African Americans -- History -- To 1863
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The Negro as a Political Problem: Oration by the Hon. George W. Williams of Massachusetts at the Asbury Church, Washington, D.C., April 16, 1884 (Boston: A. Mudge and Son, printers, 1884), by George Washington Williams (multiple formats at archive.org)- Black Dispatches: Black American Contributions to Union Intelligence During the Civil War, by P. K. Rose (HTML at webharvest.gov)
- Biography of Mahommah G. Baquaqua, a Native of Zoogoo, in the Interior of Africa (A Convert to Christianity); With a Description of That Part of the World; Including the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants (Detroit: G.. E. Pomeroy and Co., 1854), by Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua, ed. by Samuel Moore (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853 (fifth thousand; Auburn, NY: Derby and Miller, et al., 1853), by Solomon Northup
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 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)
- Men of Maryland (Baltimore: Church Advocate Press, 1914), by George F. Bragg
- Memoir of Pierre Toussaint, Born a Slave in St. Domingo (Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1854), by Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- A Short History of the Life of Christopher McPherson, Alias Pherson, Son of Christ, King of Kings and Lord of Lords: Containing a Collection of Certificates, Letters, &c. Written by Himself (second edition; Lynchburg, VA: C. M. Smith, 1855), by Christopher McPherson (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)
- An Address to All the Colored Citizens of the United States (Philadelphia: Printed for the author by King and Baird, 1846), by John B. Meachum
- Our Nig: or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, by Harriet E. Wilson (Gutenberg text)
- Life and Opinions of Julius Melbourn; With Sketches of the Lives and Characters of Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, John Randolph, and Several Other Eminent American Statesmen (Syracuse: Hall and Dickson, 1847), by Julius Melbourn, ed. by Jabez D. Hammond (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- A Short History of the Life of Christopher McPherson, Alias Pherson, Son of Christ, King of Kings and Lord of Lords: Containing a Collection of Certificates, Letters, &c. Written by Himself (second edition; Lynchburg, VA: C. M. Smith, 1855), by Christopher McPherson (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- The Journal of Charlotte L. Forten (New York: Dryden Press, c1953), by Charlotte L. Forten, ed. by Ray Allen Billington (page images at HathiTrust)
- Creole Voices: Poems in French by Free Men of Color, First Published in 1845 (poems in French, commentary in English and French; Washington: Associated Publishers, 1945), ed. by Edward Maceo Coleman and Armand Lanusse, contrib. by Henry Carrington Lancaster (page images at HathiTrust)
- An Address to All the Colored Citizens of the United States (Philadelphia: Printed for the author by King and Baird, 1846), by John B. Meachum
- An Address to All the Colored Citizens of the United States (Philadelphia: Printed for the author by King and Baird, 1846), by John B. Meachum
- Frederick Douglass (London: Hodder and Stoughton, c1906), by Booker T. Washington (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
- A Short History of the Life of Christopher McPherson, Alias Pherson, Son of Christ, King of Kings and Lord of Lords: Containing a Collection of Certificates, Letters, &c. Written by Himself (second edition; Lynchburg, VA: C. M. Smith, 1855), by Christopher McPherson (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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 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)
- 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)
- 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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Filed under: African Americans -- History- The 1619 Project (special issue of The New York Times Magazine, with supplementary materials; 2019), ed. by Nikole Hannah-Jones (PDF with commentary at pulitzercenter.org)
- Manuscript for a Proposed Text Book in Negro History (only volume published; typescript covering up to early 19th century; Tulsa, OK: Tulsa Public Schools, ca. 1934), by A. Julian Lee (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The Black Experience in America, by Norman Coombs (Gutenberg text)
- The Gift of Black Folk: The Negroes in the Making of America (Boston: The Stratford Co., 1924), by W. E. B. Du Bois (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Historical Romance of the American Negro (Baltimore: Press of Thomas and Evans, 1902), by Charles H. Fowler (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880: Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers and as Citizens, Together With a Preliminary Consideration of The Unity of The Human Family, an Historical Sketch of Africa, and an Account of The Negro Governments of Sierra Leone and Liberia (2 volumes; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1883), by George Washington Williams
- The Mob Violence and the American Negro: "My Experience in the Sunny South" (1919), by Velley Loyn Lester (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Narrative of the Negro (Washington: Press of R.L. Pendleton, 1912), by Leila Amos Pendleton
- 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
- The Negro in Our History (c1922), by Carter Godwin Woodson (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A New Negro for a New Century: An Accurate and Up-to-Date Record of the Upward Struggles of the Negro Race (Chicago: American Publishing House, ca. 1900), ed. by John E. MacBrady, contrib. by Booker T. Washington, Norman B. Wood, and Fannie Barrier Williams
- 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
- 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)
- A School History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1890, Combined With the History of the Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War; Also a Short Sketch of Liberia (revised edition, 2 parts in 1 volume; New York: I. Goldmann, 1911), by Edward A. Johnson
- A School History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1890, With a Short Introduction as to the Origin of the Race; Also a Short Sketch of Liberia (first edition; Raleigh: Edwards and Broughton, 1890), by Edward A. Johnson
- A School History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1890, With a Short Introduction as to the Origin of the Race; Also a Short Sketch of Liberia (revised edition; Chicago: W. B. Conkey Co., 1893), by Edward A. Johnson
- A School History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1890, With a Short Introduction as to the Origin of the Race; Also a Short Sketch of Liberia (revised edition; Chicago: W.B. Conkey Co., 1895), by Edward A. Johnson
- A Social History of the American Negro: Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States, Including a History and Study of the Republic of Liberia (1921), by Benjamin Brawley (Gutenberg text)
- The Story of the Negro: The Rise of the Race from Slavery (2 volumes; New York: Doubleday, Page, and Co., 1909), by Booker T. Washington
- Twentieth Century Negro Literature: or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro (Toronto et al.: J. L. Nichols and Co., c1902), ed. by Daniel Wallace Culp (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- History of the Black Man: An Authentic Collection of Historical Information on the Early Civilization of the Descendants of Ham, the Son of Noah; History of the Black Kingdoms of Ghana, Melle, Songhay and Hansas, and the Early American Negro (ca. 1921), by Joseph Julius Jackson
- The National Cyclopedia of the Colored Race (only volume published; Montgomery, AL: National Pub. Co., 1919), ed. by Clement Richardson (page images at HathiTrust)
- 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)
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