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107 titles with subject: African Americans -- Biography.
The Address of Abraham Johnstone, a Black Man, Who Was Hanged at Woodbury, in the County of Glocester, and State of New Jersey, on Saturday the the [sic] 8th Day of July Last; to the People of Colour. To Which Is Added His Dying Confession or Declaration. Also, a Copy of a Letter to His Wife, Written the Day Previous to His Execution. Abraham Johnstone, d. 1797
Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women. James T. Haley
The Anderson Surpriser. Written After He Was Seventy-Five Years of Age. The Author Was Born in Liberty County, Ga., on the 22d Day of February, in the Year of Our Lord, 1819, and United with the Methodist Episcopal Church in the Year 1839. This Book Contains an Account of His Florida and Northern Trip, Written by Himself, Giving Much Valuable Information of the People Among Whom He Had Been Several Months. Robert Anderson, b. 1819
Anthony Burns: A History. Charles Emery Stevens, 1815-1893
Aunt Judy's Story: A Tale From Real Life. Written for the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Fair. Matilda G. Thompson
Autobiography and Work of Bishop M. F. Jamison, D.D. ("Uncle Joe") Editor, Publisher, and Church Extension Secretary; a Narration of His Whole Career from the Cradle to the Bishopric of the Colored M. E. Church in America. M. F. Jamison (Monroe Franklin), 1848-1918
Autobiography of Henry Parker. Henry Parker, b. 1835
The Autobiography of Nicholas Said, A Native of Bournou, Eastern Soudan, Central Africa. Nicholas Said, 1836-1882
Autobiography of Rev. Francis Frederick, of Virginia. Francis Frederick, b. 1809?
Autobiography of Rev. Thomas W. Henry, of the A. M. E. Church. Rev. Thomas W. Henry, 1794-1877
An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson ("Uncle Tom"). From 1789 to 1881. With a Preface by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Introductory Notes by George Sturge, S. Morley, Esq., M. P., Wendell Phillips, and John G. Whittier. Edited by John Lobb, F.R.G.S. Revised and Enlarged. Josiah Henson, 1789-1883, Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1811-1896, preface by and John Lobb, 1840-1921, edited by
Autobiography, Sermons, Addresses, and Essays of Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D. Bp. Lucius Henry Holsey, 1842-1920
An Autobiography. Bond and Free: Or, Yearnings for Freedom, from My Green Brier House. Being the Story of My Life in Bondage, and My Life in Freedom. Israel Campbell
Battles and Victories of Allen Allensworth, A. M., Ph. D., Lieutenant-Colonel, Retired, U. S. Army. Charles Alexander, b. 1868
Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Colour. To Which is Added, a Selection of Pieces in Poetry. Abigail Mott, 1766-1851
The Black Man: His Antecedents, His Genius, and His Achievements. William Wells Brown, 1814?-1884
The Blind African Slave, or Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, Nick-named Jeffrey Brace. Containing an Account of the Kingdom of Bow-Woo, in the Interior of Africa; with the Climate and Natural Productions, Laws, and Customs Peculiar to That Place. With an Account of His Captivity, Sufferings, Sales, Travels, Emancipation, Conversion to the Christian Religion, Knowledge of the Scriptures, &c. Interspersed with Strictures on Slavery, Speculative Observations on the Qualities of Human Nature, with Quotation from Scripture. Boyrereau Brinch and Benjamin F. Prentiss (Benjamin Franklin), 1774 or 5-1817
