Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
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The Governor's Message Reviewed (Albany, NY: Weed, Parsons, and Co., 1863), by Henry R. Low- Speech of Charles Brown, of Pennsylvania, on Abolition and Slavery, Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 3 and 7, 1849 (Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1849), by Charles Brown
- Speech of Hon. H. C. Murphy, of New York, on Slavery in the Territories; Delivered in the House of Representatives, May 17, 1848 (Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1848), by Henry Cruse Murphy
- Letter to Hon. Reverdy Johnson, on the Proceedings at the Meeting, Held at Maryland Institute, January 10th, 1861 (Baltimore: Murphy and Co., printers, 1861), by John C. Le Grand
- Speech of Aylett Buckner, of Kentucky, on the Propriety of Organizing Governments for the Territories, Delivered in the House of Representatives, Feb. 17, 1849 (Washington: Towers, 1849), by Aylett Buckner
- Speech of George G. Dunn, of Indiana, on the Oregon Bill, Delivered in the House of Representatives of the U. S., July 27, 1848 (Washington: Towers, 1848), by George Grundy Dunn
- Speech of Hon. A. G. Brown, of Mississippi, Delivered at Elwood Springs, Near Port Gibson, Miss., November 2, 1850 (Washington: Printed at the Globe office, 1850), by Albert Gallatin Brown
- Speech of Hon. J. A. Seddon, of Virginia, On the Action of the Executive in Relation to California. Delivered in the House of Representatives, January 23, 1850 (Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1850), by James A. Seddon
- Speech of Mr. Bingham, of Michigan, on the Admission of California: Delivered in the House of Representatives, June 4, 1850 (Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe office, 1850), by Kinsley S. Bingham
- Speech of Mr. Hebard of Vermont, on the President's Message, Communicating the Constitution of California: Delivered in the House of Representatives, U.S., in Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, March 14, 1850 (Washington: Gideon and Co., 1850), by William Hebard
- War Powers of Congress: Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, on the House Bills for the Confiscation of Property and the Liberation of Slaves Belonging to Rebels, Delivered in Senate of the United States, June 27, 1862 (Washington: Scammell and Co., 1862), by Charles Sumner
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States- Opinions of the Early Presidents, and of the Fathers of the Republic, Upon Slavery, and Upon Negroes as Men and Soldiers (Loyal Publication Society #18; New York: Wm. C. Bryant and Co., printers, 1863)
- The 1619 Project (special issue of The New York Times Magazine, with supplementary materials; 2019), ed. by Nikole Hannah-Jones (PDF with commentary at pulitzercenter.org)
- Slavery and Justice: Report of the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice (2006), by Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice (PDF with commentary at Brown)
- African Slavery in America (Philadelphia: T. K. and P. G. Collins, printers, 1856), by Charles Jared Ingersoll (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Judicial Cases Concerning American Slavery and the Negro (Carnegie Institution of Washington publication #374, 5 volumes, 1926-1937), ed. by Helen Tunnicliff Catterall and James J. Hayden, contrib. by David Maydole Matteson (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Black Experience in America, by Norman Coombs (Gutenberg text)
- A Defence of Virginia, and Through Her, of the South, in Recent and Pending Contests Against the Sectional Party (New York: E. J. Hale and Co., 1867), by Robert Lewis Dabney
- History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880: Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers and as Citizens, Together With a Preliminary Consideration of The Unity of The Human Family, an Historical Sketch of Africa, and an Account of The Negro Governments of Sierra Leone and Liberia (2 volumes; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1883), by George Washington Williams
- An Inquiry into the Law of Negro Slavery in the United States of America; To Which Is Prefixed An Historical Sketch of Slavery ("volume 1" only volume published; Philadelphia: T. and J. W. Johnson; Savannah, GA: W. Thorne Williams, 1858), by Thomas R. R. Cobb (multiple formats at Google)
- The Story of the Negro: The Rise of the Race from Slavery (2 volumes; New York: Doubleday, Page, and Co., 1909), by Booker T. Washington
- A Social History of the American Negro: Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States, Including a History and Study of the Republic of Liberia (1921), by Benjamin Brawley (Gutenberg text)
- From Slavery To a Bishopric, or, The Life of Bishop Walter Hawkins of the British Methodist Episcopal Church Canada, by S. J. Celestine Edwards (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- 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)
