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In the summer of 1865, at the age of nine, Booker moved to Kanawha County, West Virginia with his mother, brother and sister to join his stepfather, whose last name was Washington.<ref>The "T" in his name stood for [[Taliaferro]], his owner's name.</ref>  When he could, young Booker attended school and learned to read and to write.  West Virginia was more prosperous and tolerant.<ref>Harlan (1972)</ref>     

In the summer of 1865, at the age of nine, Booker moved to Kanawha County, West Virginia with his mother, brother and sister to join his stepfather, whose last name was Washington.<ref>The "T" in his name stood for [[Taliaferro]], his owner's name.</ref>  When he could, young Booker attended school and learned to read and to write.  West Virginia was more prosperous and tolerant.<ref>Harlan (1972)</ref>     

Leaving home at sixteen, Washington enrolled at the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, in Hampton, Virginia.  Tuition was low and school jobs were available so Washington paid his own way. The normal school (teachers college) at Hampton was founded for the purpose of training black teachers and had been largely funded by church groups From 1878 to 1879 he attended [[Wayland Seminary]] in Washington, D.C., and returned to teach at Hampton. Soon, Hampton officials recommended him to become the first principal of a similar school being founded in Alabama.<ref>Harlan (1972)</ref>    

Leaving home at sixteen, Washington enrolled at the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, in Hampton, Virginia.  Tuition was low and school jobs were available so Washington paid his own way. The normal school (teachers college) at Hampton was founded for the purpose of training black teachers and had been largely funded by church groups From 1878 to 1879 he attended Wayland Seminary in Washington, D.C., and returned to teach at Hampton. Soon, Hampton officials recommended him to become the first principal of a similar school being founded in Alabama.<ref>Harlan (1972)</ref>

==Atlanta Compromise==

==Atlanta Compromise==