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Filed under: Slavery -- West Indies, British -- History -- 18th century

Gustavus Vassa (Published by Samuel Wood & Sons, no. 261 Pearl-street. R. & G.S. Wood, printers, 1829), by Olaudah Equiano, Alexander Anderson, Abigail Mott, R. & G.S. Wood (Firm), and Samuel Wood & Sons (page images at HathiTrust)
Life of Olaudah Equiano (Printed by and for W. Cock; and sold by his agents throughout the kingdom, 1815), by Olaudah Equiano, Charles F. Heartman, W. Cock, and Trathan Penaluna (page images at HathiTrust)

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Filed under: Slavery -- West Indies -- History -- 18th century

The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave (London: F. Westley and A.H. Davis, 1831), by Mary Prince, ed. by Thomas Pringle (Gutenberg text)
The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave (third edition; London: F. Westley and A.H. Davis, 1831), by Mary Prince (HTML and TEI at UNC)

Filed under: Slavery -- History -- 18th century

Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Colour; To Which is Added, a Selection of Pieces in Poetry (New York: M. Day, 1826), by Abigail Mott (HTML and TEI at UNC)
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself (London: The author, 1789), by Olaudah Equiano
Narratives of Colored Americans (New York: W. W. Wood and Co., 1875), by Abigail Mott and M. S. Wood (HTML and TEI at UNC)

Filed under: Slavery -- Connecticut -- History -- 18th century

Life of James Mars, a Slave Born and Sold in Connecticut. Written by Himself (Hartford, CT: Case, Lockwood and Co., 1864), by James Mars (HTML and TEI at UNC)
Life of James Mars, a Slave Born and Sold in Connecticut: Written by Himself (with an appendix summarizing Mars's life after liberation; Hartford: Case, Lockwood, 1868), by James Mars (HTML and TEI at UNC)

Filed under: Slavery -- Delaware -- History -- 18th century

The Life Experience and Gospel Labors 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 (with a new introduction by Singleton; New York and Nashville: Abingdon Press, c1960), by Richard Allen, contrib. by Absalom Jones and George A. Singleton (page images at HathiTrust)
The Life, Experience, and Gospel Labors of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen; To Which is Annexed, The Rise and Progresss of the American Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America (Philadelphia: F. Ford and M. A. Riply, 1880), by Richard Allen, contrib. by Absalom Jones
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust
The Life, Experience, and Gospel Labors of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen; To Which is Annexed, The Rise and Progresss of the American Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America (Philadelphia: Lee and Yeocum, c1887), by Richard Allen, contrib. by Absalom Jones
- page images at HathiTrust
- multiple formats at archive.org; title page missing
The Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen; To Which is Annexed, The Rise and Progresss of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America (Philadelphia: Martin and Boden, 1833), by Richard Allen, contrib. by Absalom Jones (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)

Filed under: Slavery -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century

Gustavus Vassa (Published by Samuel Wood & Sons, no. 261 Pearl-street. R. & G.S. Wood, printers, 1829), by Olaudah Equiano, Alexander Anderson, Abigail Mott, R. & G.S. Wood (Firm), and Samuel Wood & Sons (page images at HathiTrust)
Life of Olaudah Equiano (Printed by and for W. Cock; and sold by his agents throughout the kingdom, 1815), by Olaudah Equiano, Charles F. Heartman, W. Cock, and Trathan Penaluna (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Slavery -- Maryland -- History -- 18th century

Josiah, The Maimed Fugitive: A True Tale (London: Wesleyan Conference Office, 1873), by Henry Bleby
- HTML and TEI at UNC
- multiple formats at archive.org
Memoir of Old Elizabeth, A Coloured Woman (Philadelphia: Collins, 1863), by Elizabeth (HTML and TEI at UNC)
Narrative of the Life of Thomas Cooper (New York: I. T. Hopper, 1832), by Isaac T. Hopper (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
Some Memoirs of the Life of Job, the Son of Solomon, the High Priest of Boonda in Africa, by Thomas Bluett (HTML and TEI at UNC)
Memoir of Old Elizabeth, A Coloured Woman, by Old Elizabeth (Gutenberg ebook)

