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• Life and narrative of William J. Anderson 24 years a slave : sold eight times! In jail sixty times!! Whipped three hundred times!!! ; or the dark deeds of American slavery revealed ; containing scriptural views of the origin of the Black and of the white man ; also a simple and easy plan to abolish slavery in the United States, together with some account of the services of colored men in the Revolutionary War, day and date, and interesting facts ; written and sold by himself. (Chicago : Daily Tribune Book and Job Printing Office, 1857., 1857), by William J. Anderson and Samuel A. Green (page images at HathiTrust)
• The experience of Thomas Jones who was a slave for forty-three years (s.n.], 1853), by Thomas H. Jones (page images at HathiTrust)

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• A letter to W.E. Channing, D.D., on the subject of the abuse of the flag of the United States in the Island of Cuba, and the advantage taken of its protection in promoting the slave trade (W.D. Ticknor, 1839), by Richard Robert Madden and William Ellery Channing (page images at HathiTrust)
• A letter to the people of the United States touching the matter of slavery (Boston : James Munroe and Company, 1848., 1848), by Theodore Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Resistance to slavery every man's duty : A report on American slavery, read to the Worcester central association, March 2, 1847. (Boston : Wm Crosby & H.P. Nichols, No. 111 Washington Street, 1847., 1847), by George Allen, Worcester Central Association of Congregational Churches, Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols (Firm), and Andrews & Prentiss (page images at HathiTrust)
• Address to the non-slaveholders of the South : on the social and political evils of slavery. (S.W. Benedict, 1843), by American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, Lewis Tappan, Charles Sumner, William Jay, and American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. Executive Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and narrative of William J. Anderson 24 years a slave : sold eight times! In jail sixty times!! Whipped three hundred times!!! ; or the dark deeds of American slavery revealed ; containing scriptural views of the origin of the Black and of the white man ; also a simple and easy plan to abolish slavery in the United States, together with some account of the services of colored men in the Revolutionary War, day and date, and interesting facts ; written and sold by himself. (Chicago : Daily Tribune Book and Job Printing Office, 1857., 1857), by William J. Anderson and Samuel A. Green (page images at HathiTrust)
• Does the Bible sanction American slavery? (Sever and Francis, 1863), by Goldwin Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Negro's flight from American slavery to British freedom (London : John Snow, 1849., 1849), by George Thompson, John Snow, Tyler & Reed (Firm: London), and New York Committee of Vigilance (page images at HathiTrust)
• Remarks upon slavery : occasioned by attempts made to circulate improper publications in the Southern states (S.R. Sentinel Office, 1835), by William J. Hobby (page images at HathiTrust)
• Theological tracts. (Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1851), by Joseph Henry Allen and James Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Papers on the slave power : first published in the "Boston Whig," in July, August, and September, 1846 (Merrill, Cobb, in the 19th century), by John Gorham Palfrey (page images at HathiTrust)
• An autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson (Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom") : from 1789 to 1876 (Christian Age, 1876), by Josiah Henson (page images at HathiTrust)
• From slavery to a bishopric, or, The life of Bishop Walter Hawkins of the British Methodist Episcopal Church, Canada (J. Kensit, 1891), by S. J. Celestine Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
• The young people's illustrated edition of "Uncle Tom's" [i.e. J. Henson's] story of his life (from 1789 to 1877) (Christian Age Office, 1877), by Josiah Henson, Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury, and John Lobb (page images at HathiTrust)
• Approval of the Oregon bill message from the president of the United States, notifying the House of Representatives of his approval of the bill "to establish the territorial government of Oregon". (s.n., 1848), by James K. Polk and United States. President (1845-1849 : Polk) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Crisis in North America! slavery, war, balance of power, and Oregon ([s.n.], 1846), by Israel Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal of a residence and tour in the United States of North America, from April, 1833, to October, 1834 (J. Murray, 1835), by E. S. Abdy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wirkliche Lebensgeschichte des Onkels Tom in Frau Beecher-Stowe's " Onkel Tom's Hütte" (Hitchcock & Walden, 1878), by Josiah Henson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Does the Bible sanction American slavery? (J. Henry and J. Parker, 1863), by Goldwin Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Father Henson's story of his own life with an introduction (J.P. Jewett;, 1858), by Josiah Henson (page images at HathiTrust)
• A lecture on the American war of secession delivered by Dugald MacDonald, on the 9th of August, 1864, in the Hall of the Mechanics' Institute, Montreal. (s.n.], 1865), by Dugald MacDonald (page images at HathiTrust)
• La guerre américaine, son origine et ses vraies causes lecture faite à l'Institut-canadien, le 14 décembre 1864 (s.n.], 1865), by L. A. Dessaulles (page images at HathiTrust)
• Does the Bible sanction American slavery? (Sever and Francis, 1863), by Goldwin Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Argument of Robert J. Walker, Esq. before the Supreme Court of the United States on the Mississippi slave question at January term, 1841 involving the power of Congress and of the state to prohibit the inter-state slave trade. (s.n.], 1841), by Robert J. Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
• A brief reply to an important question being a letter to Professor Goldwin Smith from an implicit believer in Holy Scripture. (Saunders, Otley, 1863), by Goldwin Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American war and slavery speech of the Hon. George Brown, at the anniversary meeting of the Anti-Slavery Society of Canada, held at Toronto, on Wednesday, February 3, 1863. (s.n., 1863), by George Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
• Can England protect fugitive slaves? (s.n., 1861) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Th[e] under-ground railroad (W. Tweedie, 1860), by W. M. Mitchell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The principles of American slavery an interesting and authentic pamphlet giving a full and satisfactory description of the principles of the slave code of the South, with the morals and improvements of the colored people of Canada, of the Elgin Association (s.n.], 1858), by Joseph J. E. Williams and Elgin Association (page images at HathiTrust)