Booker T. Washington, Builder of a Civilization. Emmett J. Scott (Emmett Jay), 1873-1957 and Lyman Beecher Stowe, 1880-1963
A Brief Account of the Life, Experience, Travels, and Gospel Labours of George White, an African; Written by Himself, and Revised by a Friend. George White, b. 1764
A Brief Miscellaneous Narrative of the More Early Part of the Life of L. Tilmon: Pastor of a Colored Methodist Congregational Church in the City of New York. Levin Tilmon, 1807-1863
Buried Alive (Behind Prison Walls) for a Quarter of a Century: Life of William Walker. Thomas S. Gaines, edited by and William Walker
Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical
Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about
African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary
of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816. Richard R. Wright (Richard Robert), b. 1878
Chains and Freedom: Or, The Life and Adventures of Peter Wheeler, a Colored Man Yet Living. A Slave in Chains, a Sailor on the Deep, and a Sinner at the Cross. Charles Edwards Lester, 1815-1890, edited by and Peter Wheeler, b. 1789
The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution: With Sketches of Several Distinguished Colored Persons: To Which is Added a Brief Survey of the Condition and Prospects of Colored Americans. William Cooper Nell, 1816-1874
Echoes from a Pioneer Life. Jared Maurice Arter, b. 1850
Evidences of Progress among Colored People. G. F. Richings
Finding a Way Out: An Autobiography. Robert Russa Moton, 1867-1940
From Captivity to Fame or The Life of George Washington Carver. Raleigh H. Merritt (Raleigh Howard)
From Slavery to the Bishopric in the A.M.E. Church. An Autobiography. William H. Heard (William Henry), 1850-1937
The Fugitive Blacksmith; or, Events in the History of James W. C. Pennington, Pastor of a Presbyterian Church, New York, Formerly a Slave in the State of Maryland, United States. James W. C. Pennington, 1807-1870
God's Image in Ebony: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches, Facts, Anecdotes, etc., Demonstrative of the Mental Powers and Intellectual Capacities of the Negro Race. H. G. Adams, edited by
Hair-breadth Escapes from Slavery to Freedom. Rev. William Troy, b. 1827
Harriet, the Moses of Her People. Sarah H. Bradford (Sarah Hopkins), b. 1818
The Heir of Slaves: An Autobiography. William Pickens, 1881-1954
The History of William Webb, Composed by Himself. William Webb, b. 1836
Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction. Hallie Q. Brown (Hallie Quinn), 1859-1949, compiled and edited by
The House of Bondage, or, Charlotte Brooks and Other Slaves, Original and Life Like, As They Appeared in Their Old Plantation and City Slave Life; Together with Pen-Pictures of the Peculiar Institution, with Sights and Insights into Their New Relations as Freedmen, Freemen, and Citizens. Octavia V. Rogers Albert (Octavia Victoria Rogers), 1853-1889?
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself. Vol. I. Olaudah Equiano, b. 1745
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself. Vol. II. Olaudah Equiano, b. 1745
Josiah: The Maimed Fugitive. A True Tale. Henry Bleby, 1809-1882
Last of the Pioneers: Or, Old Times in East Tenn., Being the Life and Reminiscences of Pharaoh Jackson Chesney (Aged 120 Years). J. C. Webster (John Coram), b. 1861 and Pharaoh Jackson Chesney, b. 1781?
