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Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of New-Jersey, Relative to The Manumission of Negroes and Others Holden in Bondage (Burlington, NJ: Printed for "The New-Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery," by I. Neale, 1794), by New Jersey Supreme Court, ed. by Joseph Bloomfield and New-Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
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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)
Who's Who in the American Negro Press (Dallas: Royal Pub. Co., c1960), by Roy L. Hill (page images at HathiTrust)
Anthony Burns: A History (Boston: John P. Jewett, 1856), by Charles Emery Stevens (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
Autobiography of Rev. Francis Frederick, of Virginia (Baltimore: J. W. Woods, 1869), by Francis Frederick (HTML and TEI at UNC)
Beacon Lights of the Race (Memphis: F. H. Clarke and Bros., 1911), by Green Polonius Hamilton
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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)
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 (London: Partridge & Oakey, 1854), ed. by H. G. Adams (HTML and TEI at UNC)
History of the American Negro (7 volumes; Atlanta: A. B. Caldwell Pub. Co., 1917-1923), ed. by A. B. Caldwell
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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)
Men of Maryland (Baltimore: Church Advocate Press, 1914), by George F. Bragg
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Narratives of Colored Americans (New York: W. W. Wood and Co., 1875), by Abigail Mott and M. S. Wood (HTML and TEI at UNC)
The National Cyclopedia of the Colored Race (only volume published; Montgomery, AL: National Pub. Co., 1919), ed. by Clement Richardson (page images at HathiTrust)
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)
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Co., c1901), by Booker T. Washington
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Up From Slavery: An Autobiography, by Booker T. Washington (Gutenberg text and Librivox audio)
A Colored Man Round the World (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c1999), by David F. Dorr, ed. by Malini Johar Schueller (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)
Afro-American Encyclopaedia: or, The Thoughts, Doings and Sayings of the Race (Nashville: Haley and Florida, 1895), by James T. Haley
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The Afro-American Press and Its Editors (Springfield, MA: Willey and Co., 1891), by I. Garland Penn
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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Buried Alive (Behind Prison Walls) for a Quarter of a Century: Life of William Walker (Saginaw, MI: Friedman and Hynan, 1892), by William Walker, ed. by Thomas S. Gaines (illustrated HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
Finding a Way Out: An Autobiography, by Robert Russa Moton (HTML and TEI at UNC)
The Freedmen's Book (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865), by Lydia Maria Child
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Hair-Breadth Escapes from Slavery to Freedom (Manchester: W. Bremner, 1861), by William Troy (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 Kidnapped and the Ransomed: Being the Personal Recollections of Peter Still and His Wife "Vina," after Forty Years of Slavery (Syracuse: William T. Hamilton, 1856), by Kate E. R. Pickard, contrib. by Samuel J. May and William Henry Furness (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
Last of the Pioneers, or, Old Times in East Tenn.: Being the Life and Reminiscences of Pharaoh Jackson Chesney (Aged 120 Years) (Knoxville, TN: S. B. Newman and Co., 1902), by Pharaoh Jackson Chesney and J. C. Webster (HTML and TEI at UNC)
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 (Jefferson, OH: J. A. Howells and Co., 1902), by Charles A. Garlick (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
Memoir of Old Elizabeth, A Coloured Woman (Philadelphia: Collins, 1863), by Elizabeth (HTML and TEI at UNC)
My Larger Education: Being Chapters from My Experience, by Booker T. Washington (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
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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
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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
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A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince (first edition; Boston: The author, 1850), by Nancy Prince (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince (second edition; Boston: The author, 1853), by Nancy Prince (page images at HathiTrust)
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 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 (Bolton, UK: Kenyon and Abbatt, 1852), by James Watkins (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
A Narrative of the Negro (Washington: Press of R.L. Pendleton, 1912), by Leila Amos Pendleton
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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)
