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Born
Booker T. Washington was born a slave in Hale's Ford, Virginia. -
Freed
Abraham Lincoln frees the slaves. Booker was freed. -
Family Moves
Family moves to Malden. -
Attended College
Booker enters the Hampton Institute in Hampton Virginia. -
Became a Teacher
He returns to Hampton to teach. -
He Wrote a Biography
Writes a biography called "Up From Slavery." -
Died
Booker T. Washington died on November 14 1915.