Free African Americans
Here are entered works on African Americans who were legally free prior to the Civil War. Works on African Americans who were freed from slavery as a result of the Civil War are entered under Freed persons -- United States.
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Broader terms:Narrower terms:- Free African Americans -- Biography
- Free African Americans -- Colonization
- Free African Americans -- Conduct of life
- Free African Americans -- Fiction
- Free African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Free African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
- Free African Americans -- Louisiana
- Free African Americans -- Maryland
- Free African Americans -- Massachusetts
- Free African Americans -- New Jersey
- Free African Americans -- New York (State)
- Free African Americans -- North Carolina
- Free African Americans -- Pennsylvania
- Free African Americans -- Religious life
- Free African Americans -- Social conditions
- Free African Americans -- South Carolina
- Free African Americans -- United States
- Free African Americans -- Virginia
- Free Afro-Americans
- Free Black people -- United States
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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![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif)
Out of the Briars: An Autobiography and Sketch of the Twenty-ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, by A. H. Newton, contrib. by J. P. Sampson (Gutenberg ebook)
- 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
- Anecdotes and memoirs of William Boen, a coloured man, who lived and died near Mount Holly, New Jersey (Gutenberg ebook)
- 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)
- 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
- Our Nig: or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, by Harriet E. Wilson (Gutenberg text)
- L'amour d'un Nègre. (M. Lévy, 1860), by Charles Jobey (page images at HathiTrust)
- 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)
- The stolen children (London: T. Woolmer, n.d.), by Henry Bleby (page images at Florida)
- Pamphlets on slavery (W.W. Holden, printer to the State, 1854), by North Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives (page images at HathiTrust)
- 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)
- Senate bill no. 27.) (Ses. 1860-'61 (John Spelman, Printer to the state, 1860), by North Carolina Senate and John Spelman (page images at HathiTrust)
- Senate bill, no. 8.) (Ses. 1860-'61 (John Spelman, Printer to the state, 1860), by North Carolina Senate and John Spelman (page images at HathiTrust)
- Statistics of the colored people of Philadelphia. (T. E. Chapman, 1856), by Benjamin C. Bacon (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
- The Negro, North and South : the status of the coloured population in the northern and southern states of America compared (London : Whittaker & Co. ; Liverpool : Henry Young ; Manchester : Abel Heywood, 1863., 1863), by Robert Trimble (page images at HathiTrust)
- Frederick Douglass (London: Hodder and Stoughton, c1906), by Booker T. Washington (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
- The police control of the slave in South Carolina ([s.n.], 1914), by H. M. Henry (page images at HathiTrust)
- America as I found it. (R. Carter & Brothers, 1852), by Mary Grey Lundie Duncan and American Colonization Society (page images at HathiTrust)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: African Americans -- History -- To 1863- The Negro as a Political Problem: Oration by the Hon. George W. Williams of Massachusetts at the Asbury Church, Washington, D.C., April 16, 1884 (Boston: A. Mudge and Son, printers, 1884), by George Washington Williams (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Black Dispatches: Black American Contributions to Union Intelligence During the Civil War, by P. K. Rose (HTML at webharvest.gov)
- The mind of the Negro as reflected in letters written during the crisis, 1800-1860 (The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, 1926), by Carter Godwin Woodson, Frederick Douglass, and Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History (page images at HathiTrust)
- The "negro pew": being an inquiry concerning the propriety of distinctions in the house of God, on account of color. (I. Knapp, 1837), by Harvey Newcomb (page images at HathiTrust)
- An historical research respecting the opinions of the founders of the republic on negroes as slaves, as citizens, and as soldiers. (Printed by J. Wilson and son, 1862), by George Livermore (page images at HathiTrust)
- An historical research respecting the opinions of the founders of the Republic, on Negroes as slaves, as citizens, and as soldiers. Read before the Massachusetts Historical Society, August 14, 1862. (A. Williams and co., 1863), by George Livermore (page images at HathiTrust)
- Report of Lieutenant General U.S. Grant, of the Armies of the United States, 1864-'65. ([s.n., 1865), by United States Army and Ulysses S. Grant (page images at HathiTrust)
- Discourse for the times, on our condition as it is and might be (Philadelphia : Hughes & Co., printers, 1853., 1853), by A. R. Green and Charles Simpson Butcher (page images at HathiTrust)
- Faneuil Hall commemorative festival, March 5th, 1858. Protest against the Dred Scott "decision." ... : On the 5th day of March, 1783, William Cooper, town clerk, made a motion ... that the celebration of the 5th of March, from henceforth, shall cease ... In accordance therewith, there has not been a public celebration of the 5th of March since 1783. In view of the alarming spread of despotism in these United States ... the subscriber has, after mature deliberation, concluded, that now is the timely and significant hour ... and, therefore, invites his fellow-citizens and friends to a public commemoration of the 88th anniversary of the Boston Masacre, to be observed in Faneuil Hall, on Thursday evening, March 5th, 1858. (1858), by William C. Nell, Randall K. Burkett, Frederick G. Barbadoes, and Edward Lawrence Balch (page images at HathiTrust)
- Tribal origins of the African-Americans (Yoruba Temple, Research Division, 1962), by Oserjeman Adefunmi (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Narrative of Lucretia P. Cannon (Printed for the publishers, 1842), by E. E. Barclay and Clinton Jackson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Negro life in the slave states of America (Clarke, 1852), by Harriet Beecher Stowe (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Yankee Girl at Antietam, by Alice Turner Curtis, illust. by Nat Little (Gutenberg ebook)
- A Yankee Girl at Shiloh, by Alice Turner Curtis, illust. by Isabel W. Caley (Gutenberg ebook)
- Biography of Mahommah G. Baquaqua, a Native of Zoogoo, in the Interior of Africa (A Convert to Christianity); With a Description of That Part of the World; Including the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants (Detroit: G.. E. Pomeroy and Co., 1854), by Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua, ed. by Samuel Moore (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- The Negro in the Congressional record. (Bergman, 1789), by Jean McCarroll and Peter M. Bergman (page images at HathiTrust)
- The stolen children (London: T. Woolmer, n.d.), by Henry Bleby (page images at Florida)
More items available under broader and related terms at left.