Can I Upgrade my Black Macbook to Snow Leopard?

Hey!
I have a black macbook that I got in early 2008. It has 2.4 GHz Intel core 2 Duo, 4GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, and it is on version 10.6.8. I do not have Snow Leopard though, and I know this because I cannot download the upgrade to Lion and other things that require me to have Snow Leopard.
So my question is, can I purchase the Snow Leopard Upgrade in the apple store and upgrade my black macbook to Snow Leopard? Then will I be able to download the free upgrades to Lion and Mavericks and such? I want to be able to use my two macbooks to share the mouse and keyboard between the two using SynergyKM, but this black macbook does not have Snow Leopard. Please help! Thanks!!

10.6.8 is Snow Leopard.
Lion and Mountain Lion Upgrades are not Free. Mavericks is.
Click on the Apple icon.. Top left in Finder...
 > About this Mac > Version...what does it say?

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http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/popups/upgrade-requirements-overlay.htm l
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I see no 'About this Mac' ?
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