Free African Americans -- Conduct of life
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An Address to All the Colored Citizens of the United States (Philadelphia: Printed for the author by King and Baird, 1846), by John B. Meachum
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Filed under: Free African Americans- Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853 (fifth thousand; Auburn, NY: Derby and Miller, et al., 1853), by Solomon Northup
- The Life, History, and Unparalleled Sufferings of John Jea, the African Preacher, Compiled and Written by Himself (Portsea, UK: The author, ca. 1811), by John Jea (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- The Looking-Glass: Being a True Report and Narrative of the Life, Travels, and Labors of the Rev. Daniel H. Peterson, a Colored Clergyman; Embracing a Period of Time from the Year 1812 to 1854, and Including His Visit to Western Africa (New York: Wright, 1854), by Daniel H. Peterson (illustrated HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
- Wilkerson's History of His Travels and Labors, in the United States, As a Missionary, In Particular, That of the Union Seminary, Located in Franklin Co., Ohio, Since He Purchased His Liberty in New Orleans, La. &c. (1861), by Major James Wilkerson
- Autobiography of Rev. Thomas W. Henry, of the A. M. E. Church (Baltimore: The author, 1872), by Thomas W. Henry (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- A Brief Account of the Life, Experience, Travels, and Gospel Labours of George White, an African: Written by Himself, and Revised by a Friend (New York: J. C. Totten, 1810), by George White (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
- A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa, but Resident Above Sixty Years in the United States of America (originally published 1798), by Venture Smith (Gutenberg text)
- A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa, but Resident Above Sixty Years in the United States of America: Related by Himself (New London, CT: Printed by C. Holt, 1798), by Venture Smith
- A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa, but Resident Above Sixty Years in the United States of America (Middletown, CT: J. S. Stewart, 1897), by Venture Smith, ed. by H. M. Selden (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
- Narrative of William Hayden, Containing a Faithful Account of His Travels for a Number of Years, Whilst a Slave, in the South (Cincinnati: W. Hayden, 1846), by William Hayden (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Men of Maryland (Baltimore: Church Advocate Press, 1914), by George F. Bragg
- 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)
- A Short History of the Life of Christopher McPherson, Alias Pherson, Son of Christ, King of Kings and Lord of Lords: Containing a Collection of Certificates, Letters, &c. Written by Himself (second edition; Lynchburg, VA: C. M. Smith, 1855), by Christopher McPherson (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- The Looking-Glass: Being a True Report and Narrative of the Life, Travels, and Labors of the Rev. Daniel H. Peterson, a Colored Clergyman; Embracing a Period of Time from the Year 1812 to 1854, and Including His Visit to Western Africa (New York: Wright, 1854), by Daniel H. Peterson (illustrated HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
- Our Nig: or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, by Harriet E. Wilson (Gutenberg text)
- Life and Opinions of Julius Melbourn; With Sketches of the Lives and Characters of Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, John Randolph, and Several Other Eminent American Statesmen (Syracuse: Hall and Dickson, 1847), by Julius Melbourn, ed. by Jabez D. Hammond (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- A Short History of the Life of Christopher McPherson, Alias Pherson, Son of Christ, King of Kings and Lord of Lords: Containing a Collection of Certificates, Letters, &c. Written by Himself (second edition; Lynchburg, VA: C. M. Smith, 1855), by Christopher McPherson (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- The Journal of Charlotte L. Forten (New York: Dryden Press, c1953), by Charlotte L. Forten, ed. by Ray Allen Billington (page images at HathiTrust)
- Creole Voices: Poems in French by Free Men of Color, First Published in 1845 (poems in French, commentary in English and French; Washington: Associated Publishers, 1945), ed. by Edward Maceo Coleman and Armand Lanusse, contrib. by Henry Carrington Lancaster (page images at HathiTrust)
- An Address to All the Colored Citizens of the United States (Philadelphia: Printed for the author by King and Baird, 1846), by John B. Meachum
- An Address to All the Colored Citizens of the United States (Philadelphia: Printed for the author by King and Baird, 1846), by John B. Meachum