• Memoirs of a reformer (1832-1892) (Hunter, Rose, 1893), by Alexander Milton Ross (page images at HathiTrust)
• The experience of Thomas Jones who was a slave for forty-three years (s.n.], 1853), by Thomas H. Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narratives of fugitive slaves in Canada (J.P. Jewett;, 1856), by Benjamin Drew (page images at HathiTrust)

• The American conflict an address spoken before the New England Society of Montreal and a public audience in Nordheimer's Hall, Montreal, on Thursday evening, 22nd December, 1864 (s.n.], 1865), by John Cordner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Canada and the United States an address on the American conflict, delivered at Montreal on Thursday evening, December 22, 1864 (s.n.], 1865), by John Cordner (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Yankee in Canada with Anti-slavery and reform papers (Ticknor and Fields, 1866), by Henry David Thoreau (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Yankee in Canada with anti-slavery and reform papers (Houghton, Mifflin, 1881), by Henry David Thoreau (page images at HathiTrust)

• Essays commercial and political on the real and relative interests of imperial dependent states, particularly those of Great Britain and her dependencies displaying the probable causes of, and a mode of compromising the present disputes between this country and her American colonies. To which is added, an appendix, on the means of emancipating slaves, without loss to their proprietors. (Printed by T. Saint for the author and sold by J. Johnson ... London, 1777) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Memoirs of a reformer (1832-1892) (Hunter, Rose, 1893), by Alexander Milton Ross (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recollections and experiences of an abolitionist, from 1855 to 1865 (Rowsell and Hutchison, 1875), by Alexander Milton Ross (page images at HathiTrust)
• The underground railroad from slavery to freedom (Macmillan, 1898), by Wilbur H. Siebert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and adventures of James Williams, a fugitive slave with a full description of the underground railroad. (s.n.], 1873), by James Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• From Dixie to Canada romances and realities of the underground railroad (H.U. Johnson;, 1894), by H. U. Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recollections and experiences of an abolitionist, from 1855 to 1865 (Rowsell & Hutchison, 1876), by Alexander Milton Ross (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narratives of fugitive slaves in Canada (J.P. Jewett;, 1856), by Benjamin Drew (page images at HathiTrust)

• The anti-slavery crusade a chronicle of the gathering storm (Yale University Press ;, 1919), by Jesse Macy (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Twenty-two years a slave and forty years a freeman embracing a correspondence of several years, while president of Wilberforce Colony. (W. Alling, 1857), by Austin Steward (page images at HathiTrust)

• Proceedings, on the formation of the New-York State Colonization Society ... (Printed by Websters and Skinners., 1829), by New-York State Colonization Society (Founded 1829) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Remarks by Samuel Hoar, of Massachusetts on the resolutions introduced by Mr. Jarvis, of Maine, and Mr. Wise, of Virginia : delivered in the House of Representatives, Thursday, January 21, 1836. (National Intelligencer Office, 1836), by Samuel Hoar, Henry A. Wise, Leonard Jarvis, D.C.) National Intelligencer Office (Washington, and United States. Congress 1835-1836). House (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Hon. Henry Bennett, of New York, on the admission of Kansas, and the political effects of slavery : in the House of Representatives, June 30, 1856. (Buell & Blanchard, 1856), by Henry Bennett (page images at HathiTrust)

• The position of John Bell and his supporters. : Speech of Hon. Henry Wilson, at Myrick's, September 18, 1860. From the verbatim report in the Daily atlas and bee. (Published by the Bee Printing Co., nos. 7 & 9 State Street, Boston., 1860), by Henry Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)

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