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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Crossing the continent, 1527-1540 Crossing the continent, 1527-1540 Robert Goodwin The true story of America's first great explorer and adventurer—an African slave named Esteban DorantesCrossing the Continent takes us on an epic journey from Africa to Europe and America as Dr. Robe… OL12037108W
The slave's narrative The slave's narrative Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,Charles T. Davis The autobiographical narratives of black ex-slaves published in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries constitute the largest body of literature produced by slaves in human history. Black slaves in … OL16944053W
Twelve Years a Slave Twelve Years a Slave Solomon Northup The true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man living in New York.who was kidnapped by slave hunters and sold into slavery where he endured degradation and abuse until his rescue twelve years la… OL20248285W
Black voices from Reconstruction, 1865-1877 Black voices from Reconstruction, 1865-1877 John David Smith Examines, using original source documents, photographs and drawings, the experiences and points of view of former slaves during the period of Reconstruction following the Civil War. OL20363W
Patroons and Periaguas Patroons and Periaguas Lynn B. Harris "Patroons and Periaguas explores the intricately interwoven and colorful creole maritime legacy of Native Americans, Africans, enslaved and free African Americans, and Europeans who settled along the… OL23181443W
The Hemingses of Monticello The Hemingses of Monticello Annette Gordon-Reed Historian and legal scholar Gordon-Reed presents this epic work that tells the story of the Hemingses, an American slave family, and their close blood ties to Thomas Jefferson. OL3295405W
The life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African The life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African Robert J. Allison,Olaudah Equiano,Rebecka Rutledge Fisher The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, written in 1789, details its writer's life in slavery, his time spent serving on galleys, the eventual attainment of his own freedom and late… OL743333W
Confederate Emancipation Confederate Emancipation Bruce Levine In early 1864, as the Confederate Army of Tennessee licked its wounds after being routed at the Battle of Chattanooga, Major-General Patrick Cleburne (the "Stonewall of the West") proposed that "the … OL8005791W