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• A Diary from Dixie (New York: P. Smith, 1929), by Mary Boykin Chesnut, ed. by Isabella D. Martin and Myrta Lockett Avary (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Diary from Dixie (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1905), by Mary Boykin Chesnut, ed. by Isabella D. Martin and Myrta Lockett Avary
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• A Diary from Dixie (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1906), by Mary Boykin Chesnut, ed. by Isabella D. Martin and Myrta Lockett Avary
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• Southern pioneers in social interpretation (The University of North Carolina press; [etc., etc.], 1925), by Howard Washington Odum (page images at HathiTrust)
• The South in the building of the nation; a history of the southern states designed to record the South's part in the making of the American nation; to portray the character and genius, to chronicle the achievements and progress and to illustrate the life and traditions of the southern people ... (The Southern historical publication society, 1909), by J. Walker McSpadden, Walter L. Fleming, Samuel Chiles Mitchell, Thomas E. Watson, Edwin Mims, John Bell Henneman, James Curtis Ballagh, Franklin L. Riley, J. A. C. Chandler, and Southern historical publication society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Southern heroes, heroines, and legends (University of Tennessee, 1962), by David James Harkness (page images at HathiTrust)
• Library of southern literature (The Martin & Hoyt company, 1908), by Charles William Kent, Joel Chandler Harris, and Edwin Anderson Alderman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beacon lights of the race (E. H. Clarke & brother, 1911), by Green Polonius Hamilton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Makers of America; biographies of leading men of thought and action, the men who constitute the bone and sinew of American prosperity and life. (B.F. Johnson, 1915) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Great southerners. Being a series of short sketches of statesmen, military captains, orators, jurists, preachers, men of literature, etc. ... (Publishing house of the M. E. church, South, 1900), by Will T. Hale (page images at HathiTrust)
• A southern planter. (J. Pott & co., 1890), by Susan Dabney Smedes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Southern orators; speeches and orations (Macmillan, 1910), by Joseph Moore McConnell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The mid-South and its builders, being the story of the development and a forecast of the future of the richest agricultural region in the world (Mid-South Biographic and Historical Association, 1920), by Charles Patrick Joseph Mooney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Great southerners. Being a series of short sketches of statesmen, military captains, orators, jurists, preachers, men of literature, ect. ... Vol. I. (Publishing house of the M.E. church, South, 1900), by Will T. Hale (page images at HathiTrust)
• Representative men of the South. (C. Robson & Co., 1880), by Charles Robson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memories : a record of personal experience and adventure during four years of war (Time-Life Books], 1985), by Fannie A. Beers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Makers of America; biographies of leading men of thought and action, the men who constitute the bone and sinew of American prosperity and life. (Johnson, 1915), by Leonard Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The mid-South and its builders, being the story of the development and a forecast of the future of the richest agricultural region in the world (Mid-South Biographic and Historical Association, 1920), by Charles Patrick Joseph Mooney (page images at HathiTrust)
• A diary from Dixie (Appleton and Company, 1905), by Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, Isabella D. Martin, and Myrta Lockett Avary (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Cotton States and International Exposition and South, illustrated : including the official history of the exposition (Atlanta, Ga. : Illustrator Co., 1896., 1896), by Walter Gerald Cooper (page images at HathiTrust)
• Southern statesmen of the old régime : Washington, Jefferson, Randolph, Calhoun, Stephens, Toombs and Jefferson Davis (T.Y. Crowell, 1897), by William P. Trent (page images at HathiTrust)
• Southern sketches. no. 1-11. First series. (Historical Pub. Co., 1935), by Charles L. Worthington and J. D. Eggleston (page images at HathiTrust)
• A diary from Dixie : as written by Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of James Chesnut, Jr., United States senator from South Carolina, 1859-1861, and afterward an aide to Jefferson Davis and a brigadier-general in the Confederate army (Peter Smith, 1929), by Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, Myrta Lockett Avary, and Isabella D. Martin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Representative women of the South ([Place of publication not identified], 1925), by Margaret Wootten Collier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Library of southern literature (Martin & Hoyt, 1929), by John Calvin Metcalf, C. Alphonso Smith, and Edwin Anderson Alderman (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Southerner, a biographical encyclopedia of southern people, featuring Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Louisiana; a compilation of the personnel and the works of many who have contributed and are still contributing to the industrial, financial and cultural greatness of the South. A newspaper reference work. (Southern editors association, 1944), by Southern Editors Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memories : A record of personal experience and adventure during four years of war, by Fannie A. Beers (Gutenberg ebook)