Narrative of William W. Brown, an American Slave: Written by Himself (Boston: The Anti-Slavery Office, 1847), by William Wells Brown (HTML and TEI at UNC)
Narrative of William W. Brown, an American Slave: Written by Himself (London: C. Gilpin, 1849), by William Wells Brown (HTML and TEI at UNC)
The Negro in American History: Men and Women Eminent in the Evolution of the American of African descent (Washington: American Negro Academy, 1914), by John Wesley Cromwell
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Progress of a Race: or the Remarkable Advancement of the American Negro (revised and enlarged edition; Atlanta et al.: J. L. Nichols and Co., 1902), ed. by J. W. Gibson and W. H. Crogman, contrib. by Booker T. Washington and Fannie Barrier Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
Progress of a Race: or the Remarkable Advancement of the American Negro (new edition, some early pages missing (see earlier edition for full B. T. Washington introduction); Naperville, IL: J. L. Nichols and Co., c1920), ed. by J. L. Nichols, W. H. Crogman, H. F. Kletzing, and J. W. Gibson, contrib. by Margaret James Murray Washington, Charles M. Melden, Matthew W. Dogan, Albon L. Holsey, and Robert Russa Moton
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Progress of a Race: or the Remarkable Advancement of the Colored American (revised and enlarged edition; Naperville, IL: J. L. Nichols and Co., c1912), ed. by J. W. Gibson, W. H. Crogman, and H. F. Kletzing, contrib. by Booker T. Washington and Fannie Barrier Williams (multiple formats at archive.org)
Shadow and Sunshine, by Eliza Suggs
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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)
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)
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)
What Experience Has Taught Me: An Autobiography, by Thomas William Burton (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
The Negro in Sports (revised edition; Washington: Associated Publishers, 1949), by Edwin Bancroft Henderson (page images at HathiTrust)
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 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 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 (Philadelphia: The Purchasers, 1797), by Abraham Johnstone (HTML and TEI at UNC)
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 (Boston: Robert F. Wallcut, 1855), by William C. Nell (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
Echoes from a Pioneer Life (Atlanta: A. B. Caldwell, 1922), by Jared Maurice Arter (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
Harriet, The Moses of Her People (second edition, 1886), by Sarah H. Bradford (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
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Josiah, The Maimed Fugitive: A True Tale (London: Wesleyan Conference Office, 1873), by Henry Bleby
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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
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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 (Wellington: Printed for J. Joseph by J. Greedy, 1848), by John Joseph (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 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)
My Life and Work, by Alexander Walters (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
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 (Toronto: Smallwood; James Stephens, 1851), by Thomas Smallwood (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
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 (New Haven, CT: T. and S. Green, 1790), by Joseph Mountain, ed. by David Daggett (HTML and TEI at UNC)
Trials and Confessions of Madison Henderson, Alias Blanchard, Alfred Amos Warrick, James W. Seward, and Charles Brown, Murderers of Jesse Baker and Jacob Weaver, as Given by Themselves; and A Likeness of Each, Taken in Jail Shortly after Their Arrest (St. Louis: Chambers and Knapp, 1841), ed. by A. B. Chambers, contrib. by Madison Henderson, James W. Seward, Alfred Amos Warrick, and Charles Brown (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
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 (London: Edwards and Co., 1852), by John Passmore Edwards, contrib. by Frederick Douglass (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
From Captivity to Fame: or, The Life of George Washington Carver (Boston, MA: Meador Pub. Co., c1929), by Raleigh H. Merritt (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
Twice Sold, Twice Ransomed: Autobiography of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Ray (Chicago: Free Methodist Publishing House, c1926), by Mrs. L. P. Ray and L. P. Ray (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
Autobiography of a Fugitive Negro: His Anti-Slavery Labours in the United States, Canada, & England (London: John Snow, 35 Paternoster Row, 1855), by Samuel Ringgold Ward (HTML and TEI at UNC)
Autobiography of Henry Parker (published sometime in the 1860s), by Henry Parker (HTML and TEI with commentary 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
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Autobiography of Rev. Thomas W. Henry, of the A. M. E. Church (Baltimore: The author, 1872), by Thomas W. Henry (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)
