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• Africans
• Race identity

• Proverbs, Textuality, and Nativism in African Literature (Gainesville, FL et al.: University Press of Florida, c1998), by Adéléke Adéè̳kó̳ (page images at HathiTrust)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• The Royal African: or, Memoirs of the Young Prince of Annamaboe (second edition; London: Printed for W. Reeve, G. Woodfall, and J. Barnes, 1750) (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)

• The African Diaspora in Canada: Negotiating Identity and Belonging (Calgary: University of Calgary Press, c2005), ed. by Wisdom Tettey and Korbla P. Puplampu (PDF files at University of Calgary)

• Red, Yellow and Black: Tales of Indians, Chinese and Africans (New York and Cincinnati: Methodist Book Concern, c1918), by Sophia Lyon Fahs
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• A Funny Book About the Ashantees (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1880), by Ernest Henry Griset (page images at Florida)

• A Statement with Regard to the Moorish Prince, Abduhl Rahhahman (New York: D. Fanshaw, 1828), by T. H. Gallaudet (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• Before the War, and After the Union: An Autobiography (Boston: Gold Mind, c1929), by Sam Aleckson (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)

• 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)
• The Life of Rev. Robert Anderson (Macon, GA: Printed for the author, 1892), by Robert Anderson
  • HTML and TEI at UNC
  • DjVu at Georgia

• Echoes from a Pioneer Life (Atlanta: A. B. Caldwell, 1922), by Jared Maurice Arter (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)

• Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, a Black Man (New York: John S. Taylor, 1837), by Charles Ball (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, a Black Man (Pittsburgh: J. T. Shryock, 1853), by Charles Ball
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • multiple formats at HathiTrust
• Fifty Years in Chains: or, The Life of an American Slave (New York: H. Dayton, 1859), by Charles Ball (HTML and TEI 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 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)

• Memoirs of Margaret Jane Blake of Baltimore, Md., and Selections in Prose and Verse (Philadelphia: Press of Innes & Son, 1897), by Sarah R. Levering
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • HTML and TEI at UNC

• A Sketch of the Life of Thomas Greene Bethune (Blind Tom) (Philadelphia: Ledger Book and Job Printing Establishment, 1865) (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• Anecdotes and Memoirs of William Boen, a Coloured Man, Who Lived and Died Near Mount Holly, New Jersey; To Which is Added, The Testimony of Friends of Mount Holly Monthly Meeting Concerning Him (Philadelphia: John Richards, 1834) (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• From Slavery to Wealth: The Life of Scott Bond; The Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy and Perseverance (Madison, AR: Journal Printing Co., 1917), by Dan. A. Rudd and Theo. Bond, contrib. by James Carroll Napier
  • HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• 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)

• A Lost Family Found: An Authentic Narrative of Cyrus Branch and His Family, Alias John White (1869), by E. M. W. (Elizabeth Merwin Wickham) (HTML and TEI an UNC)

• Narrative of Henry Box Brown, Who Escaped from Slavery, Enclosed in a Box 3 Feet Long and 2 Wide, Written from a Statement of Facts Made by Himself; With Remarks Upon the Remedy for Slavery (Boston: Brown and Stearns, 1849), by Henry Box Brown, contrib. by Charles Stearns (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Written By Himself (first English edition; Manchester, UK: Printed by Lee and Glynn, 1851), by Henry Box Brown (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• Slave Life in Georgia: A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings, and Escape of John Brown, a Fugitive Slave, Now in England (London: W. M. Watts, 1855), by John Brown, ed. by Louis Alexis Chamerovzow (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• The American Fugitive in Europe: Sketches of Places and People Abroad. (Boston: John P. Jewett, 1855), by William Wells Brown (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Biography of an American Bondman (Boston: R. F. Wallcut, 1856), ed. by Josephine Brown
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • 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 Black Man: His Antecedents, His Genius, and His Achievements (1863), by William Wells Brown (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)

• A Slave's Adventures Toward Freedom: Not Fiction, but the True Story of a Struggle (1918), by Peter Bruner (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• Memoir of Quamino Buccau, a Pious Methodist (Philadelphia: H. Longstreth; London: C. Gilpin, 1851), by William J. Allinson
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • 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)

• 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)

• Sketch of the Life of Mr. Lewis Charlton, and Reminiscences of Slavery (Portland, ME: Daily Press Print, ca. 1870), by Lewis Charlton, ed. by Edward Everett Brown (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)

• Narrative of the Sufferings of Lewis Clarke, During a Captivity of More than Twenty-Five Years, Among the Algerines of Kentucky, One of the So Called Christian States of North America (Boston: David H. Ela, Printer, 1845), by Lewis Garrard Clarke (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Narratives of the Sufferings of Lewis and Milton Clarke, Sons of a Soldier of the Revolution, During a Captivity of More than Twenty Years Among the Slaveholders of Kentucky, One of the So-Called Christian States of North America (Boston: B. Marsh, 1846), by Lewis Garrard Clarke and Milton Clarke (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)

• A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, a Colored Man, by Noah Davis (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)

• Life and Public Services of Martin R. Delany, by Frank A. Rollin (illustrated HTML at nypl.org)

• Frederick Douglass, the Orator: Containing an Account of His Life, His Eminent Public Services, His Brilliant Career as Orator, Selections from His Speeches and Writings (Springfield, MA: Willey and Co., 1893), by James M. Gregory, contrib. by Frederick Douglass (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (Hartford: Park Pub. Co., 1881), by Frederick Douglass, contrib. by George L. Ruffin (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (Boston: De Wolfe and Fiske Co., c1892), by Frederick Douglass, contrib. by George L. Ruffin (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• My Bondage and My Freedom (New York: Miller, Orton and Mulligan, 1855), by Frederick Douglass, contrib. by James McCune Smith (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• My Bondage and My Freedom (c1855), by Frederick Douglass, contrib. by James McCune Smith
  • Gutenberg text
  • page images at MOA
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (1845), by Frederick Douglass
  • HTML and TEI at UNC
  • Gutenberg text
• Frederick Douglass (Boston: Small, Maynard and Co., 1899), by Charles W. Chesnutt
  • illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC
  • Gutenberg text
• Frederick Douglass (London: Hodder and Stoughton, c1906), by Booker T. Washington (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
• Frederick Douglass: A Narrative (Washington: The author, 1921), by Leila Amos Pendleton
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Frederick Douglass, the Colored Orator (revised edition; New York: Funk and Wagnalls Co., 1895), by Frederic May Holland (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• My Mother As I Recall Her (address delivered 1900, reprinted 1923), by Rosetta Douglass Sprague (page images at loc.gov)

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