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• Brief Sketch of the Life and Labors of Rev. Alexander Bettis; Also an Account of the Founding and Development of the Bettis Academy (Trenton, SC: The author, 1913), by Alfred W. Nicholson (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)

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• 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)
• A Brief Account of the Life, Experience, Travels, and Gospel Labours of George White, an African: Written by Himself, and Revised by a Friend (New York: J. C. Totten, 1810), by George White (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
• Josiah, The Maimed Fugitive: A True Tale (London: Wesleyan Conference Office, 1873), by Henry Bleby
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• My Own Life Story (Washington, DC: Hamilton Printing, 1924), by Sterling N. Brown (illustrated 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)
• Against the Tide: An Autobiography (New York: R. R. Smith, 1938), by A. Clayton Powell (page images at HathiTrust)
• From Slavery to the Bishopric in the A.M.E. Church: An Autobiography (Philadelphia: The A.M.E. Book Concern, 1928), by William H. Heard (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Africa for Christ: Twenty-Eight Years a Slave (London: Alexander and Shepheard, 1892), by Thomas L. Johnson (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• The Anderson Surpriser: Written After He Was Seventy-Five Years of Age (Macon, GA: The Author, 1895), by Robert Anderson (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Autobiography, Sermons, Addresses, and Essays of Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D. (Atlanta: Franklin Print. and Pub. Co., 1898), by Lucius Henry Holsey (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Battles and Victories of Allen Allensworth, A. M., Ph. D., Lieutenant-Colonel, Retired, U. S. Army (Boston: Sherman, French and Co., c1914), by Charles Alexander (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• 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 (Philadelphia: The Author, 1861), by Israel Campbell (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• 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 (Jersey City: W. W. & L. A. Pratt, Printers, Sentinel Buildings, 1853), by Levin Tilmon (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Life and Labors of Rev. Jordan W. Early, One of the Pioneers of African Methodism in the West and South (Nashville: Publishing House A.M.E. Church Sunday School Union, 1894), by Sarah J. W. Early (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• 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
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• 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
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• 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)
• 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)
• Life of Charles T. Walker, D.D. ("The Black Spurgeon"), Pastor Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, New York City (Nashville: National Baptist Publishing Board, 1902), by Silas Xavier Floyd, contrib. by Robert Stuart MacArthur (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Religious Experience and Journal of Mrs. Jarena Lee, Giving an Account of Her Call to Preach the Gospel (Philadelphia: The author, 1849), by Jarena Lee (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Richard Allen and Absalom Jones (Baltimore: Church Advocate Press, 1916), by George F. Bragg (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• 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 (Nashville, TN: Pub. for the author by the Publishing House of the M. E. Church, 1912), by M. F. Jamison (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson ("Uncle Tom"), From 1789 to 1881 (revised and enlarged edition; London, ON: Schuyler, Smith, and Co., 1881), by Josiah Henson, ed. by John Lobb, contrib. by Harriet Beecher Stowe, George Sturge, S. Morley, Wendell Phillips, and John Greenleaf Whittier (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Biography of Rev. David Smith of the A. M. E. Church (Xenia, OH: Printed at the Xenia Gazette Office, 1881), by David Smith, contrib. by David Alexander Payne (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• The Life and Sufferings of Leonard Black, a Fugitive from Slavery, Written by Himself (New Bedford, MA: Press of B. Lindsey, 1847), by Leonard Black (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• The Life, Labors, and Travels of Elder Charles Bowles, of the Free Will Baptist Denomination (with an essay on "the African race" by the author, and on the fugitive slave law by Arthur Dearing; Watertown, MA: Ingalls and Stowell's Steam Press, 1852), by John W. Lewis, contrib. by Arthur Dearing (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself (Boston: A. D. Phelps, 1849), by Josiah Henson (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• 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 (Pittsburgh: Ohio A. M. E. Conference, 1850), by A. R. Green (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• 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 (New York: Wright, 1854), by Daniel H. Peterson (illustrated HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
