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• What Side Are You On? A Tohono O'odham Life Across Borders (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, c2024), by Michael Steven Wilson and Jose Antonio Lucero (PDF and Epub with commentary at OAPEN)
• Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, Emancipated from Bodily Servitude by the State of New York, in 1828 (Boston: The author, 1850; main text as reprinted by Oxford University Press in 1991), by Sojourner Truth and Olive Gilbert, contrib. by Theodore Dwight Weld (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Glimpses of Fifty Years: The Autobiography of an American Woman (Toronto: Woman's Temperance Pub. Association; Rose, 1889), by Frances E. Willard (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation (revised edition, 1905), by Carry Amelia Nation (Gutenberg text)
• 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.)
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• The Kid from Hoboken: An Autobiography, by Bill Bailey (HTML at larkspring.com)
• Narrative of Sojourner Truth; A Bondswoman of Olden Time, Emancipated by the New York Legislature in the Early Part of the Present Century; With a History of Her Labors and Correspondence, Drawn from Her "Book of Life" (Boston: For the Author, 1875), by Sojourner Truth and Olive Gilbert, contrib. by Frances W. Titus
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• Narrative of Sojourner Truth; A Bondswoman of Olden Time, Emancipated by the New York Legislature in the Early Part of the Present Century; With a History of Her Labors and Correspondence, Drawn from Her "Book of Life" (Battle Creek, MI: For the author, 1878), by Sojourner Truth and Olive Gilbert, contrib. by Frances W. Titus (multiple formats with commentary at loc.gov)
• Narrative of Sojourner Truth; A Bondswoman of Olden Time, Emancipated by the New York Legislature in the Early Part of the Present Century; With a History of Her Labors and Correspondence Drawn from Her "Book of Life"; Also, a Memorial Chapter, Giving the Particulars of Her Last Sickness and Death (Battle Creek, MI: Review and Herald Office, 1884), by Sojourner Truth, Olive Gilbert, and Frances W. Titus
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• Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, Emancipated from Bodily Servitude by the State of New York, in 1828 (Boston: The Author, 1850), by Sojourner Truth and Olive Gilbert, contrib. by Theodore Dwight Weld
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• Henry Demarest Lloyd, 1847-1903 : a biography (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912), by Caro Lloyd (page images at HathiTrust)
• The use and need of the life of Carry A. Nation (F.M. Steves, 1909), by Carry Amelia Nation (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of Frances E. Willard (National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 1921), by Anna A. Gordon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern agitators: or, Pen portraits of living American reformers (Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1856), by D. W. Bartlett, George Marston, and John Chester Buttre (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memories of Mrs. Abigail Eames, wife of Thomas Eames. (Thomas Eames, 1826), by Abigail Eames (page images at HathiTrust)
• William Shaen, a brief sketch (Longmans, Green, and Co., 1912), by Margaret Josephine Shaen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Eulogy of the late Hon. Wm. Jay : delivered on the invitation of the colored citizens of New York City, in Shiloh Presbyterian Church, New York, May 12, 1859 (A. Strong, 1859), by Frederick Douglass and N.Y.) Shiloh Presbyterian Church (N.Y. (page images at HathiTrust)
• The making of an American (Macmillan, 1904), by Jacob A. Riis (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of Henry George (Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, 1943), by Henry George (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Narrative of Sojourner Truth, : a northern slave, emancipated from bodily servitude by the state of New York, in 1828. With a portrait. ; [Eight lines of quotations]. (Boston : Printed for the author, 1850., 1850), by Sojourner Truth, Theodore Dwight Weld, William Lloyd Garrison, Olive Gilbert, and J.B. Yerrinton and Son (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Autobiography of Upton Sinclair, by Upton Sinclair (Gutenberg ebook)
• What Side Are You On?: A Tohono O'odham Life across Borders (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2024), by José Antonio Lucero and Michael Steven Wilson (JSTOR ebook)

• Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, Emancipated from Bodily Servitude by the State of New York, in 1828 (Boston: The author, 1850; main text as reprinted by Oxford University Press in 1991), by Sojourner Truth and Olive Gilbert, contrib. by Theodore Dwight Weld (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Young Howells and John Brown: Episodes in a Radical Education (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1985), by Edwin Harrison Cady (PDF at Ohio State)
• Frederick Douglass (London: Hodder and Stoughton, c1906), by Booker T. Washington (HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC)
• John Brown (Philadelphia: G. W. Jacobs and Co., c1909), by W. E. B. Du Bois (multiple formats at archive.org)
• My Bondage and My Freedom (New York: Miller, Orton and Mulligan, 1855), by Frederick Douglass, contrib. by James McCune Smith (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• My Bondage and My Freedom (c1855), by Frederick Douglass, contrib. by James McCune Smith
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• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (1845), by Frederick Douglass
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• Old John Brown: The Man Whose Soul is Marching On, by Walter Hawkins (Gutenberg text)
• Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, the Reputed President of the Underground Railroad, by Levi Coffin (page images at MOA)
• The Rev. J. W. Loguen, As a Slave and As a Freeman (Syracuse, NY: J. G. K. Truair and Co., 1859), by Jermain Wesley Loguen
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• 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.)
