Enslaved persons -- Kentucky -- Biography
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My Life and Work, by Alexander Walters (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)
- Fifty Years of Slavery in the United States of America (Grand Rapids, MI: West Michigan Printing Co., 1891), by Harry Smith (illustrated HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
- Life and History of the Rev. Elijah P. Marrs, First Pastor of Beargrass Baptist Church, and Author (Louisville, KY: Bradley and Gilbert Co., 1885), by Elijah P. Marrs (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Life of Mary F. McCray, Born and Raised a Slave in the State of Kentucky (1898), by S. J. McCray (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Reuben Maddison: A True Story (Birmingham, England: B. Hudson, 1835) (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)
- Life of the Rev. Elisha W. Green (Maysville, KY: Republican Printing Office, 1888), by Elisha Winfield Green (illustrated 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)
- Slave Life in Virginia and Kentucky; or, Fifty Years of Slavery in the Southern States of America (London: Wertheim, Macintosh, and Hunt, 1863), by Francis Fedric (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)
- A Slave's Adventures Toward Freedom: Not Fiction, but the True Story of a Struggle (1918), by Peter Bruner (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)
- Autobiography of Rev. Francis Frederick, of Virginia (Baltimore: J. W. Woods, 1869), by Francis Frederick (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- 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)
- 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)
- Slave Life in Virginia and Kentucky; or, Fifty Years of Slavery in the Southern States of America (London: Wertheim, Macintosh, and Hunt, 1863), by Francis Fedric (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)
- A Slave's Adventures Toward Freedom: Not Fiction, but the True Story of a Struggle (1918), by Peter Bruner (HTML and TEI at UNC)
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Filed under: Enslaved persons -- Kentucky -- Social conditions- Slave Life in Virginia and Kentucky; or, Fifty Years of Slavery in the Southern States of America (London: Wertheim, Macintosh, and Hunt, 1863), by Francis Fedric (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave, Written By Himself (New York: The author, 1849), by Henry Bibb, contrib. by Lucius C. Matlack
- Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave, Written By Himself (third stereotype edition; New York: The author, 1850), by Henry Bibb, contrib. by Lucius C. Matlack
- 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)
- Fifty Years of Slavery in the United States of America (Grand Rapids, MI: West Michigan Printing Co., 1891), by Harry Smith (illustrated HTML and TEI with commentary 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)
- Kentucky Jurisprudence: A History of the Trial of Miss Delia A. Webster, at Lexington, Kentucky, Dec'r 17-21, 1844, Before the Hon. Richard Buckner, on a Charge of Aiding Slaves to Escape From That Commonwealth; With Miscellaneous Remarks, Including Her Views on American Slavery (Vergennes, VT: E. W. Blaisdell, 1845), by Delia Ann Webster
- A Slave's Adventures Toward Freedom: Not Fiction, but the True Story of a Struggle (1918), by Peter Bruner (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)
- Slave Life in Virginia and Kentucky; or, Fifty Years of Slavery in the Southern States of America (London: Wertheim, Macintosh, and Hunt, 1863), by Francis Fedric (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Life of the Rev. Elisha W. Green (Maysville, KY: Republican Printing Office, 1888), by Elisha Winfield Green (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Reuben Maddison: A True Story (Birmingham, England: B. Hudson, 1835) (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Life and History of the Rev. Elijah P. Marrs, First Pastor of Beargrass Baptist Church, and Author (Louisville, KY: Bradley and Gilbert Co., 1885), by Elijah P. Marrs (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Life of Mary F. McCray, Born and Raised a Slave in the State of Kentucky (1898), by S. J. McCray (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Fifty Years of Slavery in the United States of America (Grand Rapids, MI: West Michigan Printing Co., 1891), by Harry Smith (illustrated HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
- My Life and Work, by Alexander Walters (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Hair-Breadth Escapes from Slavery to Freedom (Manchester: W. Bremner, 1861), by William Troy (HTML and TEI with commentary 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)
- Behind the Scenes: or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House (New York: G. W. Carleton and Co., 1868), by Elizabeth Keckley
- Harriet, The Moses of Her People (second edition, 1886), by Sarah H. Bradford (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Letters from the Slave States, by James Stirling (page images at MOA)
- 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)
- Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave, Brought Down to the Present Time (New Haven: The author, 1855), by William Grimes (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
- Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave: Written by Himself (New York: The author, 1825), by William Grimes
- Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave, Written By Himself (New York: The author, 1849), by Henry Bibb, contrib. by Lucius C. Matlack
- Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave, Written By Himself (third stereotype edition; New York: The author, 1850), by Henry Bibb, contrib. by Lucius C. Matlack
- 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)
- Thirty Years a Slave: From Bondage to Freedom (Milwaukee: South Side Printing Co., 1897), by Louis Hughes
- Thirty Years a Slave: From Bondage to Freedom (Milwaukee: South Side Printing Co., 1897), by Louis Hughes (Gutenberg text and Librivox Audio)
- Interesting Account of Thomas Anderson, a Slave, Taken from His Own Lips (Virginia: 1854?), by Thomas Anderson, ed. by J. P. Clark (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Life of Isaac Mason As a Slave, by Isaac Mason (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days (Boston: Ross Pub. Co., 1909), by Annie L. Burton (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, 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)
- An Autobiography: The Story of the Lord's Dealings With Mrs. Amanda Smith, the Colored Evangelist (Chicago: Meyer and Brother, 1893), by Amanda Smith, contrib. by J. M. Thoburn
- 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 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)
- The Deeper Wrong: or, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself (London: W. Tweedie, 1862), by Harriet A. Jacobs, ed. by Lydia Maria Child (page images at HathiTrust)
- Frederick Douglass (Boston: Small, Maynard and Co., 1899), by Charles W. Chesnutt
- Frederick Douglass (based on an 1899 edition, with some 21st-century annotations), by Charles W. Chesnutt (Gutenberg text)
- 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
- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself (Boston: Published for the author, 1861), by Harriet A. Jacobs, ed. by Lydia Maria Child
- 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 I: multiple formats at archive.org
- volume I, second edition: HTML at ECCO TCP
- volume II: HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC
- Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
- volume II: HTML at ECCO TCP
- 2 volumes in 1: page images at HathiTrust
- Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and audio reading
- 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)
- Life and Adventures of Robert, the Hermit of Massachusetts (Providence: Printed for H. Trumbull, 1829), by Henry Trumbull and Robert Voorhis (illustrated HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
- The Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself (2 volumes in 1; Boston: I. Knapp, 1837), by Olaudah Equiano
- The Light and Truth of Slavery: Aaron's History (Worcester, MA: The author, ca. 1843), by Aaron
- A Narrative of Some Remarkable Incidents in the Life of Solomon Bayley, Formerly a Slave in the State of Delaware, North America (London: Printed for Harvey and Darton, et al., 1825), by Solomon Bayley, ed. by Robert Hurnard
- A Narrative of Some Remarkable Incidents in the Life of Solomon Bayley, Formerly a Slave in the State of Delaware, North America (second edition; London: Harvey and Darton, 1825), by Solomon Bayley, ed. by Robert Hurnard (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Reuben Maddison: A True Story (Birmingham, England: B. Hudson, 1835) (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)
- The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots (as originally published in The Empire, Sydney, Australia, 1855), by John S. Jacobs
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