African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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Portraits in Color: The Lives of Colorful Negro Women (New York, Pageant Press, c1962), by Gwendolyn Cherry, Ruby Thomas, and Pauline Willis (page images at HathiTrust)
- Aunt Sally, or, The Cross the Way of Freedom: A Narrative of the Slave-Life and Purchase of the Mother of Rev. Isaac Williams of Detroit, Michigan (Cincinnati: American Reform Tract and Book Society, 1858), by Isaac Williams (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
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Filed under: African American women -- Biography- Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, Emancipated from Bodily Servitude by the State of New York, in 1828 (Boston: The author, 1850; main text as reprinted by Oxford University Press in 1991), by Sojourner Truth and Olive Gilbert, contrib. by Theodore Dwight Weld (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
- 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)
- Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction, ed. by Hallie Q. Brown (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Shadow and Sunshine, by Eliza Suggs
- Women of Achievement (Chicago: Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society, c1919), by Benjamin Brawley (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Women of Distinction: Remarkable in Works and Invincible in Character (Raleigh, NC: L. A. Scruggs, 1893), by L. A. Scruggs, contrib. by Josephine J. Turpin Washington (page images at HathiTrust)
- Gospel Trailblazer: An African-American Preacher's Historic Journey Across Racial Lines (c2003), by Howard O. Jones (HTML at Wayback Machine)
- Maida Springer: Pan-Africanist and International Labor Leader (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, c2000), by Yevette Richards (page images at Pitt)
- An Autobiography: The Story of the Lord's Dealings With Mrs. Amanda Smith, the Colored Evangelist (Chicago: Meyer and Brother, 1893), by Amanda Smith, contrib. by J. M. Thoburn
- From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or, Struggles for Freedom (St. Louis: J. T. Smith, ca. 1890), by Lucy A. Delaney
- Louisa Picquet, the Octoroon: or, Inside Views of Southern Domestic Life (New York: The author, 1861), by Louisa Picquet and Hiram Mattison (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- 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" (Boston: For the Author, 1875), by Sojourner Truth and Olive Gilbert, contrib. by 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" (Battle Creek, MI: For the author, 1878), by Sojourner Truth and Olive Gilbert, contrib. by Frances W. Titus (multiple formats with commentary at loc.gov)
- 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 (Battle Creek, MI: Review and Herald Office, 1884), by Sojourner Truth, Olive Gilbert, and Frances W. Titus
- Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, Emancipated from Bodily Servitude by the State of New York, in 1828 (Boston: The Author, 1850), by Sojourner Truth and Olive Gilbert, contrib. by Theodore Dwight Weld
- A Slave Girl's Story: Being an Autobiography of Kate Drumgoold (Brooklyn: The Author, 1898), by Kate Drumgoold (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
- Narrative of Phebe Ann Jacobs (ca. 1850), by Mrs. T. C. Upham (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
- Memoir of Mrs. Chloe Spear, a Native of Africa, Who was Enslaved in Childhood, and Died in Boston, January 3, 1815 (Boston: James Loring, 1832), by Rebecca Warren Brown (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Aunt Dice: The Story of a Faithful Slave (Nashville: Publishing House of the M.E. Church, 1897), by Nina Hill Robinson (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Dawnings of Genius: or, The Early Lives of Some Eminent Persons of the Last Century (London: Charles Knight and Co., 1841), by Anne Pratt (page images at Google)
- Famous Men of Ancient Times (Boston: Brown and Taggard, 1860), by Samuel G. Goodrich (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Red Book of Heroes (London et al.: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1909), by Mrs. Lang, ed. by Andrew Lang, illust. by Arthur Wallis Mills (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Triumphs of Perseverance and Enterprise (with updated illustrations), by Thomas Cooper (illustrated HTML in the UK)
- Historic Girls: Stories of Girls Who Have Influenced the History of Their Times, by Elbridge S. Brooks
- Variety: or, Selections and Essays, Consisting of Anecdotes, Curious Facts, Interesting Narratives, with Occasional Reflections (Philadelphia: Published by James P. Parke, 1809), by Priscilla Wakefield (page images at Google)
- Beauties of Sentiment: Or an Original Collection of Moral Anecdotes, for the Young (Boston: J. Punchard, 1831) (HTML with commentary at merrycoz.org)
- Juvenile Anecdotes, Founded on Facts, Collected for the Amusement of Children (7th edition; London: Harvey and Darton, 1825), by Priscilla Wakefield (page images at Google)
- Wisdom In Miniature, or, The Young Gentleman And Lady's Magazine: Being A Collection Of Sentences, Divine and Moral (Philadelphia: Printed by J. Adams, 1805)
- The Life of Martin Luther King Jr. (Yonkers, NY: Fitzgerald Pub. Co., ca. 1972) (page images at golden-legacy.com)
- The Man Who Would Not Hate: The Story of Festo Kivengere, by Jill Briscoe (HTML at Wayback Machine)
- The Story of Geronimo (c1958), by Jim Kjelgaard (HTML at Gutenberg Canada)
- St. Paul the Hero (New York: Macmillan, 1922), by Rufus M. Jones (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Latch Key of My Bookhouse (book 6 of original "My Book House" series; Chicago: The Bookhouse for Children, c1921), ed. by Olive Beaupré Miller (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Man Who Would Not Hate: The Story of Festo Kivengere, by Jill Briscoe (HTML at Wayback Machine)
- Aunt Sally, or, The Cross the Way of Freedom: A Narrative of the Slave-Life and Purchase of the Mother of Rev. Isaac Williams of Detroit, Michigan (Cincinnati: American Reform Tract and Book Society, 1858), by Isaac Williams (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Aunt Sally, or, The Cross the Way of Freedom: A Narrative of the Slave-Life and Purchase of the Mother of Rev. Isaac Williams of Detroit, Michigan (Cincinnati: American Reform Tract and Book Society, 1858), by Isaac Williams (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- History of King Alfred of England (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1872), by Jacob Abbott (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)
- King Alfred of England (New York and London: Harper and Bros., c1849), by Jacob Abbott (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- William the Conqueror, by Jacob Abbott
- The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch, Being Parts of The "Lives" of Plutarch Edited for Boys and Girls, by Plutarch, ed. by John S. White (Gutenberg text)
- The Children's Plutarch: Tales of the Greeks, by Plutarch and Frederick James Gould, illust. by Walter Crane (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)
- Our Young Folks' Plutarch (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co., 1884), by Plutarch, ed. by Rosalie Kaufman (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)
- The Life of Our Lord (published posthumously, c1934), by Charles Dickens (PDF in Japan; NO US ACCESS)
- The Child's Life of Christ: or, The Wonderful Life (Philadelphia and Chicago: J. C. Winston and Co., c1891), by Hesba Stretton, illust. by Heinrich Hofmann and Bernhard Plockhorst (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Child's Life of Jesus (New York: F. A. Stokes Co., ca. 1906), by C. M. Steedman, illust. by Paul Woodroffe
- When the King Came: Stories from the Four Gospels, by George Hodges (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)
- Famous Men of Ancient Times (Boston: Brown and Taggard, 1860), by Samuel G. Goodrich (page images at HathiTrust)
- William the Conqueror, by Jacob Abbott
- A Child's Journey with Dickens (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1912), by Kate Douglas Wiggin (multiple formats at archive.org)
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