The Last Words and Dying Speech of Edmund Fortis, a Negro Man, Who Appeared to Be between Thirty and Forty Years of Age, but Very Ignorant. He Was Executed at Dresden, on Kennebeck River, on Thursday the Twenty-Fifth Day of September, 1794, for a Rape and Murder, Committed on the Body of Pamela Tilton, a Young Girl of about Fourteen Years of Age, Daughter of Mr. Tilton of Vassalborough, in the County of Lincoln. Edmund Fortis, d. 1794
Life and Adventures of James Williams, a Fugitive Slave, with a Full Description of the Underground Railroad. James Williams, b. 1825
Life and Labors of Rev. Jordan W. Early, One of the Pioneers of African Methodism in the West and South. Sarah J. W. Early (Sarah Jane Woodson)
Life and Narrative of William J. Anderson, Twenty-four Years a Slave; Sold Eight Times! In Jail Sixty Times!! Whipped Three Hundred Times!!! or The Dark Deeds of American Slavery Revealed. Containing Scriptural Views of the Origin of the Black and of the White Man. Also, a Simple and Easy Plan to Abolish Slavery in the United States. Together with an Account of the Services of Colored Men in the Revolutionary War--Day and Date, and Interesting Facts. William J. Anderson, b. 1811
The Life and Sufferings of John Joseph, a Native of Ashantee, in Western Africa: Who Was Stolen from His Parents at the Age of 3 Years, and Sold to Mr. Johnstone, a Cotton Planter, in New Orleans, South America. John Joseph
The Life and Sufferings of Leonard Black, a Fugitive from Slavery. Written by Himself. Leonard Black
Life of Charles T. Walker, D.D., ("The Black Spurgeon.") Pastor Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, New York City. Silas Xavier Floyd, 1869-1923
Life of George Henry. Together with a Brief History of the Colored People in America. George Henry, b. 1819
The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself. Josiah Henson, 1789-1883
The Life of the Rev. Dandridge F. Davis, of the African M. E. Church. With a Brief Account of His Conversion and Ministerial Labors, from August 1834, till March 1847. Also, a Brief Sketch of the Life of the Rev. David Conyou, of the A. M. E. C. and His Ministerial Labors. To Which Is Annexed the Funeral Discourse Delivered at the Ohio Conference, in Zanesville, on the Decease of the Rev. D. F. Davis, by the Author. Rev. A. R. Green (Augustus R.)
Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave, Brought Down to the Present Time. William Grimes, 1784-1865
Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave. Written by Himself. William Grimes, 1784-1865
The Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen. To Which is Annexed the Rise and Progress of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Containing a Narrative of the Yellow Fever in the Year of Our Lord 1793: With an Address to the People of Colour in the United States. Richard Allen, 1760-1831
The Life, History, and Unparalleled Sufferings of John Jea, the African Preacher. Compiled and Written by Himself. John Jea, b. 1773
Life, Including His Escape and Struggle for Liberty of Charles A. Garlick, Born a Slave in Old Virginia, Who Secured His Freedom by Running Away from His Master's Farm in 1843. Charles A. Garlick, 1827-
The Life, Labors, and Travels of Elder Charles Bowles, of the Free Will Baptist Denomination, by Eld. John W. Lewis. Together with an Essay on the Character and Condition of the African Race by the Same. Also, an Essay on the Fugitive Law of the U. S. Congress of 1850, by Rev. Arthur Dearing. Eld. John W. Lewis
Life, Last Words and Dying Speech of Stephen Smith, a Black Man, Who Was Executed at Boston This Day Being Thursday, October 12, 1797 for Burglary. Stephen Smith, 1769 or 70-1797
The Looking-Glass: Being a True Report and Narrative of the Life, Travels, and Labors of the Rev. Daniel H. Peterson, a Colored Clergyman; Embracing a Period of Time from the Year 1812 to 1854, and Including His Visit to Western Africa. Daniel H. Peterson
Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising. Rev. William J. Simmons, 1849-1890
Men of Maryland. George F. Bragg (George Freeman), 1863-1940
My Larger Education: Being Chapters from My Experience. Booker T. Washington, 1856-1915
My Life and Work. Alexander Walters, b. 1858
A Narrative of Events of the Life of J. H. Banks, an Escaped Slave, from the Cotton State, Alabama, in America. James W. C. Pennington, 1807-1870
Narrative of James Curry, A Fugitive Slave. James Curry, b. 1815?
