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1 From fearing Mrs. Ruffner I soon learned to look upon her as one of my best friends.
Up From Slavery: An AutobiographyBy Booker T. Washington ContextHighlight In Chapter III.
2Mrs. Ruffner always encouraged and sympathized with me in all my efforts to get an education.
Up From Slavery: An AutobiographyBy Booker T. Washington ContextHighlight In Chapter III.
3 Notwithstanding my success at Mrs. Ruffner's I did not give up the idea of going to the Hampton Institute.
Up From Slavery: An AutobiographyBy Booker T. Washington ContextHighlight In Chapter III.
4 I knew that I could sweep, for Mrs. Ruffner had thoroughly taught me how to do that when I lived with her.
Up From Slavery: An AutobiographyBy Booker T. Washington ContextHighlight In Chapter III.
5 I cannot now recall how long I lived with Mrs. Ruffner before going to Hampton, but I think it must have been a year and a half.
Up From Slavery: An AutobiographyBy Booker T. Washington ContextHighlight In Chapter III.
6 I had heard so much about Mrs. Ruffner's severity that I was almost afraid to see her, and trembled when I went into her presence.
Up From Slavery: An AutobiographyBy Booker T. Washington ContextHighlight In Chapter III.
7Mrs. Ruffner had a reputation all through the vicinity for being very strict with her servants, and especially with the boys who tried to serve her.
Up From Slavery: An AutobiographyBy Booker T. Washington ContextHighlight In Chapter III.
8 I decided, however, that I would rather try Mrs. Ruffner's house than remain in the coal-mine, and so my mother applied to her for the vacant position.
Up From Slavery: An AutobiographyBy Booker T. Washington ContextHighlight In Chapter III.
9 My good friend, Mrs. Ruffner, to whom I have already referred, always made me welcome at her home, and assisted me in many ways during this trying period.
Up From Slavery: An AutobiographyBy Booker T. Washington ContextHighlight In Chapter IV.
10 At any rate, I here repeat what I have said more than once before, that the lessons that I learned in the home of Mrs. Ruffner were as valuable to me as any education I have ever gotten anywhere else.
Up From Slavery: An AutobiographyBy Booker T. Washington ContextHighlight In Chapter III.