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Persons

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Filed under: Enslaved persons -- Biography

Life of Rev. Thomas James, by Himself (Rochester, NY: Post Express Printing Co., 1886), by Thomas James (HTML and TEI at UNC)
Narratives of Colored Americans (New York: W. W. Wood and Co., 1875), by Abigail Mott and M. S. Wood (HTML and TEI at UNC)
Aunt Judy's Story: A Tale From Real Life, Written for the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Fair (Philadelphia: Merrihew and Thompson, 1855), by Matilda G. Thompson (HTML and TEI at UNC)
The Autobiography of Nicholas Said, A Native of Bournou, Eastern Soudan, Central Africa (Memphis, TN: Shotwell and Co., Publishers, 1873), by Nicholas Said
- HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC
- page images at HathiTrust
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 Black Man: His Antecedents, His Genius, and His Achievements (1863), by William Wells Brown (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
The History of William Webb, Composed by Himself (Detroit: E. Hoekstra, 1873), by William Webb (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
The Last Words and Dying Speech of Edmund Fortis, a Negro Man (1795), by Edmund Fortis (HTML and TEI at UNC)
Life and Adventures of James Williams, a Fugitive Slave, with a Full Description of the Underground Railroad (San Francisco, CA: Women's Union Print, 1873), by James Williams
- HTML and TEI at UNC
- multiple formats at archive.org
Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and Slave (Boston: Published by Geo. W. Light, 1834), by Phillis Wheatley and Margaretta Matilda Odell
- illustrated HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC
- page images at HathiTrust
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" (Chicago: Printed for the author, 1858), by James Roberts (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa, but Resident Above Sixty Years in the United States of America (originally published 1798), by Venture Smith (Gutenberg text)
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, CT: Printed by C. Holt, 1798), by Venture Smith
A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa, but Resident Above Sixty Years in the United States of America (Middletown, CT: J. S. Stewart, 1897), by Venture Smith, ed. by H. M. Selden (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
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 (Huddersfield, UK: Printed by H. Fielding, 1864), by J. D. Green (HTML and TEI at UNC)
Narrative of William Hayden, Containing a Faithful Account of His Travels for a Number of Years, Whilst a Slave, in the South (Cincinnati: W. Hayden, 1846), by William Hayden (HTML and TEI at UNC)
A Statement with Regard to the Moorish Prince, Abduhl Rahhahman (New York: D. Fanshaw, 1828), by T. H. Gallaudet (HTML and TEI at UNC)
The Story of Archer Alexander From Slavery to Freedom, March 30, 1863, by William Greenleaf Eliot (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
Uncle Johnson, the Pilgrim of Six Score Years (tract #96; Philadelphia: Presbyterian Publication Committee, ca. 1866), by G. L. Foster (HTML and TEI at UNC)

Filed under: Enslaved persons -- Drama

Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly: A Domestic Drama in Six Acts (New York: Samuel French, 1858), by George L. Aiken, contrib. by Harriet Beecher Stowe (HTML at Virginia)

Filed under: Enslaved persons -- Fiction

Blake: or, The Huts of America, by Martin Robison Delany (HTML at Virginia)
Bond and Free: A True Tale of Slave Times (Harrisburg, PA: E. K. Meyers, 1886), by Jas. H. W. Howard
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust
Leah Mordecai: A Novel, by Belle K. Abbott (Gutenberg text)
The Negro Equalled by Few Europeans (3 volumes; London: Printed for the author, 1790), by Joseph Lavallée, trans. by Joseph Trapp (page images at HathiTrust)
The Negro Equalled by Few Europeans, Translated From the French; To Which Are Added, Poems on Various Subjects, Moral and Entertaining by Phillis Wheatley (2 volumes; Philadelphia: W. W. Woodward, 1801), by Joseph Lavallée and Phillis Wheatley
The North and South, or, Slavery and Its Contrasts: A Tale of Real Life (Philadelphia: Crissy and Markley, 1852), by Caroline E. Rush (page images at HathiTrust)
Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe (multiple editions)
Aunt Phillis's Cabin: or, Southern Life As It Is (Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo and Co, 1852), by Mary H. Eastman
Oheim Tom's Hütte: oder, Das Leven bei den Niedrigen (Uncle Tom's Cabin in German; Boston: J. P. Jewett und Co.; Cleveland: Jewett, Proctor, und Worthington, 1853), by Harriet Beecher Stowe, trans. by Hugo Rudolph Hutten
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust
Oroonoko: Or, The Royal Slave, by Aphra Behn (HTML at EEBO TCP)
Slavery Illustrated, in the Histories of Zangara and Maquama, Two Negroes Stolen From Africa and Sold Into Slavery: Related by Themselves (Manchester England: Wm. Irwin; London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1849) (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)

Filed under: Enslaved persons -- Georgia

Memoirs of a Southerner, 1840-1923, by Edward J. Thomas
- illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC
- page images at HathiTrust

