Question

Our freedom began at the end of the Civil War.

That was thirty years ago. We started with a few quilts, pumpkins and chickens. Today we make new tools for farming. We make carriages. We make steam-engines work better. We print newspapers. We write books. We create art. We run drug stores. We have banks.

What kind of freedom is Booker T. Washington talking about in this paragraph?

freedom from war

freedom to vote

freedom to work

freedom to be farmers

Answer 1

Freedom to work is the answer

Step-by-step explanation:

Throughout the paragraph it mentions them either making something, printing, writing, creating, and running stores.

Answer 2

Booker T. Washington in his speech he was referring about freedom to work.

Explanation:

A powerful leader of the Afro-American community is Mr. Booker T. Washington; he has done the framework for the Atlanta compromise. In this he has made an agreement between the American white leader and black leader where the white leader has accepted for giving basic living conditions, education, legal procedures and safeguards.

In return the blacks will work modestly and agree to the white political rule. In his famous speech at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta he mentioned about freedom of work. A born slave Washington with his sheer hard work and determination he has attained success.