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)
Booker T. Washington, Builder of a Civilization (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1916), by Emmett J. Scott and Lyman Beecher Stowe, contrib. by Theodore Roosevelt
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Booker T. Washington: Builder of a Civilization (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1918), by Emmett J. Scott and Lyman Beecher Stowe, contrib. by Theodore Roosevelt
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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)
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)
A Colored Man Round the World: By a Quadroon (printed for the author, 1858), by David F. Dorr
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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 (second edition; London: C. Gilpin, 1849), by James W. C. Pennington
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The Heir of Slaves: An Autobiography, by William Pickens (HTML and TEI 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 Public Services of Martin R. Delany, Sub-Assistant Commissioner, Bureau Relief of Refugees, Freedmen, and of Abandoned Lands, and Late Major 104th U. S. Colored Troops (Boston, Lee and Shepard, 1868), by Frank A. Rollin
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Life and Public Services of Martin R. Delany, Sub-Assistant Commissioner Bureau Relief of Refugees, Freedmen, and of Abandoned Lands, and Late Major 104th U. S. Colored Troops (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1883), by Frank A. Rollin
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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: 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, 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 (1797), by Stephen Smith (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
Life of George Henry; Together with a Brief History of the Colored People in America (Providence, RI: H.I. Gould, 1894), by George Henry (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 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)
A Narrative of Events of the Life of J. H. Banks, an Escaped Slave, from the Cotton State, Alabama, in America (Liverpool: M. Rourke, Printer, 1861), by J. H. Banks and James W. C. Pennington (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
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
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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)
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 (Columbus, OH: Inskeep Print. Co., 1924), by J. W. Holley (HTML and TEI at UNC)
Out of the Ditch: A True Story of an Ex-Slave (Houston: Rein and Sons Co., printers, 1910), by J. Vance Lewis (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
The Rev. J. W. Loguen, As a Slave and As a Freeman (Syracuse, NY: J. G. K. Truair and Co., 1859), by Jermain Wesley Loguen
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Samuel Hall, 47 Years a Slave: A Brief Story of His Life Before and After Freedom Came to Him (Washington, IA: Journal Print, 1912), by Samuel Hall, ed. by Orville Elder (HTML and TEI at UNC)
Slavery Days in Old Kentucky: A True Story of a Father Who Sold His Wife and Four Children, By One of the Children (Ogdensburg, NY: Republican and Journal Print, 1901), by Isaac Johnson (HTML and TEI at UNC)
Sunshine and Shadow of Slave Life: Reminiscences as told by Isaac D. Williams to "Tege" (East Saginaw, MI: Evening News Printing and Binding House, 1885), by Isaac D. Williams, ed. by William Ferguson Goldie (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
A Tribute for the Negro (Manchester and London: W. Irwin, 1848), by Wilson Armistead
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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)
Pathfinders: a history of the progress of colored graduate nurses (Kay Printing House, 1929), by Adah B. Thoms (page images at HathiTrust)
Who's who of the colored race; a general biographical dictionary of men and women of African descent. ([s.n.], 1915) (page images at HathiTrust)
A black odyssey : John Lewis Waller and the promise of American life, 1878-1900 (Regents Press of Kansas, 1981), by Randall Bennett Woods (page images at HathiTrust)
For the dignity of humanity : 2nd annual commemoration of Black history (The Administration : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1979), by United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
Antecedents and advancement of the colored race (A. G. Brown, 1874), by William Wells Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
In the vanguard of a race (Council of women for home missions and Missionary education movement of the United States and Canada, 1922), by Lily Hardy Hammond (page images at HathiTrust)
The Negro in Congress, 1870-1901 (The University of North Carolina press, 1940), by Samuel Denny Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
My larger education; being chapters from my experience (Doubleday, Page & company, 1911), by Booker T. Washington (page images at HathiTrust)