- Frederick Douglass (London: Hodder and Stoughton, c1906), by Booker T. Washington (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
- A Short History of the Life of Christopher McPherson, Alias Pherson, Son of Christ, King of Kings and Lord of Lords: Containing a Collection of Certificates, Letters, &c. Written by Himself (second edition; Lynchburg, VA: C. M. Smith, 1855), by Christopher McPherson (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Narrative of William Hayden, Containing a Faithful Account of His Travels for a Number of Years, Whilst a Slave, in the South (Cincinnati: W. Hayden, 1846), by William Hayden (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Autobiography of Rev. Thomas W. Henry, of the A. M. E. Church (Baltimore: The author, 1872), by Thomas W. Henry (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- The Life, History, and Unparalleled Sufferings of John Jea, the African Preacher, Compiled and Written by Himself (Portsea, UK: The author, ca. 1811), by John Jea (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- The Looking-Glass: Being a True Report and Narrative of the Life, Travels, and Labors of the Rev. Daniel H. Peterson, a Colored Clergyman; Embracing a Period of Time from the Year 1812 to 1854, and Including His Visit to Western Africa (New York: Wright, 1854), by Daniel H. Peterson (illustrated HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
- A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa, but Resident Above Sixty Years in the United States of America (originally published 1798), by Venture Smith (Gutenberg text)
- A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa, but Resident Above Sixty Years in the United States of America: Related by Himself (New London, CT: Printed by C. Holt, 1798), by Venture Smith
- A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa, but Resident Above Sixty Years in the United States of America (Middletown, CT: J. S. Stewart, 1897), by Venture Smith, ed. by H. M. Selden (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
- A Brief Account of the Life, Experience, Travels, and Gospel Labours of George White, an African: Written by Himself, and Revised by a Friend (New York: J. C. Totten, 1810), by George White (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
- Wilkerson's History of His Travels and Labors, in the United States, As a Missionary, In Particular, That of the Union Seminary, Located in Franklin Co., Ohio, Since He Purchased His Liberty in New Orleans, La. &c. (1861), by Major James Wilkerson
- Cool Conduct: The Culture of Distance in Weimar Germany (Berkeley: University of California Press, c2002), by Helmut Lethen, trans. by Don Reneau (frame-dependent HTML with commentary at UC Press)
- Family Instructions for the Yan Clan, and Other Works by Yan Zhitui (531-590s) (in Chinese and English; Boston and Berlin: De Gruyter, c2021), by Yan Zhitui, ed. by Paul W. Kroll, trans. by Xiaofei Tian (PDF and Epub with commentary at De Gruyter)
- Live Simple: Radical Tactics to Reduce the Clutter, Complexity, and Costs of Your Life (electronic edition, 2000), by John December (HTML with commentary at december.com)
- An Eternal Career (Philadelphia: Dorrance and Company, c1947), by Frank L. Hammer and Lydia Hammer (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
- Will as Commitment and Resolve: An Existential Account of Creativity, Love, Virtue, and Happiness (New York: Fordham University Press, 2007), by John J. Davenport (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)
- The Rossi Formula for Maximum Happiness: A Philosophy of Life (New York: Exposition Press, c1972), by Emidio J. Rossi (HTML with commentary at Verizon)
- I Dare You! (10th edition; St. Louis: Privately printed, 1941), by William H. Danforth (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- I Dare You! (second edition; St. Louis: Privately printed, 1932), by William H. Danforth (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Lorenz on Leadership: Lessons on Effectively Leading People, Teams, and Organizations (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 2012), by Stephen R. Lorenz (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)
- Above Life's Turmoil, by James Allen (HTML at wwwhubs.com)
- Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women, on the Various Duties of Life, by G. S. Weaver (page images at MOA)
- Ars Recte Vivendi: Being Essays Contributed to "The Easy Chair", by George William Curtis (Gutenberg text)
- The Art of Being Alive: Success Through Thought (New York and London: Harper and Bros., 1914), by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- The Business of Living (New York and Chicago: W. H. Wise, 1920), by Frank Crane (page images at HathiTrust)
