# Booker T. Washington — Up from Slavery character guide

> Booker T. Washington in Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Booker Washington, Professor Booker T. Washington, Professor Washington, Professor Booker T., Washington, T. Washington, The Rev. Booker T. Washington, Booker Taliaferro Washington, Booker Taliaferro, Booker

**First appearance:** 0004-i-a-slave-among-slaves

## Who they are

The narrator and central figure, born enslaved, who rises to found Tuskegee Institute.

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