Biographical sketches and interesting anecdotes of persons of color. To which is added, a selection of pieces in poetry. (Printed by order of the trustees of the residuary estate of Lindley Murray, 1839), by Abigail Mott (page images at HathiTrust)
The black man : his antecedents, his genius, and his achievements (J. Redpath, 1863), by William Wells Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
Negro office-holders in Virginia, 1865-1895 (Guide quality press, 1945), by Luther Porter Jackson (page images at HathiTrust)
The heir of slaves; an autobiography (The Pilgrim press, 1911), by William Pickens (page images at HathiTrust)
Booker T. Washington, the master mind of a child of slavery : an appealing life story rivaling in its picturesque simplicity and power those recounted about the lives of Washington and Lincoln : a biographical tale destined to live in history and furnish an inspiration for present and future generations, a human interest story depicting the life achievements of a great leader of a rising race ([United States] : [publisher not identified], [1915], 1915), by Frederick E. Drinker and Randall K. Burkett (page images at HathiTrust)
A brief biography of Booker Washington (Hampton Institute Press, 1936), by Anson Phelps Stokes (page images at HathiTrust)
Up from slavery : an autobiography (Corner House, 1971), by Booker T. Washington and Tuskegee Institute (page images at HathiTrust)
Gouldtown, a very remarkable settlement of ancient date; studies of some sturdy examples of the simple life, together with sketches of early colonial history of Cumberland County and southern New Jersey and some early genealogical records (J. B. Lippincott Co., 1913), by William Steward and T. G. Steward (page images at HathiTrust)
Life of Dr. Walker (Negro Universities Press, 1969), by Silas Xavier Floyd (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A narrative of the life and travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince (The author, 1856), by Nancy Prince (page images at HathiTrust)
Who's who in colored America. (C.E. Burckel., 1927) (page images at HathiTrust)
De la littérature des nègres, ou Recherches sur leur facultés intellectuelles, leurs qualités morales et leur littérature; suivies de notices sur la vie et les ouvrages des nègres qui se sont distingués dan les sciences, les lettres et les arts (Maradan, 1808), by Henri Grégoire (page images at HathiTrust)
A hand book on the Detroit Negro (The Minority study associates, 1943), by Ulysses W. Boykin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Narrative of the life and adventures of Paul Cuffe, a Pequot Indian : during thirty years spent at sea, and in travelling in foreign lands : biography. (Printed by Horace N. Bill, 1839), by Paul Cuffe (page images at HathiTrust)
The college of life; or, Practical self-educator; a manual of self-improvement for the colored race ... giving examples and achievements of successful men and women of the race ... including Afro-American progress illustrated. The whole embracing business, social, domestic, historical and religious education ([n. p., 1913), by Henry Davenport Northrop (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Amber gold : an adventure in autobiography (Meador Pub. Co., 1946), by Arnold Hamilton Maloney (page images at HathiTrust)
Our ministers and song leaders of the Church of Christ (Tuggle, 1945), by Annie C. Tuggle (page images at HathiTrust)
The life of Seth Conkling (E. Conkling, 1892), by William Henry Furness and Kate E. R. Pickard (page images at HathiTrust)
Silvia Dubois : a biografy of the slav who whipt her mistres and gand her fredom (Oxford University Press, 1883), by Cornelius Wilson Larison and Jared Lobdell (page images at HathiTrust)
Men of mark; eminent, progressive, and rising. (Johnson Pub. Co., 1970), by William J. Simmons (page images at HathiTrust)
The time and place that gave me life (Indiana University Press, 2007), by Janet Cheatham Bell (page images at HathiTrust)
The freedmen's book (Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1869), by Lydia Maria Child (page images at HathiTrust)
The story of my life and work (Toronto, Ont. ; Naperville, Ill. : J.L. Nichols & Co., [1900], 1900), by Booker T. Washington, William L. Dawson, Louise Alone Thompson Patterson, Frank Beard, J. L. M. Curry, William L. Dawson Library (Emory University. General Libraries), and Louise Thompson Patterson Library (Emory University. General Libraries) (page images at HathiTrust)
Fact stranger than fiction : seventy-five years of a busy life, with reminiscences, of many great and good men and women (Riehl Printing Co., 1920), by John Patterson Green (page images at HathiTrust)
Portraits in color (The Viking Press, 1927), by Mary White Ovington (page images at HathiTrust)
The white side of a black subject : enlarged and brought down to date : a vindication of the Afro-American race : from the landing of slaves at St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565, to the present time (American Publishing House, 1897), by Norman Barton Wood (page images at HathiTrust)
For freedom; a biographical story of the American Negro (Franklin Publishing and Supply Co., 1928), by Arthur Huff Fauset (page images at HathiTrust)