The Narrative of James Roberts, a Soldier Under Gen. Washington in the Revolutionary War, and Under Gen. Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans, in the War of 1812: "a Battle Which Cost Me a Limb, Some Blood, and Almost My Life". James Roberts, b. 1753
Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, Emancipated from Bodily Servitude by the State of New York, in 1828. Sojourner Truth, d. 1883 and Olive Gilbert
Narrative of Sojourner Truth; a Bondswoman of Olden Time, Emancipated by the New York Legislature in the Early Part of the Present Century; with a History of Her Labors and Correspondence, Drawn from Her "Book of Life". Sojourner Truth, d. 1883, Olive Gilbert and Frances W. Titus
Narrative of Sojourner Truth; a Bondswoman of Olden Time, Emancipated by the New York Legislature in the Early Part of the Present Century; with a History of Her Labors and Correspondence Drawn from Her "Book of Life;" Also, a Memorial Chapter, Giving the Particulars of Her Last Sickness and Death. Sojourner Truth, d. 1883, Olive Gilbert and Frances W. Titus
A Narrative of Some Remarkable Incidents in the Life of Solomon Bayley, Formerly a Slave in the State of Delaware, North America; Written by Himself, and Published for His Benefit; to Which Are Prefixed, a Few Remarks by Robert Hurnard. Solomon Bayley
A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa, but Resident Above Sixty Years in the United States of America. Related by Himself. New London: Printed in 1798. Reprinted A. D. 1835, and Published by a Descendant of Venture. Revised and Republished with Traditions by H. M. Selden, Haddam, Conn., 1896. Venture Smith, 1729?-1805
A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa: But Resident above Sixty Years in the United States of America. Related by Himself. Venture Smith, 1729?-1805
Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green, a Runaway Slave, from Kentucky, Containing an Account of His Three Escapes, in 1839, 1846, and 1848. J. D. Green (Jacob D.), b. 1813
Narrative of the Life of James Watkins, Formerly a "Chattel" in Maryland, U. S.; Containing an Account of His Escape from Slavery, Together with an Appeal on Behalf of Three Millions of Such "Pieces of Property," Still Held Under the Standard of the Eagle. James Watkins, b. 1821?
A Narrative of the Negro. Leila Amos Pendleton, b. 1860
A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings, and Surprizing Deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro Man,--Servant to General Winslow, of Marshfield, in New-England; Who Returned to Boston, After Having Been Absent Almost Thirteen Years. Containing an Account of the Many Hardships He Underwent from the Time He Left His Master's House, in the Year 1747, to the Time of His Return to Boston.--How He Was Cast Away in the Capes of Florida;---The Horrid Cruelty and Inhuman Barbarity of the Indians in Murdering the Whole Ship's Crew;---The Manner of His Being Carry'd by Them Into Captivity. Also, an Account of His Being Confined Four Years and Seven Months in a Close Dungeon,---and the Remarkable Manner in Which He Met with His Good Old Master in London; Who Returned to New-England, a Passenger in the Same Ship. Briton Hammon
A Narrative of Thomas Smallwood, (Coloured Man:) Giving an Account of His Birth--The Period He Was Held in Slavery--His Release--and Removal to Canada, etc. Together With an Account of the Underground Railroad. Written by Himself. Thomas Smallwood, b. 1801
Narrative of William Hayden, Containing a Faithful Account of His Travels for a Number of Years, Whilst a Slave, in the South. Written by Himself. William Hayden, b. 1785
Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave. Written by Himself. William Wells Brown, 1814?-1884
Narrative of William W. Brown, an American Slave. Written by Himself. William Wells Brown, 1814?-1884
