short. Booker T was told and knew education would lead to success. At age 16, Booker T went to Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute. This had been established the Freedman’s Bureau’s chief to educate former slaves. Booker T earned money by sweeping and dusting classrooms. After he graduated he became a teacher. Booker taught in Malden, W. VA and at Hampton. When the board of commissioners asked the head of Hampton to send a principal of their new school which had expected a white person, but they got , a black person, in June of 1881. He began class with 30 students in July, in a black chu ....