Free African Americans -- New York (State) -- Biography
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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)
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Filed under: Free African Americans -- Biography- 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
- 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)
- A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison, Who Was Taken by the Indians, In the Year 1755, When Only About Twelve Years of Age, and Has Continued to Reside Amongst Them to the Present Time, by James E. Seaver (Gutenberg text)
- The Life and Adventures of Nat Foster, Trapper and Hunter of the Adirondacks, by A. L. Byron-Curtiss (HTML at threerivershms.com)
- Binghamton, Its Settlement, Growth and Development, and the Factors in its History, 1800-1900 (Boston: Century Memorial Pub. Co., 1900), by William S. Lawyer
- History of the City of Buffalo and Erie County, With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason and Co., 1884), by H. P. Smith (PDF files at niagara.edu)
- History of Clinton and Franklin Counties, New York; With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers (Philadelphia: J. W. Lewis and Co., 1880), by D. Hamilton Hurd (page images at HathiTrust)
- Biographical Review: This volume contains Biographical Sketches of The Leading Citizens of Delaware County New York (1895) (HTML at dcnyhistory.org)
- The History of Delaware County (New York: W. W. Munsell, 1880) (HTML at dcnyhistory.org)
- The Centennial History of the Town of Dryden, 1797-1897, ed. by George E. Goodrich (PDF files at nysed.gov)
- History of the City of Buffalo and Erie County, With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason and Co., 1884), by H. P. Smith (PDF files at niagara.edu)
- History of Clinton and Franklin Counties, New York; With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers (Philadelphia: J. W. Lewis and Co., 1880), by D. Hamilton Hurd (page images at HathiTrust)
- Franklinville, N.Y. in Pictures and Story (c1914), by Roy W. Van Hoesen (page images at HathiTrust)
- Tagging Along: Memories of My Grandfather, James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. (Geneseo, NY: Published at Milne Library, SUNY College at Geneseo, c2013), by Stuart Symington (PDF and Epub with commentary at geneseo.edu)
- History of the Mohawk Valley, Gateway to the West, 1614-1925: Covering the Six Counties of Schenectady, Schoharie, Montgomery, Fulton, Herkimer, and Oneida (4 volumes; Chicago: S. J. Clarke, 1925), ed. by Nelson Greene
- The Wealth and Biography of the Wealthy Citizens of the City of New York (12th edition, 1855), by Moses Yale Beach (searchable page images at Google)
- "New World A-Coming": Inside Black America (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1943), by Roi Ottley (page images at HathiTrust)
- Out of the Shadow (New York: George H. Doran Co., c1918), by Rose Cohen, illust. by Walter Jack Duncan (page images at HathiTrust)
- History of Niagara County, N. Y.: With Illustrations Descriptive of its Scenery, Private Residences, Public Buildings, Fine Blocks, and Important Manufactories, and Portraits of Old Pioneers and Prominent Residents (New York: Sanford and Co., 1878) (page images at New York Heritage)
- Documentary History of Rhinebeck, in Dutchess County, N.Y. (1881), by E. M. Smith
- Samuel Joseph May. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, September 12th, 1797. Died in Syracuse, New York, July 1st, 1871 (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse Journal Office, 1871), ed. by Unitarian Congregational Society (Syracuse, N.Y.)
- The Colored Cadet at West Point: Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U. S. A., First Graduate of Color from the U. S. Military Academy (New York: H. Lee and Co., 1878), by Henry Ossian Flipper
- The Colored Cadet at West Point: Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U. S. A., First Graduate of Color from the U. S. Military Academy, by Henry Ossian Flipper (Gutenberg text)
- 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
- 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)
- The Romance and Tragedy of a Widely Known Business Man of New York (based on the 3rd edition, 1913), by William Ingraham Russell (Gutenberg text)
- The Wealth and Biography of the Wealthy Citizens of the City of New York (12th edition, 1855), by Moses Yale Beach (searchable page images at Google)
- A Heroic Priest: Memoir of Joseph Francis Brophy, D.D., Apostle of Coney Island (1910), by Mrs. Paul Boyton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman: Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West (Rochester, NY: William Alling, 1857), by Austin Steward
- Out of the Shadow (New York: George H. Doran Co., c1918), by Rose Cohen, illust. by Walter Jack Duncan (page images at HathiTrust)
- History of Brooklyn Jewry (Brooklyn, NY: Scheba Pub. Co., c1937), by Samuel P. Abelow (page images at HathiTrust)
- Out of the Shadow (New York: George H. Doran Co., c1918), by Rose Cohen, illust. by Walter Jack Duncan (page images at HathiTrust)
- Giving It All Away: The Story of William W. Cook and His Michigan Law Quadrangle (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2011), by Margaret A. Leary (PDF files at Project MUSE)
- For James and Gillian: Jim Gill's New York (photographs omitted; New York: Fordham University Press, 2003), by James F. Gill (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)
- Max Steuer, Magician of the Law (New York: Greenberg, c1932), by Richard Owen Boyer (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Brooklyn Bridge Shooting: An Independent Review and Assessment (ca. 2000), by American Jewish Committee (HTML at Wayback Machine)
- My Boyhood, by John Burroughs (Gutenberg text)
- Historical Discourse (1888), by James H. Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sketches of Printers and Printing in Colonial New York (New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1895), by Charles R. Hildeburn (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Memoir of Rachel Hicks (Written by Herself), Late of Westbury, Long Islamd, A Minister in the Society of Friends; Together With Some Letters and a Memorial of Westbury Monthly Meeting (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1880), by Rachel Hicks
- Chains and Freedom: or, The Life and Adventures of Peter Wheeler, a Colored Man Yet Living. A Slave in Chains, a Sailor on the Deep, and a Sinner at the Cross (New York: E. S. Arnold and Co., 1839), by Peter Wheeler and C. Edwards Lester (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- 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)
- Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman: Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West (Rochester, NY: William Alling, 1857), by Austin Steward
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