Sheridan Brown and Viola Ruffner

Learn about one of Booker T. Washington's first teachers once he is emancipated in Virginia and moves to West Virginia. He hates working in the coal mines and salt furnaces with his stepfather and his mom helps him find a job as a house servant with the people who own the mines, Lewis and Viola Ruffner. Viola becomes a major factor in his refinement and education. Setting 1812-1902.