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• Slavery -- History -- 18th century
• West Indies -- History -- 18th century

• The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave (London: F. Westley and A.H. Davis, 1831), by Mary Prince, ed. by Thomas Pringle (Gutenberg text)
• The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave (third edition; London: F. Westley and A.H. Davis, 1831), by Mary Prince (HTML and TEI at UNC)

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• An Historical Survey of the French Colony in the Island of St. Domingo (London: Printed for J. Stockdale, 1797), by Bryan Edwards
  • page images at loc.gov
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• 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 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
• Narratives of Colored Americans (New York: W. W. Wood and Co., 1875), by Abigail Mott and M. S. Wood (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• Life of James Mars, a Slave Born and Sold in Connecticut. Written by Himself (Hartford, CT: Case, Lockwood and Co., 1864), by James Mars (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Life of James Mars, a Slave Born and Sold in Connecticut: Written by Himself (with an appendix summarizing Mars's life after liberation; Hartford: Case, Lockwood, 1868), by James Mars (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• The Life Experience and Gospel Labors of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen; To Which is Annexed, The Rise and Progress of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America (with a new introduction by Singleton; New York and Nashville: Abingdon Press, c1960), by Richard Allen, contrib. by Absalom Jones and George A. Singleton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Life, Experience, and Gospel Labors of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen; To Which is Annexed, The Rise and Progresss of the American Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America (Philadelphia: F. Ford and M. A. Riply, 1880), by Richard Allen, contrib. by Absalom Jones
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Life, Experience, and Gospel Labors of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen; To Which is Annexed, The Rise and Progresss of the American Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America (Philadelphia: Lee and Yeocum, c1887), by Richard Allen, contrib. by Absalom Jones
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at archive.org; title page missing
• The Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen; To Which is Annexed, The Rise and Progresss of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America (Philadelphia: Martin and Boden, 1833), by Richard Allen, contrib. by Absalom Jones (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)

• Josiah, The Maimed Fugitive: A True Tale (London: Wesleyan Conference Office, 1873), by Henry Bleby
  • HTML and TEI at UNC
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Memoir of Old Elizabeth, A Coloured Woman (Philadelphia: Collins, 1863), by Elizabeth (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Narrative of the Life of Thomas Cooper (New York: I. T. Hopper, 1832), by Isaac T. Hopper (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Some Memoirs of the Life of Job, the Son of Solomon, the High Priest of Boonda in Africa, by Thomas Bluett (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• The Blind African Slave, Or Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, Nicknamed Jeffrey Brace, by Boyrereau Brinch and Benjamin F. Prentiss (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• Memoir of Quamino Buccau, a Pious Methodist (Philadelphia: H. Longstreth; London: C. Gilpin, 1851), by William J. Allinson
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• Anecdotes and Memoirs of William Boen, a Coloured Man, Who Lived and Died Near Mount Holly, New Jersey; To Which is Added, The Testimony of Friends of Mount Holly Monthly Meeting Concerning Him (Philadelphia: John Richards, 1834) (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• 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)

• 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)
• A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw (Bath, UK: Printed by W. Gye, 1772), by James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, ed. by Walter Shirley (Gutenberg text)
• A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince, as Related by Himself (Bath, UK: Printed by W. Gye, ca. 1770), by James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, ed. by Walter Shirley (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• Capitain Johan Stedmans Dagbok Öfwer Sina Fälttåg i Surinam, Jämte Beskrifning om Detta Nybygges Inwånare och Öfriga Märkwärdighete: Sammangrag (abridged translation of Stedman's Narrative, in Swedish; Stockholm: J. Pfeiffer, 1800), by John Gabriel Stedman, trans. by Samuel Ödmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition, Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America, From the Year 1772, to 1777 (2 volumes; London: Printed for J. Johnson and J. Edwards, 1796), by John Gabriel Stedman, illust. by William Blake, Thomas Holloway, Francesco Bartolozzi, Inigo Barlow, Michele Benedetti, Thomas Conder, and Anker Smith
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume I: Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • Volume I: HTML (no illustrations) at ECCO TCP
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • Volume II: HTML (no illustrations) at ECCO TCP
  • both volumes: page images at HathiTrust
• Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition, Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America, From the Year 1772, to 1777 (second edition corrected, in 2 volumes; London: Printed for J. Johnson, and T. Payne, 1806), by John Gabriel Stedman, illust. by Francesco Bartolozzi, Thomas Holloway, and William Blake
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
  • both volumes: page images at HathiTrust
• Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition, Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America, From the Year 1772, to 1777 (second edition corrected, in 2 volumes; London: Printed for J. Johnson and T. Payne, 1813), by John Gabriel Stedman, illust. by William Blake, Thomas Holloway, and Francesco Bartolozzi
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org

• A Narrative of the Negro (Washington: Press of R.L. Pendleton, 1912), by Leila Amos Pendleton
  • illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, ed. by William Noel Sainsbury, J. W. Fortescue, Cecil Headlam, Arthur Percival Newton, and K. G. Davies, contrib. by Great Britain Public Record Office (full serial archives)

• An Historical Review of the Transactions of Europe, From the Commencement of the War with Spain in 1739, to the Insurrection in Scotland in 1745 With Proceedings in Parliament and the Most Remarkable Domestick Occurrences During That Period; To Which is Added an Impartial History of the Late Rebellion (2 volumes; Reading: D. Henry, 1747), by Samuel Boyse
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org