Who's who of the colored race : a general biographical dictionary of men and women of African descent ; vol. 1 ([s.n.], 1915), by Frank Lincoln Mather (page images at HathiTrust)
Narratives of colored Americans ... Printed by order of the Trustees of the residuary estate of Lindley Murray. (W. Wood & co., 1875), by Abigail Mott, M. S. Wood, and Trustees of the residuary estate of Lindley Murray (page images at HathiTrust)
Men of Maryland (Church Advocate Press, 1925), by George F. Bragg (page images at HathiTrust)
In spite of handicaps : brief biographical sketches with discussion outlines of outstanding Negroes now living who are achieving distinction in various lines of endeavor. (Association Press, 1927), by R. W. Bullock (page images at HathiTrust)
Up hill. (Shady Hill Press, 1947), by Else McKean (page images at HathiTrust)
Up from slavery : an autobiography (Bantam Books, 1959), by Booker T. Washington (page images at HathiTrust)
The progression of the race in the United States and Canada; treating of the great advancement of the colored race (Atwell Printing and Binding Co., 1907), by D. D. Buck (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The Negro vanguard. (Negro Universities Press, 1971), by Richard Bardolph (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Biographical sketches and interesting anecdotes of persons of color to which is added a selection of pieces in poetry (s.n.], 1826), by Abigail Mott and Mahlon Day (page images at HathiTrust)
Fact stranger than fiction; seventy-five years of a busy life, with reminiscences, of many great and good men and women. (Riehl Printing Company, 1920), by John Patterson Green (page images at HathiTrust)
The Negro in American history men and women eminent in the evolution of the American of African descent (The American Negro Academy, 1987), by John Wesley Cromwell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
In the vanguard of a race (Published jointly by Council of Women for Home Missions and Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada, 1922), by Lily Hardy Hammond (page images at HathiTrust)
Brown's abridged journal : containing a brief account of the life, trials and travels of Geo. S. Brown, six years a missionary in Liberia, West Africa : a miracle of God's grace. (Troy, N.Y. : Press of Prescott & Wilson, 1849., 1849), by George S. Brown and Randall K. Burkett (page images at HathiTrust)
Biographical sketches and interesting anecdotes of persons of colour. To which is added, a selection of pieces in poetry (M. Day, 1837), by Abigail Mott (page images at HathiTrust)
Echoes from a pioneer life (A. B. Caldwell, 1922), by Jared Maurice Arter (page images at HathiTrust)
Aunt Beckie and Aunt Betsy, aged coloured women. (Printed by David Heston, 1863) (page images at HathiTrust)
The rising son, or, The antecedents and advancement of the colored race (A. G. Brown & Co., 1882), by William Wells Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
The black man, his antecedents, his genius, and his achievements (Thomas Hamilton;, 1863), by William Wells Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
Short biographical sketches of eminent Negro men and women in Europe and the United States, with brief extracts from their writings and public utterances. ([Gazette press], 1910), by John Edward Bruce (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The Negro in American history; men and women eminent in the evolution of the American of African descent (The American Negro academy, 1914), by John Wesley Cromwell (page images at HathiTrust)
The black man, his antecedents, his genius, and his achievements (R.F. Wallcut, 1865), by William Wells Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
Negro stars in all ages of the world (D. E. Aycock, printer, 1890), by William Harvey Quick (page images at HathiTrust)
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 (Partridge and Oakey, 1854), by Wilson Armistead, F. W. Chesson, and H. G. Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
The rising son; or, The antecedents and advancement of the colored race. (A.G. Brown & co., 1876), by William Wells Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
Noted Negro women: their triumphs and activities (Donohue & Henneberry, 1893), by Monroe A. Majors (page images at HathiTrust)
Unsung heroes (DuBois and Dill, 1921), by Elizabeth Ross Haynes (page images at HathiTrust)
For freedom : a biographical story of the American Negro (Franklin Pub. and Supply Co., 1934), by Arthur Huff Fauset and Mabel Betsy Hill (page images at HathiTrust)
History of the Mosaic templars of America its founders and officials (Central printing company, 1924), by A. E. Bush and P. L. Dorman (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)
Up from slavery / an autobiography (Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1944), by Booker T. Washington (page images at HathiTrust)
Life and times of Henry M. Turner; the antecedent and preliminary history of the life and times of Bishop H. M. Turner, his boyhood, education and public career, and his relation to his associates, colleagues and contemporaries (Negro Universities Press, 1970), by Mungo Melanchthon Ponton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
