Did Booker t Washington go to a training school?

Answer 1

Washington was born a slave on a small farm in western Virginia and was 9 years old when the civil war ended. He worked in a salt furnace when he was 10 and served as a houseboy for a white family. Educated at Hampton Institute, one of the earliest freed-men's schools, in industrial education. Later, Hampton will be the model for his Tuskegee Institute that Washington established in 1881. He became the foremost black educator, power broker, and institution builder of his time. From his southern small town base he created a national political network of schools, newspapers, and the National Negro Business League.