Narratives of Colored Americans. Abigail Mott, 1766-1851
The Old Faithful Servant: Life History of J.W. Holley: Born and Reared a Slave: After Freedom Became a Worker in the Master's Vineyard. J. W. Holley (James W.), b. 1848
Out of the Ditch. A True Story of an Ex-Slave. J. Vance Lewis
"Pap" Singleton, The Moses of the Colored Exodus. Walter L. Fleming (Walter Lynwood), 1874-1932
Progressive Missions in the South and Addresses with Illustrations and Sketches of Missionary Workers and Ministers and Bishops' Wives. Sara J. Duncan
Recollections of Seventy Years. Daniel Alexander Payne, 1811-1893
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; or, the Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery. William Craft
Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman. Sarah H. Bradford (Sarah Hopkins), b. 1818
Shadow and Sunshine. Eliza Suggs, b. 1876
Sketch of the Life of the Rev. Lott Cary in "Life of Jehudi Ashmun, Late Colonial Agent in Liberia. With An Appendix, Containing Extracts from his Journal and Other Writings; With a Brief Sketch of the Life of the Rev. Lott Cary". Ralph Randolph Gurley
Sketches of the Life of Joseph Mountain, a Negro, Who Was Executed at New-Haven, on the 20th Day of October, 1790, for a Rape, Committed on the 26th Day of May Last. [The Writer of This History Has Directed That the Money Arising From the Sales Thereof, After Deducting the Expence of Printing, &c. Be Given to the Unhappy Girl, Whose Life Is Rendered Wretched by the Crime of the Malefactor.]. Joseph Mountain, 1758-1790 and David Daggett, 1764-1851, edited by
A Slave Girl's Story. Being an Autobiography of Kate Drumgoold. Kate Drumgoold
Slavery Days in Old Kentucky. A True Story of a Father Who Sold His Wife and Four Children. By One of the Children. Isaac Johnson, 1844-1905
The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. Horace Talbert, b. 1853
A Statement with Regard to the Moorish Prince, Abduhl Rahhahman. T. H. Gallaudet (Thomas Hopkins), 1787-1851
The Story of Archer Alexander: From Slavery to Freedom, March 30, 1863. William Greenleaf Eliot, 1811-1887
Struggles for Freedom; or The Life of James Watkins, Formerly a Slave in Maryland, U. S.; in Which is Detailed a Graphic Account of His Extraordinary Escape from Slavery, Notices of the Fugitive Slave Law, the Sentiments of American Divines on the Subject of Slavery, etc., etc. James Watkins, b. 1821?
Sunshine and Shadow of Slave Life. Reminiscences as told by Isaac D. Williams to "Tege". William Ferguson Goldie and Isaac D. Williams, b. 1821?-
A Tribute for the Negro: Being a Vindication of the Moral, Intellectual, and Religious Capabilities of the Colored Portion of Mankind; with Particular Reference to the African Race. Wilson Armistead, 1819?-1868
Twice Sold, Twice Ransomed: Autobiography of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Ray. Emma J. Ray, b. 1859 and Lloyd P. Ray, b. 1860
Uncle Johnson, the Pilgrim of Six Score Years. Gustavus L. Foster (Gustavus Lemuel), 1818-1876
Uncle Tom's Companions: Or, Facts Stranger Than Fiction. A Supplement to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Being Startling Incidents in the Lives of Celebrated Fugitive Slaves. Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895 and John Passmore Edwards, 1823-1911
Unwritten History. Levi Jenkins Coppin, 1848-1923
Up from Slavery: An Autobiography. Booker T. Washington, 1856-1915
The Varick Family. B. F. Wheeler (Benjamin Franklin), 1854-1909
What Experience Has Taught Me: An Autobiography of Thomas William Burton. Thomas William Burton, b. 1860
Women of Achievement: Written for the Fireside Schools Under the Auspices of the Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society. Benjamin Griffith Brawley, 1882-1939
76 articles with subject: African Americans -- Biography.