- Byways of Blessedness, by James Allen (HTML at worldspirituality.org)
- The Catholic Action Principles, by Bill FitzPatrick (HTML and PDF at Wayback Machine)
- Cobbett's Advice to Young Men, and (Incidentally) to Young Women, in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life: In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject (London: H. Frowde, 1906), by William Cobbett (Gutenberg text)
- The Conduct of Life (second edition; London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1860), by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The Conduct of Life (New York: T. Y. Crowell and Co., 1903), by Ralph Waldo Emerson, contrib. by Andrew Jackson George
- Counsels and Maxims, by Arthur Schopenhauer, ed. by T. Bailey Saunders (Gutenberg text)
- The Economy of Human Life (this edition attributed to Dodsley, with illustrations "by F. Howard, Harvey, Williams, etc."; London: John van Voorst, 1834), contrib. by Robert Dodsley and Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, illust. by F. Howard (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Economy of Human Life, in Two Books (this edition attributed to Dodsley; London: Printed for Shirley, Neely, and Jones, et al., 1809), contrib. by Robert Dodsley and Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, illust. by Frederick Mackenzie, William Marshall Craig, and Thomas Uwins (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Economy of Human Life: Translated From an Indian Manuscript, Written by An Ancient Bramin (work attributed variously to Dodsley and Chesterfield; London: Printed for T. Tegg, 1811), contrib. by Robert Dodsley and Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Economy of Human Life, Translated from an Indian Manuscript, Written by an Ancient Bramin; To Which is Prefixed an Account of the Manner in Which the Said Manuscript Was Discovered (work attributed variously to Dodsley and Chesterfield; Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson, 1807), contrib. by Robert Dodsley and Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, illust. by Alexander Anderson (page images at Google)
- Eight Pillars of Prosperity, by James Allen (HTML at in1woord.nl)
- The Ethics of the Dust: Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallization, by John Ruskin (Gutenberg text)
- The Every Day of Life, by J. R. Miller (HTML at jr-miller.com)
- First and Last Things: A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life, by H. G. Wells (Gutenberg text)
- Foundation Stones to Happiness and Success, by James Allen, ed. by Lily L. Allen (HTML at in1woord.nl)
- From a College Window, by Arthur Christopher Benson (Gutenberg text)
- From Passion to Peace, by James Allen (HTML at in1woord.nl)
- The Girl Wanted: A Book of Friendly Thoughts (Chicago: Forbes and Co., 1919), by Nixon Waterman (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
- Hopes and Helps for the Young of Both Sexes, by G. S. Weaver (page images at MOA)
- How to Live Quietly (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1914), by Annie Payson Call (PDF at soilandhealth.org)
- The Human Evasion, by Celia Green
- The Human Machine, by Arnold Bennett (Gutenberg text)
- Just Common Sense (second edition; New York: Silent Partner Co., c1920), by F. D. Van Amburgh (page images at HathiTrust)
- Lessons in Life: A Series of Familiar Essays, by J. G. Holland
- Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady (London: Printed for J. Sharpe by C. Whittingham, 1822), by Mrs. Chapone (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Life in the Sick-Room: Essays (second American edition; Boston: W. Crosby, 1845), by Harriet Martineau, contrib. by Eliza Lee Cabot Follen (page images at Google)
- Life in the Sick-Room: Essays by an Invalid (second edition; London: E. Moxon, 1844), by Harriet Martineau (page images at Google)
- Life Without Principle, by Henry David Thoreau (HTML at monadnock.net)
- Life's Enthusiasms (1906), by David Starr Jordan (Gutenberg text)
- Looking Out on Life: A Book for Girls on Practical Subjects Based on Many Letters From Wise Mothers (Boston: D. Lothrop, c1892), by Francis E. Clark (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Love, Life and Work: Being a Book of Opinions, Reasonably Good-Natured, Concerning How to Attain the Highest Happiness for One's Self With the Least Possible Harm to Others (1906), by Elbert Hubbard (Gutenberg text)
- The Majesty of Calmness: Individual Problems and Possibilities, by William George Jordan (Gutenberg text)
- Man and His Motives, by George Moore (page images at MOA)
- Man: King of Mind, Body, and Circumstance, by James Allen (HTML at in1woord.nl)
- Manhood: Its Duties and Responsibilities (Voyage of Life v3; Louisville: Hull and Brother; New York: Sheldon, Lamport and Co., 1854), by W. W. Everts (page images at HathiTrust)