• My Life and Work, by Alexander Walters (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Truth Stranger Than Fiction: Father Henson's Story of His Own Life (Boston: John P. Jewett, 1858), by Josiah Henson, contrib. by Harriet Beecher Stowe (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Uncle Tom's Story of His Life: An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson (Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom"). From 1789 to 1876 (London: Christian Age Office, 1876), by Josiah Henson, contrib. by Harriet Beecher Stowe, George Sturge, and S. Morley (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Wilkerson's History of His Travels and Labors, in the United States, As a Missionary, In Particular, That of the Union Seminary, Located in Franklin Co., Ohio, Since He Purchased His Liberty in New Orleans, La. &c. (1861), by Major James Wilkerson
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• The life of Josiah Henson, formerly a slave, now an inhabitant of Canada (Boston : Arthur D. Phelps, 1849., 1849), by Josiah Henson and Samuel Atkins Eliot (page images at HathiTrust)
• Truth is stranger than fiction. (J.P. Jewett;, 1858), by Josiah Henson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Cowles & Company, Geo. C. Rand & Avery, and Mass.) John P. Jewett and Company (Boston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life of Dr. Walker (Negro Universities Press, 1969), by Silas Xavier Floyd (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Gilbert Academy and Agricultural College, Winsted, Louisiana sketches and incidents, selections from journal. (Hunt & Eaton, 1987), by W. D. Godman, Inez A. Godman, and A. H. Dexter Godman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Our Baptist ministers and schools (Springfield, Mass. : Willey & Co., 1892., 1892), by A. W. Pegues, J. H. Jackson, and C. L. Purce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Unwritten history (A.M.E. Book Concern, 1919), by Levi Jenkins Coppin (page images at HathiTrust)
• A narrative of the life and labors of the Rev. G. W. Offley, a colored man and local preacher ... ([s.n.], 1860), by Greensbury Washington Offley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life of Charles T. Walker, D.D. : ("The Black Spurgeon,") pastor Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, New York City (Nashville, Tenn. : National Baptist Publishing Board, 1902., 1902), by Silas Xavier Floyd, Carter Godwin Woodson, James V. Hatch, Camille Billops, Juanita Bethea, Association for the Study of African-American Life and History, National Baptist Publishing Board, and N.Y.) Mount Olivet Baptist Church (New York (page images at HathiTrust)
• Religious experience and journal of Mrs. Jarena Lee, giving an account of her call to preach the gospel, revised and corrected from the original manuscript written by herself. (Published for the author, 1849), by Jarena Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal of Mrs. Jarena Lee (Published for the author, 1849), by Jarena Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biography of Rev. David Smith, of the A.M.E. Church : being a complete history, embracing over sixty years' labor in the advancement of the Redeemer's kingdom on earth. (1881), by David Smith, Levi Jenkins Coppin, Charles Simpson Butcher, Benj. T. Tanner, John Coleman, and Daniel Alexander Payne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life of Rev. Daniel A. Ridout (Wilmington, Del. : J. Miller Thomas, 1891., 1891), by D. Archie Ridout, Charles Simpson Butcher, and A. W. Wayman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cyclopaedia of African Methodism (Baltimore : Methodist Episcopal Book Depository, 1882., 1882), by A. W. Wayman and Charles Simpson Butcher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Original exposition of Bible baptism (Wilmington, N.C. : R.S. Jervay's Print, [1914?], 1914), by J. E. C. Barham and Charles Simpson Butcher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and labors of Rev. Jordan W. Early, of the A.M.E. Church (Nashville, Tenn. : Pub. House A.M.E. Church Sunday School Union, 1894., 1894), by Sarah J. W. Early, Charles Simpson Butcher, and A.M.E. Sunday School Union (page images at HathiTrust)
• The sons of Allen (Xenia, Ohio : Aldine Press, 1906., 1906), by Horace Talbert, Charles Simpson Butcher, and W. S. Scarborough (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biographical sketch of Rev. J.W. Sanders and sundry articles. ([United States] : [publisher not identified], 1921., 1921), by Charles Simpson Butcher and James Woods Sanders (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bond slave of Christ ([Baltimore?] : [publisher not identified], [1912?], 1912), by George F. Bragg and Charles Simpson Butcher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Richard Allen and Absalom Jones (Baltimore, Md. : Church Advocate Press, 1915., 1915), by George F. Bragg and Randall K. Burkett (page images at HathiTrust)
• L. Tilmon's narrative (Jersey City [N.J.] : W.W. & L.A. Pratt, printers, 1853., 1853), by Levin Tilmon and Randall K. Burkett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Religious Experience and Journal of Mrs. Jarena Lee: Giving an Account of Her Call to Preach the Gospel, by Jarena Lee, illust. by Alfred M. Hoffy (Gutenberg ebook)
• Life of Charles T. Walker, D.D.: ("The Black Spurgeon") Pastor Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, New York City, by Silas Xavier Floyd, contrib. by Robert Stuart MacArthur (Gutenberg ebook)

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