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1  It seemed much like making bricks without straw.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
ContextHighlight   In Chapter VII.
2  After a good deal of effort we moulded about twenty-five thousand bricks, and put them into a kiln to be burned.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
ContextHighlight   In Chapter X.
3  There was no brickyard in the town, and in addition to our own needs there was a demand for bricks in the general market.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
ContextHighlight   In Chapter X.
4  As soon as we got the farm work reasonably well started, we directed our next efforts toward the industry of making bricks.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
ContextHighlight   In Chapter X.
5  I had always sympathized with the "Children of Israel," in their task of "making bricks without straw," but ours was the task of making bricks with no money and no experience.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
ContextHighlight   In Chapter X.
6  I had always supposed that brickmaking was very simple, but I soon found out by bitter experience that it required special skill and knowledge, particularly in the burning of the bricks.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
ContextHighlight   In Chapter X.
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