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The Sweet Hell Inside The Sweet Hell Inside Edward Ball Recounts the lives of the Harleston family of South Carolina, the progeny of a Southern gentleman and his slave who cast off their blemished roots and achieved affluence in part through a surprisingl… OL118372W
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
Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Terry Barber Harriet Tubman was born into slavery around 1822. Between 1850 to 1860, Harriet helped about 70 slaves escape to freedom. She relied on the Underground Railroad, a secret network of people and safe h… OL12760691W
Nat Turner Nat Turner Kyle Baker In graphic novel format, depicts the life and times of the self-educated African American preacher who led a slave revolt in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831, believing that God wanted him to fr… OL133763W
Slavery remembered Slavery remembered Paul D. Escott Slavery Remembered is the first major attempt to analyze the slave narratives gathered as part of the Federal Writers Project. Paul Escotts sensitive examination of each of the nearly 2,400 narrative… OL15300924W
Dreams of Africa in Alabama Dreams of Africa in Alabama Sylviane A. Diouf Sylviane A. Diouf reconstructs the lives of 110 men, women, and children from Benin and Nigeria who were brought ashore in Alabama in 1860 under cover of night, recounting their capture and passage i… OL15306056W
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
The Lives of Frederick Douglass The Lives of Frederick Douglass Robert S. Levine "Frederick Douglass's fluid, changeable sense of his own life story is reflected in the many conflicting accounts he gave of key events and relationships during his journey from slavery to freedom. N… OL20020305W
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
Plantation church Plantation church Noel Leo Erskine In 'Plantation Church', Noel Leo Erskine investigates the history of the Black Church as it developed both in the United States and the Caribbean after the arrival of enslaved Africans. OL20957341W
The insolent slave The insolent slave William E. Wiethoff "While scholars of American history have written extensively about slave insurgency in the form of rebellion, William E. Wiethoff considers a more subtle form of resistance that caused considerable c… OL2928048W
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 underground rail road The underground rail road William Still <p><i>The Underground Railroad </i>(1872) is a book by African-American abolitionist and Father of the Underground Railroad, William Still. The book is a collection of testimonies from nearly 650 sla… OL3870650W
Slave Family (Colonial People) Slave Family (Colonial People) Bobbie Kalman Introduces the personal relationships and daily activities that were part of the family life of slaves in colonial America. OL447164W
Behind the scenes, or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House Behind the scenes, or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House Elizabeth Keckley A former slave's intimate memoir of the Lincoln White House, a timeless addition to the canons of African American and Civil War literatureOriginally published in 1868-when it was attacked as an "ind… OL4968218W
Impossible witnesses Impossible witnesses Dwight A. McBride Black literary production during the 19th century was dominated by the issues of slavery, racial subjugation, abolitionist politics and liberation. This book examines how those authors bore witness t… OL5714029W
The force of a feather The force of a feather DeEtta Demaratus "In the late 1980s, author DeEtta Demaratus stumbled across a story that wouldn't leave her alone. She had been intending to write an article about Biddy Mason, a former slave who, at the time of her… OL6209122W
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
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