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1 Her addition to the slave family attracted about as much attention as the purchase of a new horse or cow.
Up From Slavery: An AutobiographyBy Booker T. Washington ContextHighlight In Chapter I.
2 The first animal that the school came into possession of was an old blind horse given us by one of the white citizens of Tuskegee.
Up From Slavery: An AutobiographyBy Booker T. Washington ContextHighlight In Chapter IX.
3 Following the students the work of all departments of the school passed in review, displayed on "floats" drawn by horses, mules, and oxen.
Up From Slavery: An AutobiographyBy Booker T. Washington ContextHighlight In Chapter XVII.
4 As I was not strong enough to reload the corn upon the horse, I would have to wait, sometimes for many hours, till a chance passer-by came along who would help me out of my trouble.
Up From Slavery: An AutobiographyBy Booker T. Washington ContextHighlight In Chapter I.
5 Perhaps I may add here that at the present time the school owns over two hundred horses, colts, mules, cows, calves, and oxen, and about seven hundred hogs and pigs, as well as a large number of sheep and goats.
Up From Slavery: An AutobiographyBy Booker T. Washington ContextHighlight In Chapter IX.
6 The heavy bag of corn would be thrown across the back of the horse, and the corn divided about evenly on each side; but in some way, almost without exception, on these trips, the corn would so shift as to become unbalanced and would fall off the horse, and often I would fall with it.
Up From Slavery: An AutobiographyBy Booker T. Washington ContextHighlight In Chapter I.
7 When a Negro girl learns to cook, to wash dishes, to sew, or write a book, or a Negro boy learns to groom horses, or to grow sweet potatoes, or to produce butter, or to build a house, or to be able to practise medicine, as well or better than some one else, they will be rewarded regardless of race or colour.
Up From Slavery: An AutobiographyBy Booker T. Washington ContextHighlight In Chapter XVI.