Summary for A Brief Account of the Life, Experience, Travels, and Gospel Labours of George White, an African; Written by Himself, and Revised by a Friend. Zachary Hutchins
Summary for A Brief Miscellaneous Narrative of the More Early Part of the Life of L. Tilmon: Pastor of a Colored Methodist Congregational Church in the City of New York. Monique Prince
Summary for A Narrative of Some Remarkable Incidents in the Life of Solomon Bayley, Formerly a Slave in the State of Delaware, North America; Written by Himself, and Published for His Benefit; to Which Are Prefixed, a Few Remarks by Robert Hurnard. Monique Prince
Summary for A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa, but Resident Above Sixty Years in the United States of America. Related by Himself. New London: Printed in 1798. Reprinted A. D. 1835, and Published by a Descendant of Venture. Revised and Republished with Traditions by H. M. Selden, Haddam, Conn., 1896. Monique Prince
Summary for A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa: But Resident above Sixty Years in the United States of America. Related by Himself. Monique Prince
Summary for A Narrative of the Negro. Erin Bartels
Summary for A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings, and Surprizing Deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro Man,--Servant to General Winslow, of Marshfield, in New-England; Who Returned to Boston, After Having Been Absent Almost Thirteen Years. Containing an Account of the Many Hardships He Underwent from the Time He Left His Master's House, in the Year 1747, to the Time of His Return to Boston.--How He Was Cast Away in the Capes of Florida;---The Horrid Cruelty and Inhuman Barbarity of the Indians in Murdering the Whole Ship's Crew;---The Manner of His Being Carry'd by Them Into Captivity. Also, an Account of His Being Confined Four Years and Seven Months in a Close Dungeon,---and the Remarkable Manner in Which He Met with His Good Old Master in London; Who Returned to New-England, a Passenger in the Same Ship. Zachary Hutchins
Summary for A Narrative of Thomas Smallwood, (Coloured Man:) Giving an Account of His Birth--The Period He Was Held in Slavery--His Release--and Removal to Canada, etc. Together With an Account of the Underground Railroad. Written by Himself. Monique Prince
Summary for A Slave Girl's Story. Being an Autobiography of Kate Drumgoold. Meredith Malburne
Summary for A Statement with Regard to the Moorish Prince, Abduhl Rahhahman. Patrick E. Horn
Summary for Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women. Andrew Leiter
Summary for An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson ("Uncle Tom"). From 1789 to 1881. With a Preface by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Introductory Notes by George Sturge, S. Morley, Esq., M. P., Wendell Phillips, and John G. Whittier. Edited by John Lobb, F.R.G.S. Revised and Enlarged. Erin Bartels
Summary for Aunt Judy's Story: A Tale From Real Life. Written for the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Fair. Harry Thomas
Summary for Autobiography of Henry Parker. Harry Thomas
Summary for Autobiography of Rev. Francis Frederick, of Virginia. Monique Prince
Summary for Autobiography of Rev. Thomas W. Henry, of the A. M. E. Church. Monique Prince
Summary for Buried Alive (Behind Prison Walls) for a Quarter of a Century: Life of William Walker. Meredith Malburne
Summary for Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A. M. E. Church What It Is; Also Short Historical
Sketches of Annual Conferences, Educational Institutions, General Departments, Missionary Societies of the A. M. E. Church, and General Information about
African Methodism and the Christian Church in General; Being a Literary Contribution to the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary
of the Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Denomination by Richard Allen and others, at Philadelphia, Penna., in 1816. Maryellen Davis
Summary for Echoes from a Pioneer Life. Ryan Palmer
Summary for Evidences of Progress among Colored People. Andrew Leiter
Summary for Finding a Way Out: An Autobiography. Armistead Lemon
Summary for From Captivity to Fame or The Life of George Washington Carver. Zachary Hutchins
Summary for God's Image in Ebony: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches, Facts, Anecdotes, etc., Demonstrative of the Mental Powers and Intellectual Capacities of the Negro Race. Monique Prince
