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Booker T. Washington was born a slave in April 1856 on the 207-acre farm of
James Burroughs. After the Civil War, Washington became the first principal of
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial School. Later as an adviser, author and orator,
his past would influence his philosophies as the most influential African
American of his era. Come explore his birthplace.

Booker T. Washington was born a slave in April 1856 on the 207-acre farm of James Burroughs. After the Civil War, Washington became the first principal of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial School. Later as an adviser, author and orator, his past would influence his philosophies as the most influential African American of his era. Come explore his birthplace.

Booker T Washington National Monument

Visit the reconstructed kitchen cabin where Dr. Washington was born

Reconstructed kitchen cabin where Booker T. Washington was born

Reconstructed kitchen cabin with herb garden

Two re-enactors portraying enslaved people sitting in front of fire inside kitchen cabin

An Old Virginia Christmas

Visitor Center

Visitor center

Exhibits on outside of visitor center bathrooms

Booker T. Washington Elementary School (Park Headquarters)

Park trail and part of pasture

Horse in barn

Harvest Time Festival Wagon Ride

The main crop on the plantation where Booker T. Washington was born was tobacco. This photograph shows a man with draft horses preparing to plow a field.

Tobacco, the cash crop

Re-enactors portraying enslaved people in the reconstructed kitchen cabin where Booker T. Washington was born and lived for 9 years.

Re-enactors in the reconstructed kitchen cabin at the Old Virginia Christmas Event

The reconstructed kitchen cabin and smoke house on the farm where Booker T. Washington was born.

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