Filed under: Slavery -- New England -- History -- 18th century

The Blind African Slave, Or Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, Nicknamed Jeffrey Brace, by Boyrereau Brinch and Benjamin F. Prentiss (HTML and TEI at UNC)

Filed under: Slavery -- New Jersey -- History -- 18th century

Memoir of Quamino Buccau, a Pious Methodist (Philadelphia: H. Longstreth; London: C. Gilpin, 1851), by William J. Allinson
- page images at HathiTrust
- HTML and TEI at UNC

Filed under: Slavery -- New Jersey -- Mount Holly -- History -- 18th century

Anecdotes and Memoirs of William Boen, a Coloured Man, Who Lived and Died Near Mount Holly, New Jersey; To Which is Added, The Testimony of Friends of Mount Holly Monthly Meeting Concerning Him (Philadelphia: John Richards, 1834) (HTML and TEI at UNC)

Filed under: Slavery -- New York (State) -- History -- 18th century

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 (New York: E. S. Arnold and Co., 1839), by Peter Wheeler and C. Edwards Lester (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
An account of the endeavours used by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts to instruct the Negroe slaves in New York : together with two of Bp. Gibson's letters on that subject : being an extract from Dr. Humphreys's historical account of the incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, from its foundation to the year 1728. ([Place of publication not identified], Printed at London : [publisher not identified], In 1730., 1730), by David Humphreys and John Ralph Willis (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Slavery -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 18th century

The Life, History, and Unparalleled Sufferings of John Jea, the African Preacher, Compiled and Written by Himself (Portsea, UK: The author, ca. 1811), by John Jea (HTML and TEI at UNC)
A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw (Bath, UK: Printed by W. Gye, 1772), by James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, ed. by Walter Shirley (Gutenberg text)
A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince, as Related by Himself (Bath, UK: Printed by W. Gye, ca. 1770), by James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, ed. by Walter Shirley (HTML and TEI at UNC)
A narrative of the most remarkable particulars in the life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African prince (1790), by James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, Randall K. Burkett, and Walter Shirley (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Slavery -- Suriname -- History -- 18th century

Capitain Johan Stedmans Dagbok Öfwer Sina Fälttåg i Surinam, Jämte Beskrifning om Detta Nybygges Inwånare och Öfriga Märkwärdighete: Sammangrag (abridged translation of Stedman's Narrative, in Swedish; Stockholm: J. Pfeiffer, 1800), by John Gabriel Stedman, trans. by Samuel Ödmann (page images at HathiTrust)
Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition, Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America, From the Year 1772, to 1777 (2 volumes; London: Printed for J. Johnson and J. Edwards, 1796), by John Gabriel Stedman, illust. by William Blake, Thomas Holloway, Francesco Bartolozzi, Inigo Barlow, Michele Benedetti, Thomas Conder, and Anker Smith
Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition, Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America, From the Year 1772, to 1777 (second edition corrected, in 2 volumes; London: Printed for J. Johnson, and T. Payne, 1806), by John Gabriel Stedman, illust. by Francesco Bartolozzi, Thomas Holloway, and William Blake
Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition, Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America, From the Year 1772, to 1777 (second edition corrected, in 2 volumes; London: Printed for J. Johnson and T. Payne, 1813), by John Gabriel Stedman, illust. by William Blake, Thomas Holloway, and Francesco Bartolozzi
- Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org

Filed under: Slavery -- United States -- History -- 18th century

A Narrative of the Negro (Washington: Press of R.L. Pendleton, 1912), by Leila Amos Pendleton
- illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC
- page images at HathiTrust
An historical research respecting the opinions of the founders of the republic on negroes as slaves, as citizens, and as soldiers. (Printed by J. Wilson and son, 1862), by George Livermore (page images at HathiTrust)
Gustavus Vassa (Published by Samuel Wood & Sons, no. 261 Pearl-street. R. & G.S. Wood, printers, 1829), by Olaudah Equiano, Alexander Anderson, Abigail Mott, R. & G.S. Wood (Firm), and Samuel Wood & Sons (page images at HathiTrust)
Life of Olaudah Equiano (Printed by and for W. Cock; and sold by his agents throughout the kingdom, 1815), by Olaudah Equiano, Charles F. Heartman, W. Cock, and Trathan Penaluna (page images at HathiTrust)

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