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• 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)

• 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)

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• Plea for emigration. (s.n.], 1852), by Mary Ann Shadd Cary (page images at HathiTrust)
• refugee: a north-side view of slavery (Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1969), by Benjamin Drew (page images at HathiTrust)
• C. 27 in the 30th year of George III. A.D. 1790. Cap. XXVII. : an act encouraging new settlers in His Majesty's colonies and plantations in America. (Mackenzie, printer, in the 1820s), by Great Britain (page images at HathiTrust)

• 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)

• 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)

• Yamboo: or, the North American Slave (3 volumes; London: Printed for A. K. Newman and Co., 1812), by Author of The Bravo of Bohemia (PDF at Chawton House Library)

• The African Diaspora in Canada: Negotiating Identity and Belonging (Calgary: University of Calgary Press, c2005), ed. by Wisdom Tettey and Korbla P. Puplampu, contrib. by Ali A. Abdi, Henry M. Codjoe, George J. Sefa Dei, John E. Jayfron, Martha K. Kumsa, Samuel A. Laryea, Philomina E. Okeke-Ihejirika, Denise L. Spitzer, and Adenike O. Yesufu (PDF files at University of Calgary)

• The refugees from slavery in Canada West. : Report to the Freedmen's inquiry commission (Wright & Potter, printers, 1864), by S. G. Howe and United States. American freedman's inquiry commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• William King, friend and champion of the slaves (Missions of Evangelism, 1925), by Annie Straith Jamieson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The underground railroad from slavery to freedom (W. Tweedie ;, 1860), by W. M. Mitchell (page images at HathiTrust)

• Mission to the free colored population in Canada (s.n., 1855), by Colonial Church and School Society. West London Branch (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Plea for Emigration, or, Notes of Canada West, in Its Moral, Social, and Political Aspect, With Suggestions Respecting Mexico, West Indies, and Vancouver's Island, For the Information of Colored Emigrants (1852), by Mary Ann Shadd Cary (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The African Diaspora in Canada: Negotiating Identity and Belonging (Calgary: University of Calgary Press, c2005), ed. by Wisdom Tettey and Korbla P. Puplampu, contrib. by Ali A. Abdi, Henry M. Codjoe, George J. Sefa Dei, John E. Jayfron, Martha K. Kumsa, Samuel A. Laryea, Philomina E. Okeke-Ihejirika, Denise L. Spitzer, and Adenike O. Yesufu (PDF files at University of Calgary)

• 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 (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• 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
  • Gutenberg text and Librivox audio
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • 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 (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
  • volume I: HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC
  • volume II: HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC
  • 2 volumes in 1: page images at HathiTrust
  • Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and audio reading
• 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)

• 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)

• Para la Historia: Apuntes Autobiográficos de la Vida de Ricardo Batrell Oviedo (in Spanish; Havana: Seoane y Alvarez, 1912), by Ricardo Batrell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Poems by a Slave in the Island of Cuba, Recently Liberated (London: Thomas Ward and Co., 1840), by Juan Francisco Manzano, trans. by Richard Robert Madden (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• 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)
• Account of James Albert, &c. ([Glasgow?] : [publisher not identified], [1785?], 1785), by James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw (page images at HathiTrust)

• 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)
• Reflections on the Life and Times of Toussaint L'Overture, the Negro Haytien, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Ruler under the Dominion of France, and Author of The Independence of Hayti (Columbia, SC: Charles A. Calvo, Jr., 1886), by D. Augustus Straker (illustrated HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)

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