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• The Two Rebellions; or, Treason Unmasked. By a Virginian (Richmond: Smith, Bailey & Co., Sentinel Office, 1865), by William McDonald (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Frederick Douglass (Boston: Small, Maynard and Co., 1899), by Charles W. Chesnutt
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• Frederick Douglass (based on an 1899 edition, with some 21st-century annotations), by Charles W. Chesnutt (Gutenberg text)
• Frederick Douglass, the Colored Orator (revised edition; New York: Funk and Wagnalls Co., 1895), by Frederic May Holland (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Memoirs of Samuel M. Janney, by Samuel M. Janney (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Narrative of Sojourner Truth; A Bondswoman of Olden Time, Emancipated by the New York Legislature in the Early Part of the Present Century; With a History of Her Labors and Correspondence, Drawn from Her "Book of Life" (Boston: For the Author, 1875), by Sojourner Truth and Olive Gilbert, contrib. by Frances W. Titus
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• Narrative of Sojourner Truth; A Bondswoman of Olden Time, Emancipated by the New York Legislature in the Early Part of the Present Century; With a History of Her Labors and Correspondence, Drawn from Her "Book of Life" (Battle Creek, MI: For the author, 1878), by Sojourner Truth and Olive Gilbert, contrib. by Frances W. Titus (multiple formats with commentary at loc.gov)
• Narrative of Sojourner Truth; A Bondswoman of Olden Time, Emancipated by the New York Legislature in the Early Part of the Present Century; With a History of Her Labors and Correspondence Drawn from Her "Book of Life"; Also, a Memorial Chapter, Giving the Particulars of Her Last Sickness and Death (Battle Creek, MI: Review and Herald Office, 1884), by Sojourner Truth, Olive Gilbert, and Frances W. Titus
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• Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, Emancipated from Bodily Servitude by the State of New York, in 1828 (Boston: The Author, 1850), by Sojourner Truth and Olive Gilbert, contrib. by Theodore Dwight Weld
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• The Underground Rail Road (Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1872), by William Still
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• Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave. (Published by Anti-Slavery Office, No. 25 Cornhill, 1845), by Frederick Douglass, Wendell Phillips, and William Lloyd Garrison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave (Anti-Slavery Office, 1849), by Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Frederick Douglass (G.W. Jacobs & company, 1907), by Booker T. Washington (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• William Lloyd Garrison (Moffat, Yard and Company, 1913), by John Jay Chapman (page images at HathiTrust)
• A biography of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher (C.L. Webster, 1888), by William Constantine Beecher and Samuel Scoville (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and correspondence of Theodore Parker : minister of the Twenty-eighth Congregational society, Boston (D. Appleton, 1864), by John Weiss and Theodore Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Autobiography, diary, and correspondence. (Negro Universities Press, 1968), by James Freeman Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
• A woman's life work: : including thirty years' service on the Underground Railroad and in the war. (Chicago, Ill. : S.B. Shaw, publisher, 212 W. Chicago Ave., [1902], 1902), by Laura S. Haviland and S. B. Shaw (page images at HathiTrust)
• A family retrospect (Hollenbeck Press, 1909), by Mary Ellen Graydon Sharpe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of Samuel M. Janney : late of Lincoln, Loudoun County, Va. : a minister in the Religious Society of Friends (Friends' Book Association, 1881), by Samuel M. Janney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ann Phillips, wife of Wendell Phillips (Printed for private circulation, 1886), by Francis Jackson Garrison and H.O. Houghton & Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of Rev. Orange Scott: Compiled from his personal narrative, correspondence, and other authentic sources of information. In two parts. (C. Prindle and L.C. Matlack, 1851), by Orange Scott and Lucius C. Matlack (page images at HathiTrust)