- Men and Systems, by James Allen (HTML at in1woord.nl)
- Mental Efficiency, and Other Hints to Men and Women (New York: George H, Doran, c1911), by Arnold Bennett (Gutenberg text)
- Menticulture: or, The A-B-C of True Living (Chicago: A. C. McClurg and Co., 1895), by Horace Fletcher (Gutenberg text)
- Mile Stones in Our Life-Journey, by Samuel Osgood (page images at MOA)
- Natures Picture Drawn by Fancies Pencil to the Life: Being Several Feigned Stories, Comical, Tragical, Tragi-Comical, Poetical, Romanicical, Philosophical, Historical, and Moral (second edition; London: Printed by A. Maxwell, 1671), by Margaret Cavendish Newcastle (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- New Thought Common Sense, and What Life Means to Me (Chicago: W. B. Conkey Co., c1908), by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (multiple formats at archive.org)
- On Being Human, by Woodrow Wilson (Gutenberg text)
- Out From the Heart, by James Allen (HTML at in1woord.nl)
- The Plain Man and His Wife, by Arnold Bennett (Gutenberg text)
- Plain Talks on Familiar Subjects, by J. G. Holland (page images at MOA)
- The Pleasures of Life (longer edition, from 1890 or later), by John Lubbock (Gutenberg text)
- The Pleasures of Life (shorter version than later editions; New York: John Alden, 1887), by John Lubbock (HTML with commentary at elfinspell.com)
- The Probe: or, One Hundred and Two Essays on the Nature of Men and Things (Philadelphia: G. B. Zieber and Co., 1846), by L. Carroll Judson
- Rational Living: Some Practical Inferences from Modern Psychology (New York and London: Macmillan, 1912), by Henry Churchill King (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Royal Manhood (Chicago et al.: F. H. Revell Co., 1899), by James I. Vance
- Self-Help: With Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance, by Samuel Smiles (Gutenberg text)
- Self-Help: With Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance (based on the 1890 J. Murray edition, with additional notes and images), by Samuel Smiles, ed. by Ian Petticrew (HTML in the UK)
- Self-Measurement: A Scale of Human Values with Directions for Personal Application (New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1916), by William De Witt Hyde (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sermons Out of Church (1876), by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Shining Gateway, by James Allen, ed. by Lily L. Allen (HTML at in1woord.nl)
- Ships and Havens (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell and Company, c1897), by Henry Van Dyke (illustrated HTML at kellscraft.com)
- The Skeleton in the Closet (Riverside, CT: F. C. Bursch, 1914), by Clarence Darrow (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sowing and Reaping (Boston: L. C. Page and Co., 1900), by Booker T. Washington (page images at HathiTrust)
- Things to Live For, by J. R. Miller (HTML at jr-miller.com)
- Titcomb's Letters to Young People, Single and Married (10th edition; New York: C. Scribmner, 1858), by J. G. Holland (multiple formats at Google)
- Twelve Sermons: Delivered at Antioch College, by Horace Mann (page images at MOA)
- The University of Hard Knocks, by Ralph Albert Parlette (Gutenberg text)
- A Way of Life: An Address to Yale Students, Sunday Evening, April 20th, 1913, by William Osler (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Way to Happiness (main text of Scientology-promoted ethical guide; electronic edition), by L. Ron Hubbard (illustrated HTML with commentary at thewaytohappiness.org)
- What All the World's A-Seeking: or, The Vital Law of True Life, True Greatness, Power and Happiness (revised edition; New York: T. Crowell and Co., c1899), by Ralph Waldo Trine
- What All the World's A-Seeking: or, The Vital Law of True Life, True Greatness, Power and Happiness (revised edition; New York: Dodge Publishing Co., n.d.), by Ralph Waldo Trine (Gutenberg text)
- What is Worth While? (New York: T. Y. Crowell and Co., c1893), by Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay (page images at Michigan)
- When a Man Comes to Himself, by Woodrow Wilson (Gutenberg text)
- The Wisdom of Life, by Arthur Schopenhauer, ed. by T. Bailey Saunders (Gutenberg text)
- A Woman of the World: Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters (Chicago: W. B. Conkey Co., 1883), by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- A Woman of the World: Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1910), by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Self Improvement (New York et al.: Benziger Bros., 1939), by Rudolf Allers (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Art of Living (Dover, OH: K. Potschner, c1935), by Karl Potschner (page images at HathiTrust)
