Free Black people
Here are entered works on Black people who were legally free during the period roughly from 1619-1860 and who lived in countries where slavery existed as an institution.
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Broader term:Narrower terms:- Free Black people -- Biography
- Free Black people -- Tennessee
- Free African Americans
- Hayden, William, 1785-
- Henry, Thomas W., 1794-1877
- Jea, John, 1773-
- McPherson, Christopher, 1763?-
- Peterson, Daniel H.
- Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805
- White, George, 1764-1836
- Wilkerson, Major James
- Free blacks
- Free Negroes
- Free people of color
- Free persons of color
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A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince (first edition; Boston: The author, 1850), by Nancy Prince (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)- A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince (second edition; Boston: The author, 1853), by Nancy Prince (page images at HathiTrust)
- 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)
- Speech of Jordan Stokes, in the Senate of Tennessee, on the Bill for the Expulsion From the State of Free Persons of Color: Delivered February 20, 1860 (Nashville: Cameron and Co., 1860), by Jordan Stokes (page images at HathiTrust)
- 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 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)
- 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
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Black people- Curse of Cain? Racism in the Mormon Church (2004), by Jerald Tanner and Sandra Tanner (illustrated HTML at utlm.org)
- An Enquiry Concerning the Intellectual and Moral Faculties and Literature of Negroes (Brooklyn: Thomas Kirk, 1810), by Henri Grégoire, trans. by David Bailie Warden
- La Raza Negra es la Más Antigua de las Razas Humanas (in Spanish; Valladolid: Tip. de S. Pérez, 1901), by Gervasio Fournier
- The Negroes in Negroland, the Negroes in America, and Negroes Generally; Also, the Several Races of White Men, Considered as the Involuntary and Predestined Supplanters of the Black Races (New York: G. W. Carleton; London: S. Low, Son, and Co., 1868), by Hinton Rowan Helper
- Wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite Empire, Book I (only book published; 1926), by Drusilla Dunjee Houston (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
- A Critique on Nott and Gliddon's Ethnological Works, With Some Remarks on an Article by W. S. Forwood, M.D., Entitled "The Negro, A Distinct Species", Published in the Medical and Surgical Reporter for May, 1857 (Burlingon, NJ: Office of the Medical and Surgical Reporter; et al., 1857), by Abraham Coles
- The Cushite: or, The Descendants of Ham, As Found in the Sacred Scriptures and in the Writings of Ancient Historians and Poets from Noah to the Christian Era (Springfield, MA: Willey and Co., 1893), by Rufus L. Perry (page images at HathiTrust)
- Para Blancos y Negros: Ensayos Políticos, Sociales y Económicos (4th series, in Spanish; Havana: El Score, 1907), by Rafael Serra
- The Upward Path: The Evolution of a Race (revised edition of "From Darkness to Light"; New York: Young People's Missionary Movement of the United States and Canada, 1909), by Mary Helm
- Sketches of Bermuda (London: J. Cochrane and Co., 1835), by Susette Harriet Lloyd (page images at HathiTrust)
- Negro History and Literature: A Selected Annotated Bibliography (New York: American Jewish Committee, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers, 1968) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Narratives of Colored Americans (New York: W. W. Wood and Co., 1875), by Abigail Mott and M. S. Wood (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- The National Cyclopedia of the Colored Race (only volume published; Montgomery, AL: National Pub. Co., 1919), ed. by Clement Richardson (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Black Man: His Antecedents, His Genius, and His Achievements (1863), by William Wells Brown (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
- A Statement with Regard to the Moorish Prince, Abduhl Rahhahman (New York: D. Fanshaw, 1828), by T. H. Gallaudet (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- A Tribute for the Negro (Manchester and London: W. Irwin, 1848), by Wilson Armistead
- Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Colour; To Which is Added, a Selection of Pieces in Poetry (New York: M. Day, 1826), by Abigail Mott (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- The Freedmen's Book (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865), by Lydia Maria Child
- God's Image in Ebony: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches, Facts, Anecdotes, etc., Demonstrative of the Mental Powers and Intellectual Capacities of the Negro Race (London: Partridge & Oakey, 1854), ed. by H. G. Adams (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- 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 Life and Sufferings of John Joseph, a Native of Ashantee, in Western Africa, Who Was Stolen from His Parents at the Age of 3 Years, and Sold to Mr. Johnstone, a Cotton Planter, in New Orleans, South America (Wellington: Printed for J. Joseph by J. Greedy, 1848), by John Joseph (HTML and TEI at UNC)
More items available under broader and related terms at left.