Summary for Hair-breadth Escapes from Slavery to Freedom. Harry Thomas
Summary for Harriet, the Moses of Her People. A Georgia Negro Peon
Summary for Last of the Pioneers: Or, Old Times in East Tenn., Being the Life and Reminiscences of Pharaoh Jackson Chesney (Aged 120 Years). Laura Davis
Summary for Life and Narrative of William J. Anderson, Twenty-four Years a Slave; Sold Eight Times! In Jail Sixty Times!! Whipped Three Hundred Times!!! or The Dark Deeds of American Slavery Revealed. Containing Scriptural Views of the Origin of the Black and of the White Man. Also, a Simple and Easy Plan to Abolish Slavery in the United States. Together with an Account of the Services of Colored Men in the Revolutionary War--Day and Date, and Interesting Facts. Monique Prince
Summary for Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave, Brought Down to the Present Time. Jenn Williamson
Summary for Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave. Written by Himself. Jenn Williamson
Summary for Life, Including His Escape and Struggle for Liberty of Charles A. Garlick, Born a Slave in Old Virginia, Who Secured His Freedom by Running Away from His Master's Farm in 1843. Meredith Malburne
Summary for Life, Last Words and Dying Speech of Stephen Smith, a Black Man, Who Was Executed at Boston This Day Being Thursday, October 12, 1797 for Burglary. Monique Prince
Summary for Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising. Monique Prince
Summary for Men of Maryland. Christian Richter
Summary for My Larger Education: Being Chapters from My Experience. Jenn Williamson
Summary for Narrative of James Curry, A Fugitive Slave. Erin Bartels Buller
Summary for Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, Emancipated from Bodily Servitude by the State of New York, in 1828. Zachary Hutchins
Summary for Narrative of Sojourner Truth; a Bondswoman of Olden Time, Emancipated by the New York Legislature in the Early Part of the Present Century; with a History of Her Labors and Correspondence Drawn from Her "Book of Life;" Also, a Memorial Chapter, Giving the Particulars of Her Last Sickness and Death. Zachary Hutchins
Summary for Narrative of Sojourner Truth; a Bondswoman of Olden Time, Emancipated by the New York Legislature in the Early Part of the Present Century; with a History of Her Labors and Correspondence, Drawn from Her "Book of Life". Zachary Hutchins
Summary for Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green, a Runaway Slave, from Kentucky, Containing an Account of His Three Escapes, in 1839, 1846, and 1848. Jenn Williamson
Summary for Narrative of the Life of James Watkins, Formerly a "Chattel" in Maryland, U. S.; Containing an Account of His Escape from Slavery, Together with an Appeal on Behalf of Three Millions of Such "Pieces of Property," Still Held Under the Standard of the Eagle. Christy Webb
Summary for Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave. Written by Himself. Mary Alice Kirkpatrick
Summary for Narrative of William W. Brown, an American Slave. Written by Himself. Meredith Malburne-Wade
Summary for Out of the Ditch. A True Story of an Ex-Slave. Meredith Malburne
Summary for Progressive Missions in the South and Addresses with Illustrations and Sketches of Missionary Workers and Ministers and Bishops' Wives. Nora Rubel
Summary for Recollections of Seventy Years. Maryellen Davis
Summary for Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; or, the Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery. Sarah Bradley
Summary for Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman. Zachary Hutchins
Summary for Shadow and Sunshine. Harry Thomas
Summary for Sketches of the Life of Joseph Mountain, a Negro, Who Was Executed at New-Haven, on the 20th Day of October, 1790, for a Rape, Committed on the 26th Day of May Last. [The Writer of This History Has Directed That the Money Arising From the Sales Thereof, After Deducting the Expence of Printing, &c. Be Given to the Unhappy Girl, Whose Life Is Rendered Wretched by the Crime of the Malefactor.]. Monique Prince
Summary for Slavery Days in Old Kentucky. A True Story of a Father Who Sold His Wife and Four Children. By One of the Children. Harry Thomas
Summary for Struggles for Freedom; or The Life of James Watkins, Formerly a Slave in Maryland, U. S.; in Which is Detailed a Graphic Account of His Extraordinary Escape from Slavery, Notices of the Fugitive Slave Law, the Sentiments of American Divines on the Subject of Slavery, etc., etc. Christy Webb