L'autobiographie d'un nègre (Plon-Nourrit, 1903), by Booker T. Washington and Othon Guerlac (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The life, labors, and travels of elder Charles Bowles, of the Free Will Baptist denomination (Watertown [N.Y.] : Ingalls & Stowell's Steam Press, 1852., 1852), by John W. Lewis, Randall K. Burkett, and Arthur Dearing (page images at HathiTrust)
The freedmen's book. (Ticknor and Fields, 1866), by Lydia Maria Child (page images at HathiTrust)
The life and adventures of John Levy. (printed by R. Bower, 1871), by John Levy and Rachel Frances Levy (page images at HathiTrust)
For the dignity of humanity : 2nd annual commemoration of Black history, February 1979 (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ;, 1979), by Landry Williams, Barbara Gray, and United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
Harriet, the Moses of her people (For the Author by G.R. Lockwood & Son, 1886), by Sarah H. Bradford (page images at HathiTrust)
Evidences of progress among colored people (G.S. Ferguson, 1902), by G. F. Richings (page images at HathiTrust)
Anthony Burns : a history (John P. Jewett and Co., 1856), by Charles Emery Stevens (page images at HathiTrust)
Up from slavery : an autobiography (Outlook, 1900), by Booker T. Washington and Alfred Houghton Clark (page images at HathiTrust)
Narratives of colored Americans ... (W. Wood & co., 1877), by Abigail Mott, M. S. Wood, and Trustees of the residuary estate of Lindley Murray (page images at HathiTrust)
The Negro in American history; men and women eminent in the evolution of the American of African descent. (Johnson Reprint Corp., 1968), by John Wesley Cromwell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The story of my life and work. (W.H. Ferguson Co., 1900), by Booker T. Washington (page images at HathiTrust)
Samuel Morris : a spirit filled life ([Cincinnati, Ohio] : [God's Bible School & Revivalist], [1921], 1921), by Arthur Jordan, Thaddeus Constantine Reade, and Stephen Merritt (page images at HathiTrust)
The black man, his antecedents, his genius, and his achievements (T. Hamilton;, 1863), by William Wells Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
Men of mark : eminent, progressive and rising (G.M. Rewell & Co., 1887), by William J. Simmons, Henry McNeal Turner, Murray & Heiss, and Geo. M. Rewell & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
Poésies complètes. (G. Charpentier, 1884), by Théophile Gautier (page images at HathiTrust)
Short biographical sketches of eminent Negro men and women in Europe and the United States : with brief extracts from their writings and public utterances (Gazette Press, 1910), by John Edward Bruce (page images at HathiTrust)
An album of negro educators. ([Philadelphia?, 1900), by G. F. Richings (page images at HathiTrust)
Up from slavery : an autobiography (Thompson, Brown, 1915), by Booker T. Washington (page images at HathiTrust)
History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Alabama : with biographical sketches (Nashville, Tenn. : A.M.E. Church Sunday School Union, 1902., 1902), by Winfield Henri Mixon, Henry McNeal Turner, and A.M.E. Sunday School Union (page images at HathiTrust)
Booker T. Washington (East Aurora, N.Y. : The Roycrafters, 1908., 1908), by Elbert Hubbard and Roycroft Shop (page images at HathiTrust)
Who's who in the General Conference, 1912 (Philadelphia : A.M.E. Book Concern, [1912], 1912), by Richard R. Wright, Mo.) African Methodist Episcopal Church. General Conference 1912 : Kansas City, and A.M.E. Book Concern (page images at HathiTrust)
College of life (Bessemer, Ala. : Hollingsworth & Porter, [1898?], 1898), by Henry Davenport Northrop, I. Garland Penn, and Joseph R. Gay (page images at HathiTrust)
Who's who among the colored Baptists of the United States : volume I (Kansas City, Mo. : Franklin Hudson Pub. Co., 1913., 1913), by Samuel William Bacote (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)
After fifty years ([Chicago?] : [The Author?], 1913., 1913), by Daniel Edward Butler and F. Gaston Hill (page images at HathiTrust)
Afro-American encyclopaedia (Nashville, Tenn. : Haley & Florida, 1896., 1896), by James T. Haley and Booker T. Washington (page images at HathiTrust)
Biographical sketches and interesting anecdotes of persons of colour. (M. Day, 1837), by Abigail Mott (page images at HathiTrust)
Twelve years a slave : the thrilling story of a free colored man, kidnapped in Washington in 1841, sold into slavery, and after a twelve years' bondage, reclaimed by state authority from a cotton plantation in Louisiana (Philadelphia : Keystone Pub. Co., [189-?], in the 1890s), by Solomon Northup and Randall K. Burkett (page images at HathiTrust)
The freedmen's book. (Ticknor and Fields, 1865), by Lydia Maria Child (page images at HathiTrust)
The monitor of Richland Creek Baptist Association : with biographical sketches of the founders and leaders of that organization (Nashville, Tenn. : National Baptist Pub. Board, 1907., 1907), by John Smith Gilmore and Richland Creek Baptist Association (page images at HathiTrust)
Up from slavery : an autobiography (A. L. Burt, 1901), by Booker T. Washington (page images at HathiTrust)