Filed under: Enslaved persons -- Juvenile fiction

Beyond the Snow: Being a History of Trim's Adventures in Nordlichtschein (Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1873), by P. Fishe Reed (page images at HathiTrust)
Pictures and Stories from Uncle Tom's Cabin (Boston: John P. Jewett, c1853), contrib. by Harriet Beecher Stowe (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
Uncle Tom's Cabin for Children (Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Co., c1908), by Harriet Beecher Stowe and Helen Ring Robinson, illust. by W. M. Rhoads (page images at LOC)
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Young Folks Edition (Chicago: M. A. Donohue and Company, n.d.), by Harriet Beecher Stowe (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

Filed under: Enslaved persons -- Juvenile literature

More Seeds of Knowledge: or, Another Peep at Charles, by Miss Corner (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

Filed under: Enslaved persons -- Monuments

The Story of Archer Alexander From Slavery to Freedom, March 30, 1863, by William Greenleaf Eliot (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)

Filed under: Enslaved persons -- North Carolina

The Old Plantation: How We Lived in Great House and Cabin Before the War, by James B. Avirett (HTML and TEI at UNC)

Filed under: Enslaved persons -- Religious life

Annals of the Poor: Containing The Dairyman's Daughter (With Considerable Additions), The Negro Servant, and the Young Cottager (New Haven: Whiting and Tiffany, 1815), by Legh Richmond
- page images at HathiTrust
- "Negro Servant" section; HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC
Richard Allen and Absalom Jones (Baltimore: Church Advocate Press, 1916), by George F. Bragg (HTML and TEI at UNC)

Filed under: Enslaved persons -- Social conditions

Aunt Judy's Story: A Tale From Real Life, Written for the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Fair (Philadelphia: Merrihew and Thompson, 1855), by Matilda G. Thompson (HTML and TEI at UNC)
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. (19th edition; Manchester, UK: Printed for J. Watkins by A. Heywood, 1860), by James Watkins (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)

Filed under: Enslaved persons -- Southern States

The Old Plantation: How We Lived in Great House and Cabin Before the War, by James B. Avirett (HTML and TEI at UNC)

Filed under: Enslaved persons -- United States

The Negro Christianized: An Essay to Excite and Assist that Good Work, the Instruction of Negro-Servants in Christianity (1706), by Cotton Mather, ed. by Paul Royster (PDF at unl.edu)
Walker's Appeal, in Four Articles: Together With a Preamble to the Colored Citizens of the World, but in Particular and Very Expressly to Those of the United States of America (first edition; Boston: Printed for the author, 1829), by David Walker
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust
Walker's Appeal, in Four Articles: Together With a Preamble to the Colored Citizens of the World, but in Particular, and Very Expressly to Those of the United States of America (second edition; Boston: D. Walker, 1830), by David Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
Walker's Appeal, in Four Articles: Together With a Preamble to the Coloured Citizens of the World, but in Particular, and Very Expressly to Those of the United States of America (third edition; Boston: Revised and published by D. Walker, 1830), by David Walker
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust

Filed under: Freed persons

The Meaning of Freedom: Economics, Politics, and Culture After Slavery (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, c1992), ed. by Frank McGlynn and Seymour Drescher (page images at Pitt)
Extracts From Letters of Teachers and Superintendents of the New-England Educational Commission for Freedmen (1864), by New England Freedmen's Aid Society (page images at MOA)
The Industry of the Freedmen of America (ca. 1867), by National Freedmen's Aid Union
- page images at HathiTrust
- page images at MOA
The Position of the Republican and Democratic Parties: A Dialogue Between a White Republican and a Colored Citizen (ca.1868), by Union Republican Congressional Committee (page images at MOA)
Report of the Proceedings of a Meeting Held at Concert Hall, Philadelphia, on Tuesday Evening, November 3, 1863, To Take Into Consideration the Condition of the Freed People of the South (Philadelphia: Merrihew and Thompson, 1863), by Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association
- page images at MOA
- multiple formats at Google
Report on the Condition of the South (1865), by Carl Schurz (Gutenberg text)
"White Man Bery Unsartin"; "Nigger Haint Got No Friends, No How"; The Blackest Chapter in the History of the Republican Party: The Men Who Robbed and Combined to Rob the Freedmen of Their Hard Earnings (Washington: J. Shillington, ca. 1878), by F. Colburn Adams
- multiple formats at archive.org
- Gutenberg text
A Woman's Life-Work: Labors and Experiences of Laura S. Haviland (Cincinnati: Walden and Stowe, 1882), by Laura S. Haviland (multiple formats with commentary at loc.gov)
A Woman's Life-Work: Labors and Experiences of Laura S. Haviland (Cincinnati: L.S. Haviland, 1881), by Laura S. Haviland (multiple formats at archive.org)
A Woman's Life-Work: Labors and Experiences of Laura S. Haviland, by Laura S. Haviland (Gutenberg text)

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