Summary for Sunshine and Shadow of Slave Life. Reminiscences as told by Isaac D. Williams to "Tege". Erin Bartels Buller
Summary for The Address of Abraham Johnstone, a Black Man, Who Was Hanged at Woodbury, in the County of Glocester, and State of New Jersey, on Saturday the the [sic] 8th Day of July Last; to the People of Colour. To Which Is Added His Dying Confession or Declaration. Also, a Copy of a Letter to His Wife, Written the Day Previous to His Execution. Zachary Hutchins
Summary for The Anderson Surpriser. Written After He Was Seventy-Five Years of Age. The Author Was Born in Liberty County, Ga., on the 22d Day of February, in the Year of Our Lord, 1819, and United with the Methodist Episcopal Church in the Year 1839. This Book Contains an Account of His Florida and Northern Trip, Written by Himself, Giving Much Valuable Information of the People Among Whom He Had Been Several Months. May Anderton
Summary for The Autobiography of Nicholas Said, A Native of Bournou, Eastern Soudan, Central Africa. Patrick E. Horn
Summary for The Fugitive Blacksmith; or, Events in the History of James W. C. Pennington, Pastor of a Presbyterian Church, New York, Formerly a Slave in the State of Maryland, United States. Madeleine Read
Summary for The Heir of Slaves: An Autobiography. Harris Henderson
Summary for The History of William Webb, Composed by Himself. Christy Webb
Summary for The House of Bondage, or, Charlotte Brooks and Other Slaves, Original and Life Like, As They Appeared in Their Old Plantation and City Slave Life; Together with Pen-Pictures of the Peculiar Institution, with Sights and Insights into Their New Relations as Freedmen, Freemen, and Citizens. Abigail Pace
Summary for The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself. Vol. I. Jenn Williamson
Summary for The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself. Vol. II. Jenn Williamson
Summary for The Last Words and Dying Speech of Edmund Fortis, a Negro Man, Who Appeared to Be between Thirty and Forty Years of Age, but Very Ignorant. He Was Executed at Dresden, on Kennebeck River, on Thursday the Twenty-Fifth Day of September, 1794, for a Rape and Murder, Committed on the Body of Pamela Tilton, a Young Girl of about Fourteen Years of Age, Daughter of Mr. Tilton of Vassalborough, in the County of Lincoln. Christy Webb
Summary for The Life and Sufferings of John Joseph, a Native of Ashantee, in Western Africa: Who Was Stolen from His Parents at the Age of 3 Years, and Sold to Mr. Johnstone, a Cotton Planter, in New Orleans, South America. Jenn Williamson
Summary for The Life and Sufferings of Leonard Black, a Fugitive from Slavery. Written by Himself. Monique Prince
Summary for The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself. Jenn Williamson
Summary for The Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen. To Which is Annexed the Rise and Progress of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Containing a Narrative of the Yellow Fever in the Year of Our Lord 1793: With an Address to the People of Colour in the United States. Monique Prince
Summary for The Looking-Glass: Being a True Report and Narrative of the Life, Travels, and Labors of the Rev. Daniel H. Peterson, a Colored Clergyman; Embracing a Period of Time from the Year 1812 to 1854, and Including His Visit to Western Africa. Erin Penrod
Summary for The Narrative of James Roberts, a Soldier Under Gen. Washington in the Revolutionary War, and Under Gen. Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans, in the War of 1812: "a Battle Which Cost Me a Limb, Some Blood, and Almost My Life". Meredith Malburne
Summary for The Old Faithful Servant: Life History of J.W. Holley: Born and Reared a Slave: After Freedom Became a Worker in the Master's Vineyard. Megan Salvia
Summary for The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. Andrew Leiter
Summary for The Story of Archer Alexander: From Slavery to Freedom, March 30, 1863. Alex Hymas
Summary for The Varick Family. Maryellen Davis
Summary for Unwritten History. Courtney Vien
Summary for Up from Slavery: An Autobiography. Harris Henderson
Summary for What Experience Has Taught Me: An Autobiography of Thomas William Burton. Denise Alexander
Summary for Women of Achievement: Written for the Fireside Schools Under the Auspices of the Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society. Andrew Leiter