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• A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw (Bath, UK: Printed by W. Gye, 1772), by James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, ed. by Walter Shirley (Gutenberg text)
• A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince, as Related by Himself (Bath, UK: Printed by W. Gye, ca. 1770), by James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, ed. by Walter Shirley (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• A Narrative of "Griswold", the African Youth, from the Mission School, at Cape Palmas, Who Died in Boston, May 16, 1844 (Boston: Published by a friend of missions, 1845) (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
• Account of James Albert, &c. ([Glasgow?] : [publisher not identified], [1785?], 1785), by James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw (page images at HathiTrust)

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• La̕rt nègre; la̕rt animiste des noirs dA̕frique. (H. Laurens, 1927), by Georges Hardy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the directors ... (London., 1807), by London Africa Institution (page images at HathiTrust)
• Black anger (Little, Brown and company, 1947), by Wulf Sachs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les noirs de l'Afrique (Payot & cie, 1922), by Maurice Delafosse (page images at HathiTrust)
• Black Hamlet. (Little, Brown and Co., 1947), by Wulf Sachs (page images at HathiTrust)
• The African background outlined; or, Handbook for the study of the Negro. (Negro Universities Press, 1968), by Carter Godwin Woodson (page images at HathiTrust)
• La traite des nègres et la croisade Africaine, choix raisonné de documents relatifs a la question de lʾesclavage Africain et comprenant la lettre encyclique de Léon XIII sur lʾesclavage (H. Dessain, 1889), by Alexis-Marie Gochet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reports. (London, 1807), by England) African Institution (London (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wild life under the equator : narrated for young people (Harper & Bros., 1869), by Paul B. Du Chaillu, C. B., and Harper & Brothers (page images at HathiTrust)

• The United States government : the founder and necessary patron of the Liberian republic. (Washington City : Colonization Building, 1881., 1881), by G. W. Samson and American Colonization Society (page images at HathiTrust)

• Education in Africa : a study of West, South, and equatorial Africa by the African Education Commission, under the auspices of the Phelps-Stokes Fund and foreign mission societies of North America and Europe (Phelps-Stokes Fund, 1922), by Phelps-Stokes Fund. African Education Commission (1920-1921), Thomas Jesse Jones, Phelps-Stokes Fund, and International Education Board (page images at HathiTrust)

• Memoirs of the Reign of Bossa Ahadee, King of Dahomy, an Inland Country of Guiney; To Which Are Added, the Author's Journey to Abomey, the Capital; and a Short Account of the African Slave Trade (London: Printed for W. Lowndes, 1789), by Robert Norris (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• Off to the Wilds, by George Manville Fenn, illust. by Henri Théophile Hildibrand and Edouard Riou (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Samba: A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo (second edition; London: H. Frowde, Hodder and Stoughton, 1908), by Herbert Strang, illust. by W. Rainey (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Two Supercargoes, by William Henry Giles Kingston (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Adventures in savage Africa. (S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington ;, 1878), by William Henry Giles Kingston (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Great bonanza : illustrated narrative of adventure and discovery in gold mining, silver mining, among the raftsmen, in the oil regions, whaling, hunting, fishing and fighting (Lee & Shepard, 1876), by H. L. Stephens, William Ludwell Sheppard, Frank T. Merrill, Lizbeth Bullock Humphrey, Yigilan, William Luson Thomas, Rogers, E. Potts, Kinnersley, Samuel Smith Kilburn, Johnson, W. How, George T. Andrew, John Andrew, P. G., M., F. M. W., George M. Towle, Frank H. Taylor, Old Salt, Charles A. Hoyt, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Charles Winslow Hall, Edward Dusseault, W. P. Duncan, Justin Dale, Mary Granger Chase, Samuel Burnham, C. E. Bishop, George M. Baker, J. H. W., R. M. Ballantyne, Oliver Optic, Mass.) University Press (Cambridge, Bigelow & Co Welch, Shepard & Dillingham Lee, and Lee and Shepard (page images at HathiTrust)
• The long trail: A story of African adventure, by Herbert Strang, illust. by G. Henry Evison (Gutenberg ebook)

• Travels in Africa performed during the years 1785, 1786, and 1787, in the western countries of that continent, comprised between cape Blanco in Barbary, situated in 20⁰ 47' and cape Palmas, in 4⁰ 30' north latitude. Embellished with a general map of Africa, corrected according to the most authentic and recent observations; and several plans, copper-plates, &c. (J. Ridgway, 1802), by Sylvain-Meinrad-Xavier de Golbéry and Francis William Blagdon (page images at HathiTrust)

• The duty of strengthening Liberia : an address. (Washington, D.C. : Colonization Building, 1880., 1880), by George Washington Warren and American Colonization Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• African colonization ... (New York : A Branch Office of the American Colonization Society, 1869., 1869), by Joseph J. Roberts and American Colonization Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• The hour for Africa ... (Washington, D.C. : Colonization Building, 1881., 1881), by John Lindsay Withrow and American Colonization Society (page images at HathiTrust)

• 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)
• The Black Man: His Antecedents, His Genius, and His Achievements (1863), by William Wells Brown (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
• A Statement with Regard to the Moorish Prince, Abduhl Rahhahman (New York: D. Fanshaw, 1828), by T. H. Gallaudet (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• A Tribute for the Negro (Manchester and London: W. Irwin, 1848), by Wilson Armistead
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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 Freedmen's Book (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865), by Lydia Maria Child
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• 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)
• 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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• 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)
• 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 tribute for the Negro: : being a vindication of the moral, intellectual, and religious capabilities of the coloured portion of mankind; with particular reference to the African race. Illustrated by numerous biographical sketches, facts, anecdotes, etc. and many superior portraits and engravings. (Manchester: : William Irwin, 39, Oldham Street. ; London: : Charles Gilpin, Bishopsgate Street. ; [New York] : American agent: Wm. Harned, Anti-Slavery Office, 61, John Street, New York; and may be had of H. Longstreth and G.W. Taylor, Philadelphia., 1848., 1848), by Wilson Armistead, George W. Taylor, Henry Longstreth, William Harned, Charles Gilpin, and William Irwin (page images at HathiTrust)
• The upward climb; a course in Negro achievement (Council of women for home missions and Missionary education movement of the United States and Canada, 1927), by Sara Estelle Haskin (page images at HathiTrust)
• De la littérature des nègres, ou Recherches sur leurs facultés intellectuelles, leurs qualités morales et leur littérature (in French), by Henri Grégoire (Gutenberg ebook)

• 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)

• 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)
• 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)
• Old Plantation Days (1902), by William Mallory (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• The Refugee: or the Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada, Related by Themselves; With an Account of the History and Condition of the Colored Population of Upper Canada (Boston: J. P. Jewett and Co.; et al.,, 1856), by Benjamin Drew (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)
• Refugee (Published by John P. Jewett and Company ;, 1856), by Benjamin Drew, Allen and Farnham, Trübner & Co, Lamport & Blakeman Sheldon, Proctor Jewett, and Mass.) John P. Jewett and Company (Boston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bywgraffiad y Parch. Josiah Henson (W.Hughes, 1877), by Josiah Henson, John Lobb, D. Griffith, S. Morley, Harriet Beecher Stowe, D. Griffith, John Lobb, and George Sturge (page images at HathiTrust)
• 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)

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