- Life of George Henry; Together with a Brief History of the Colored People in America (Providence, RI: H.I. Gould, 1894), by George Henry (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- 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)
- Samuel Hall, 47 Years a Slave: A Brief Story of His Life Before and After Freedom Came to Him (Washington, IA: Journal Print, 1912), by Samuel Hall, ed. by Orville Elder (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- A Narrative of the Negro (Washington: Press of R.L. Pendleton, 1912), by Leila Amos Pendleton
- Mr. Emerson's Revolution (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2015), ed. by Jean McClure Mudge (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)
- Pictures of Slavery in Church and State: Including Personal Reminiscences, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, etc. etc.; With an Appendix, Containing the Views of John Wesley and Richard Watson on Slavery. (second edition; Philadelphia: The author, 1857), by John Dixon Long, contrib. by John Wesley and Richard Watson (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- The Light and Truth of Slavery: Aaron's History (Worcester, MA: The author, ca. 1843), by Aaron
- Battles and Victories of Allen Allensworth, A. M., Ph. D., Lieutenant-Colonel, Retired, U. S. Army (Boston: Sherman, French and Co., c1914), by Charles Alexander (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Frederick Douglass (London: Hodder and Stoughton, c1906), by Booker T. Washington (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
- Frederick Douglass, the Colored Orator (revised edition; New York: Funk and Wagnalls Co., 1895), by Frederic May Holland (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Life and Narrative of William J. Anderson, Twenty-Four Years a Slave (Chicago: Daily Tribune Book and Job Printing Office, 1857), by William J. Anderson (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (1845), by Frederick Douglass
- The Refugee: or the Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada, Related by Themselves; With an Account of the History and Condition of the Colored Population of Upper Canada (Boston: J. P. Jewett and Co.; et al.,, 1856), by Benjamin Drew
- The Story of Archer Alexander From Slavery to Freedom, March 30, 1863, by William Greenleaf Eliot (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Uncle Tom's Companions, or, Facts Stranger Than Fiction: A Supplement to Uncle Tom's Cabin, Being Startling Incidents in the Lives of Celebrated Fugitive Slaves (London: Edwards and Co., 1852), by John Passmore Edwards, contrib. by Frederick Douglass (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
- Slavery Era Insurance Registry, by California Department of Insurance (HTML and PDF at insurance.ca.gov)
- The Anti-Slavery Crusade: A Chronicle of the Gathering Storm, by Jesse Macy (Gutenberg text)
- 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 Life of Joice Heth, the Nurse of Gen. George Washington (the Father of Our Country), Now Living at the Astonishing Age of 161 Years, and Weighs Only 46 Pounds (prepared for a P. T. Barnum exhibition; 1835) (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)
- The Narrative of James Roberts, a Soldier Under Gen. Washington in the Revolutionary War, and Under Gen. Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans, in the War of 1812: "A Battle Which Cost Me a Limb, Some Blood, and Almost My Life" (Chicago: Printed for the author, 1858), by James Roberts (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
- Biography of a Slave: Being The Experiences Of Rev. Charles Thompson, A Preacher of the United Brethren Church, While a Slave in the South, Together With Startling Occurrences Incidental To Slave Life (1875), by Charles Thompson
- 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)
- Ante-Bellum North Carolina: A Social History (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1937), by Guion Griffis Johnson (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper, from American Slavery; With an Appendix, Containing a List of Places Visited by the Author in Great Britain and Ireland and the British Isles; and Other Matter (Berwick-upon-Tweed, England: Pub. for the author, 1848), by Moses Roper (illustrated HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
- Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper, from American Slavery; With an Appendix, Containing a List of Places Visited by the Author in Great Britain and Ireland and the British Isles; and Other Matter (Berwick-upon-Tweed, England: Pub. for the author, 1848), by Moses Roper (illustrated HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
- Interesting Account of Thomas Anderson, a Slave, Taken from His Own Lips (Virginia: 1854?), by Thomas Anderson, ed. by J. P. Clark (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- The Life of Joice Heth, the Nurse of Gen. George Washington (the Father of Our Country), Now Living at the Astonishing Age of 161 Years, and Weighs Only 46 Pounds (prepared for a P. T. Barnum exhibition; 1835) (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)
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