• The autobiography of the Rev. E. Mathews : the "Father Dickson," of Mrs. Stowe's "Dred"; also a description of the influence of the slave-party over the American presidents, and the rise and progress of the anti-slavery reform; with a preface by Handel Cossham, Esq. (Houlston and Wright ;, 1866), by Edward Mathews, Handel Cossham, and American Baptist Free Mission Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• William Lloyd Garrison (Moffat, Yard and Company, 1913), by John Jay Chapman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, the reputed president of the underground railroad; being a brief history of the labors of a lifetime in behalf of the slave, with the stories of numerous fugitives, who gained their freedom through his instrumentality, and many other incidents. (Western Tract Society, 1876), by Levi Coffin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Eulogy of the late Hon. Wm. Jay : delivered on the invitation of the colored citizens of New York City, in Shiloh Presbyterian Church, New York, May 12, 1859 (A. Strong, 1859), by Frederick Douglass and N.Y.) Shiloh Presbyterian Church (N.Y. (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life of Anthony Benezet. (Sherman & Co., 1867), by Roberts Vaux (page images at HathiTrust)
• The moral crusader, William Lloyd Garrison a biographical essay founded on "The story of Garrison's life told by his children" (Williamson, 1892), by Goldwin Smith and Wendell Phillips Garrison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Frederick Douglass. (Small, Maynard, 1904), by Charles W. Chesnutt and J. H. Kent (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal of that faithful servant of Christ, Charles Osborn : containing an account of many of his travels and labors in the work of the ministry, and his trials and exercises in the service of the Lord, and in defense of the truth, as it is in Jesus. (Printed by Achilles Pugh, 1854), by Charles Osborn and P. B. Osborn (page images at HathiTrust)
• The story of a noble life : William Lloyd Garrison (Partridge, 1890), by William E. A. Axon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life of Frederick Douglass (Published at the Anti-Slavery Office, no. 25 Cornhill, 1848), by Frederick Douglass, Wendell Phillips, and William Lloyd Garrison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life of Frederick Douglass (Webb and Chapman, Gt. Brunswick-street, 1846), by Frederick Douglass, Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison, and Webb and Chapman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sarah and Angelina Grimké ([Reprint Services Corporation], 1992), by Catherine H Birney (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Life and times of Frederick Douglass : his early life as a slave, his escape from bondage, and his complete history to the present time, including his connection with the anti-slavery movement ... (De Wolfe, Fiske, 1895), by Frederick Douglass and George L Ruffin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and times of Fred'k Douglass (Hartford, Conn. : Park Publishing Co., 1881., 1881), by Frederick Douglass, Edward W. Kinsley, Augustus Robin, George L. Ruffin, and Park Publishing Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narrative of Sojourner Truth, : a northern slave, emancipated from bodily servitude by the state of New York, in 1828. With a portrait. ; [Eight lines of quotations]. (Boston : Printed for the author, 1850., 1850), by Sojourner Truth, Theodore Dwight Weld, William Lloyd Garrison, Olive Gilbert, and J.B. Yerrinton and Son (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hon. Owen Lovejoy, as a gospel minister (T.P. Streeter, printer, 1886), by David Heagle (page images at HathiTrust)
• A biography of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher (New York : Charles Webster & Co., 1888., 1888), by William Constantine Beecher, Samuel Scoville, and Benson Collection of Hymnals and Hymnology (Princeton Theological Seminary) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and times of Frederick Douglass : His early life as a slave, his escape from bondage, and his complete history, by Frederick Douglass, contrib. by George L. Ruffin (Gutenberg ebook)
• Frederick Douglass, by Booker T. Washington (Gutenberg ebook)
• John Brown, by W. E. B. Du Bois, ed. by Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer (Gutenberg ebook)
• John Greenleaf Whittier: His Life, Genius, and Writings, by William Sloane Kennedy, contrib. by Samuel Francis Smith (Gutenberg ebook)
• Oration on the Life and Character of Henry Winter Davis, by John A. J. Creswell (Gutenberg ebook)

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