A narrative of the life and adventures of Venture : a native of Africa : but resident above sixty years in the United States of America : text (A Descendant of Venture, 1835), by Venture Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
Shadows and sunshine (Omaha, Neb. : [publisher not identified], 1906., 1906), by Eliza Suggs and Randall K. Burkett (page images at HathiTrust)
Alexander Crummell : an apostle of Negro culture (Washington, D.C. : The Academy, 1920., 1920), by William Henry Ferris, Carter Godwin Woodson, Dorothy Porter Wesley, Association for the Study of African-American Life and History, and Howard University. Libraries (page images at HathiTrust)
Working with the hands; being a sequel to "Up from slavery," covering the author's experiences in industrial training at Tuskegee (A. Morning, 1904), by Booker T. Washington (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Coming Negro (Dover, Del. : B.F. Simmons, Jr., [1906], 1906), by A. Joseph Jackson (page images at HathiTrust)
Finding a way out : an autobiography (Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Page & Co., 1922., 1922), by Robert Russa Moton and Randall K. Burkett (page images at HathiTrust)
Booker T. Washington in the press of the nation (Langston, Okla. : [publisher not identified], 1917., 1917), by John R. Hogan (page images at HathiTrust)
The Negro in medicine (1912), by John A. Kenney, Carter Godwin Woodson, Association for the Study of African-American Life and History, and Tuskegee Institute Press (page images at HathiTrust)
College of life (Cincinnati, Ohio : W.H. Ferguson Co., 1896., 1896), by Henry Davenport Northrop, I. Garland Penn, and Joseph R. Gay (page images at HathiTrust)
Noted Negro women : their triumphs and activities (Chicago : Donohue & Henneberry, [1893], 1893), by Monroe A. Majors and C. T. Vivian (page images at HathiTrust)
12 years a slave (Philadelphia, Penn. : John E. Potter and Co., 185?, 1850), by Solomon Northup, Kenny J. Williams, and Harriet Beecher Stowe (page images at HathiTrust)
Working with the hands : being a sequel to "Up from slavery," covering the author's experiences in industrial training at Tuskegee (New York : Doubleday, Page & Co., 1915., 1915), by Booker T. Washington, Randall K. Burkett, Roscoe Simmons, and Frances Benjamin Johnston (page images at HathiTrust)
Eighty-seven pertinent paragraphs on the Negro in America ([publisher not identified], 1937), by United States. Work Projects Administration. New Jersey and James A. Pawley (page images at HathiTrust)
The story of my life and work : an autobiography (Cincinnati, Ohio : W.H. Ferguson Co., 1902., 1902), by Booker T. Washington, Randall K. Burkett, Frank Beard, and J. L. M. Curry (page images at HathiTrust)
Afro American missionaries, 18th & 19th century ([United States] : [publisher not identified], [1913?]], 1913), by Lewis Garnett Jordan (page images at HathiTrust)
A double anniversary sermon of the thirty year's episcopate of Bishop Samuel David Ferguson, June 24, 1885-1915 : fifty years of his ministry, December 31, 1865-1915, preached in St. Mark's Church, June 27, 1915 ([Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1915?]], 1915), by Samuel David Ferguson, Carter Godwin Woodson, and Association for the Study of African-American Life and History (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
School days at Wilberforce ([Springfield, Ohio?] : [The Author?], [1892?], 1892), by Reverdy C. Ransom and Charles Simpson Butcher (page images at HathiTrust)
One tenth of a nation. (Progressive Book Shop, 1946), by Harold W. Taylor (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Struggling to climb: a biography (s.n.], 1958), by Edward L. Wilkerson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Silvia Dubois, (now 116 yers old.) : A biografy of the slav who whipt her mistres and gand her fredom. (C.W. Larison, publisher, 1883), by Cornelius Wilson Larison, Silvia Dubois, and Crosscup & West (page images at HathiTrust)
Negro stars in all ages of the world (S. B. Adkins & Co., Printers, 1898), by William Harvey Quick (page images at HathiTrust)
The Negro in the political classics of the American government (A.J. Smith, 1937), by Arthur J. Smith (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The fabled doctor Jim Jordan; a story of conjure. (Johnson, 1963), by F. Roy Johnson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Lincoln University; college and theological seminary. Biographical Catalogue 1918. (The New Era Printing Company, 1918), by Lincoln University (Pa.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Life and times of Frederick Douglass : his early life as a slave, his escape from bondage, and his complete history to the present time, including his connection with the anti-slavery movement ... (De Wolfe, Fiske, 1895), by Frederick Douglass and George L Ruffin (page images at HathiTrust)
Narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana (Auburn : Derby and Miller ; Buffalo : Derby, Orton and Mulligan ; London : Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1853., 1853), by Solomon Northup, Carter Godwin Woodson, D. Wilson, and Association for the Study of African-American Life and History (page images at HathiTrust)