• Biographical encyclopedia of pathologists: Southern United States of America. Persons trained in pathology before 1937 and resident in the South before the golden anniversary meeting of the Southern Medical Association, Washington, D.C., November 12-15, 1956; and including observations on the training for research, teaching, and practice in pathology. (Published for Memorial Institute of Pathology by the Amite and Knocknagree Historical Fund, 1963), by Albert Eugene Casey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Men of the South : a work for the newspaper reference library (Southern Biographical Association, 1922), by Daniel Decatur Moore and J. O. Jones Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Who's who in North Carolina : a biographical dictionary of leading men and women of the Commonwealth. Volume 1. (Larkin, Roosevelt & Larkin, 1947) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Who's who in the South and Southwest, a biographical dictionary of leading men and women of the Southern and Southwestern States. (Larkin, Roosevelt & Larkin, 1947) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Library of Southern literature (Martin and Hoyt Company, 1909), by Lucian Lamar Knight, C. Alphonso Smith, Charles W. Kent, Joel Chandler Harris, and Edwin Anderson Alderman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Library of southern literature (The Martin & Hoyt company, 1909), by Lucian Lamar Knight, C. Alphonso Smith, Charles W. Kent, Joel Chandler Harris, and Edwin Anderson Alderman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Library of Southern literature, compiled under the direct supervision of Southern men of letters (Martin and Hoyt Company, 1909), by John Calvin Metcalf, Lucian Lamar Knight, C. Alphonso Smith, Charles W. Kent, Joel Chandler Harris, and Edwin Anderson Alderman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Library of Southern literature : [supplement] (Martin and Hoyt Co., 1923), by John Calvin Metcalf, C. Alphonso Smith, and Edwin Anderson Alderman (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner, by J. Wilkinson (Gutenberg ebook)

• Young men's guide, or The brother in white (Foote & Davies, 1900), by Robert Anderson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Fifty Years in Chains: or, The Life of an American Slave (New York: H. Dayton, 1859), by Charles Ball (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• An Autobiography: The Story of My Life and Work (Toronto et al.: J. Nichols and Co., c. 1901), by Booker T. Washington, contrib. by J. L. M. Curry, illust. by Frank Beard
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• Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, a Black Man (New York: John S. Taylor, 1837), by Charles Ball (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, a Black Man (Pittsburgh: J. T. Shryock, 1853), by Charles Ball
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• Old Plantation Days (1902), by William Mallory (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
• The Heir of Slaves: An Autobiography, by William Pickens (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• The heir of slaves; an autobiography (The Pilgrim press, 1911), by William Pickens (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beacon lights of the race (E. H. Clarke & brother, 1911), by Green Polonius Hamilton (page images at HathiTrust)

• Interviews With David Madden (Knoxville: Newfound Press, c2014), by David Madden, ed. by Carol Morrow and James A. Perkins (PDF at Tennessee)

• "In Christ's stead", autobiographical sketches. (Women's Baptist Home Mission Society, 1902), by Joanna P. Moore (page images at HathiTrust)

• From Papa and me : horse-and-buggy ministry (1896-1930) (Christian Triumph Press, 1956), by Verna Jones Joiner (page images at HathiTrust)

• Landon Cabell Garland : the prince of Southern educators : a sketch (Printed by Vanderbilt University, 1938), by Louise Dowlen and Alfred Leland Crabb (page images at HathiTrust)

• Life, adventures and opinions of David Theodosius Hines (Bradley & Clark., 1840), by David Theo. Hines, Thomas E. Hollis, James Gordon Bennett, and Bradley & Clark (page images at HathiTrust)

• An Autobiography: The Story of My Life and Work (Toronto et al.: J. Nichols and Co., c. 1901), by Booker T. Washington, contrib. by J. L. M. Curry, illust. by Frank Beard
  • illustrated HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

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