- An Address Delivered at Cumming, Georgia, February, 1844, on the Rise and Progress of Society and the Formation of Government (New Haven: Printed for the author, 1844), by S. Watson Royston (page images at HathiTrust)
- The American Citizen: His Rights and Duties, According to the Spirit of the Constitution of the United States, by John Henry Hopkins (page images at MOA)
- The Book of the Knight of La Tour-Landry (1906 edition), by Geoffroy de La Tour Landry (HTML at Michigan)
- The Call of the Twentieth Century: An Address to Young Men (1903), by David Starr Jordan (Gutenberg text)
- A Christmas Sermon, by Robert Louis Stevenson (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Conduct of Life, by Benedetto Croce, trans. by Arthur Livingston (text at Gutenberg Australia)
- Essays on Work and Culture, by Hamilton Wright Mabie (Gutenberg text)
- Familiar Letters to Young Men on Various Subjects, by William A. Alcott (page images at MOA)
- A Fleece of Gold: Five Lessons from the Tale of Jason and Golden Fleece (second edition, 1905), by Charles Stewart Given (Gutenberg text)
- Forewarned-Forearmed (New York: A. C. Armstrong and Son, ca. 1885), by John Thain Davidson (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Game of Life and How to Play It, by Florence Scovel Shinn (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
- Girls and Women (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1892), by Harriet E. Paine (page images at Harvard)
- Going to Refuge; Taking the Precepts, by Bhikkhu Bodhi (HTML at Access to Insight)
- Happy Homes and the Hearts That Make Them: or, Thrifty People and Why They Thrive (revised, with additional matter; Chicago: U. S. Publishing House, 1883), by Samuel Smiles, ed. by C. A. Gaskell (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Lawsonomy (3 volumes), by Alfred W. Lawson (HTML at lawsonomy.org)
- Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned About Life in School -- But Didn't, by Peter McWilliams (HTML at drugsense.org)
- Masters of the Situation: or, Some Secrets of Success and Power (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1888), by William James Tilley
- A Message to Garcia, and Other Essays (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1924), by Elbert Hubbard (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Persuaded Heart: A Woman's Potential for Genuine Freedom, by Gladys Hunt (HTML at Wayback Machine)
- Politics and Spirituality: Can They Go Together?, by Sri Chinmoy (HTML at srichinmoylibrary.com)
- Portraits and Principles of the World's Great Men and Women, With Practical Lessons on Successful Life by Over Fifty Leading Thinkers (Springfield, MA: King-Richardson Pub. Co., 1897), ed. by William C. King, contrib. by C. H. Parkhurst (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Resurgent Culture, by Swami Krishnananda (HTML at Divine Life Society)
- Ruminations: The Ideal American Lady and Other Essays (second edition, 1894), by Paul Siegvolk (page images at HathiTrust)
- The "Sacred" Kurral of Tiruvalluva-Nayanar, With Introduction, Grammar, Notes (in Which are Reprinted Fr. C. J. Beschi's and F. W. Ellis' Versions) Lexicon, and Concordance (in Tamil and English; London: W. H. Allen and Co., 1886), by Tiruvaḷḷuvar, ed. by G. U. Pope, contrib. by Costantino Giuseppe Beschi and Francis Whyte Ellis
- Seventh Anniversary Address Before the Platonian Literary Society of M'Kendree College, by Jonathan Baldwin Turner (page images at MOA)
- The Student's Manual, by John Todd (page images at MOA)
- Studies in Character Building: A Book for Parents (Battle Creek, MI: Good Health Pub. Co., c1905), by E. E. Kellogg
- Tirukkural (English translation and commentary), by Tiruvaḷḷuvar, ed. by G. U. Pope, W. H. Drew, and John Lazarus, contrib. by Francis Whyte Ellis (HTML at Project Madurai)
- A True Story in Allegory, by Lottie L. Jarvis (HTML at timelesstruths.org)
- Facing Life Fearlessly: The Pessimistic Versus the Optimistic View of Life, by Clarence Darrow (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
- Liao-Fan's Four Lessons (electronic transcription of audio edition), by Liaofan Yuan, ed. by Police Officer Wang (HTML at apace.us)
- Life at Threescore and Ten (New York, American Tract Society, c1871), by Albert Barnes
- Practical, Sharp, Eccentric and Humorous Prison-Life Thoughts! (Philadelphia: Landis publishing society, 1872), by Simon M. Landis (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Testimony for Truth Against All Hireling Priests and Deceivers, by Judith Boulbie (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Three Things (New York: Hearst's International Library Co., c1915), by Elinor Glyn (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
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