Together we live (Eden Pub. House, 1962), by William Arthur Cooper (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Life of John Marrant (Printed at the Office of J. Nicholson & Co., 1815), by John Marrant and W. Aldridge (page images at HathiTrust)
Life of an American slave (H. Dayton, 1860), by Charles Ball (page images at HathiTrust)
Our great Americans: the Negro contribution to American progress. ([Chicago?, 1953), by Fletcher Martin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The college of life, or Practical self-educator : a manual of self-improvement for the colored race (s.n.], 1896), by Henry Davenport Northrop, I. Garland Penn, and Joseph R. Gay (page images at HathiTrust)
The black man: his antecedents, his genius, and his achievements (Pub. for James M. Symms & Co., 1863), by William Wells Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
The rising son : or, the antecedents and advancement of the colored race (A. G. Brown, 1874), by William Wells Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
Women of achievement : written for the Fireside Schools, under the auspices of the Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society (The Society, 1919), by Benjamin Griffith Brawley and Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society (page images at HathiTrust)
Life of Charles Freeman. (So named at the first meeting and private exhibition of the African and American Slave Panorama, April 1850.) (Sold at the Cosmorama, 209, Regent Street, and to be had of all booksellers, price 2d. Also, Part I. Descriptive Catalogue of the Panorama, price 2d, 1850), by London Cosmorama (Regent Street (page images at HathiTrust)
Supplementary units for the course of study in social studies, grades 7-8. ([Chicago, 1942), by Chicago (Ill.). Board of Education. Bureau of Curriculum (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Narrative of Sojourner Truth, : a northern slave, emancipated from bodily servitude by the state of New York, in 1828. With a portrait. ; [Eight lines of quotations]. (Boston: : Printed for the author., 1850., 1850), by Sojourner Truth, Theodore Dwight Weld, William Lloyd Garrison, Olive Gilbert, and J.B. Yerrinton and Son (page images at HathiTrust)
Stories of black folk for little folk (A.B. Caldwell Pub. Co., 1923), by Bessie Landrum (page images at HathiTrust)
Women builders (The Associated publishers, inc., 1931), by Sadie Iola Daniel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Portraits in black : Charles Alston's drawings of African Americans. (National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), by Charles Alston and United States National Archives and Records Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
The workers of Lincoln University (Inman E. Page Library, Lincoln University, 1951), by William Sherman Savage (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The life of John Thompson, a fugitive slave : Containing his history of 25 years in bondage, and his providential escape, by John Thompson (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)
The Life and Sufferings of Leonard Black, a Fugitive from Slavery, by Leonard Black (Gutenberg ebook)
The Rising Son; or, the Antecedents and Advancement of the Colored Race, by William Wells Brown, contrib. by Alonzo D. Moore and Elijah W. Smith (Gutenberg ebook)
The Black Man: His Antecedents, His Genius, and His Achievements, by William Wells Brown (Gutenberg ebook)
Narratives of Colored Americans, ed. by Abigail Mott and M. S. Wood (Gutenberg ebook)
The Story of My Life and Work, by Booker T. Washington, contrib. by J. L. M. Curry, illust. by Frank Beard (Gutenberg ebook)
Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave. Second Edition, by William Wells Brown (Gutenberg ebook)
Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman, by Sarah H. Bradford (Gutenberg ebook)
The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, by Josiah Henson, ed. by Samuel Atkins Eliot (Gutenberg ebook)
Father Henson's Story of His Own Life: Truth Stranger Than Fiction, by Josiah Henson, contrib. by Harriet Beecher Stowe (Gutenberg ebook)
Fifty Years in Chains; or, the Life of an American Slave, by Charles Ball (Gutenberg ebook)
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XIV, South Carolina Narratives, Part 4, by United States. Work Projects Administration (Gutenberg ebook)
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XIV, South Carolina Narratives, Part 2, by United States. Work Projects Administration (Gutenberg ebook)
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XIV, South Carolina Narratives, Part 1, by United States. Work Projects Administration (Gutenberg ebook)
Memoir of Old Elizabeth, A Coloured Woman, by Old Elizabeth (Gutenberg ebook)
Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave, by William Wells Brown (Gutenberg ebook)
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume IX, Mississippi Narratives, by United States. Work Projects Administration (Gutenberg ebook)
The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by himself. ; Vol I[-II]. ; [Five lines from Isaiah] (New-York: : Printed and sold by W. Durell, at his book-store and printing-office, no. 19, Q. Street., M,DCC,XCI. [1791]), by Olaudah Equiano and Cornelius Tiebout (HTML at Evans TCP)

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