North American Slave Narratives

Civil War era and post Civil War

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Sunshine and Shadow of Slave Life: Reminiscences As Told by Isaac D. Williams to "Tege." 1885. 91 total pages

The House of Bondage, or, Charlotte Brooks and Other Slaves, Original and Life Like, As They Appeared in Their Old Plantation and City Slave Life; Together with Pen-Pictures of the Peculiar Institution, with Sights and Insights into Their New Relations as
Freedmen, Freemen, and Citizens 1890
. 176 total pages

Life and Adventures of James Williams, a Fugitive Slave, with a Full Description of the Underground
Railroad.1873
. 108 total pages

Before the War, and After the Union. An
Autobiography.
1929. 171 total pages

Battles and Victories of Allen Allensworth, A. M., Ph. D., Lieutenant-Colonel, Retired, U. S. Army.
Boston: Sherman, French amp; Company, 1914. 443 total pages

The Anderson Surpriser. Written After He Was
Seventy-Five Years of Age. The Author Was Born in Liberty County, Ga., on the 22d Day of February, in the Year of Our Lord, 1819, and United with the Methodist Episcopal Church in the Year 1839
. This Book Contains an Account of His Florida and Northern Trip, Written by Himself, Giving Much Valuable Information of the People Among Whom He Had Been Several Months 1895. 102 total pages

The Life of Rev. Robert Anderson. Born the 22d of February, in the Year of Our Lord 1819, and Joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1839. This Book Shall Be Called The Young Men's Guide, Or, The
Brother in White.
1892. 151 total pages

Toussaint L'Ouverture: A Biography and
Autobiography
. 1863. 372 total pages

Book for the People! To Be Read by All Voters, Black and White, with Thrilling Events of the Life of Norvel Blair, of Grundy County, State of Illinois. Written and Published by Him, and with the Money He Earned by His Own Labor, and Is Sent Out with the Sincere Hope that if Carefully Read, It Will Tend to Put a Stop to Northern Bull-Dozing and Will Give to All a Free Ballot, without Fear, Favor or Affection and Respect .
1880. 32 total pages

From Captivity to Fame or The Life of George
Washington Carver.
1929. 196 total pages

Brief Sketch of the Life and Labors of Rev. Alexander Bettis. Also an Account of the Founding and Development of the Bettis Academy. 1913. 92 total pages

Josiah: the Maimed Fugitive. A True Tale. 1873. 188 total
pages

Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman. 1869. 134 total
pages

Men of Maryland.1914. 135 total pages

Richard Allen and Absalom Jones, by the Rev. George F. Bragg, in Honor of the Centennial of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Which Occurs in the
Year 1916.
1915. 18 total pages

Homespun Heroines and Other Women of
Distinction.1926.
258 total pages

My Own Life Story. 1924. 47 total pages

My Southern Home: or, The South and Its People.1880.
263 total pages

Prince Hall, the Pioneer of Negro Masonry. Proofs of the Legitimacy of Prince Hall Masonry. 1921. 12 total
pages

A Slave's Adventures toward Freedom. Not Fiction, but the True Story of a Struggle. 1918. 54 total pages

An Autobiography. Bond and Free: or, Yearnings for Freedom, from My Green Brier House. Being the Story of My Life in Bondage, and My Life in Freedom.
1861. 320 total pages

Sketch of the Life of Mr. Lewis Charlton, and
Reminiscences of Slavery.?
10 total pages

Last of the Pioneers: Or, Old Times in East Tenn., Being the Life and Reminiscences of Pharaoh Jackson
Chesney (Aged 120 Years).
1902. 130 total pages

Frederick Douglass.
Boston: Small, Maynard, 1899. [vii]-xix, 141 total pages

Memoirs of Samuel Spottford Clement Relating Interesting Experiences in Days of Slavery and
Freedom.
1908. 67 total pages

From the Darkness Cometh the Light or Struggles for
Freedom.
189-?. 64 total pages

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Written by
Himself. 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; His Labors in Great Britain as Well as in His Own Country; His Experience in the Conduct of an Influential Newspaper; His Connection with the
Underground Railroad; His Relations with John
Brown and the Harper's Ferry Raid; His Recruiting
the 54th and 55th Mass. Colored Regiments; His
Interviews with Presidents Lincoln and Johnson; His Appointment by Gen. Grant to Accompany the Santo Domingo Commission-Also to a Seat in the Council of the District of Columbia; His Appointment as United States Marshal by President R. B. Hayes; Also His
Appointment to Be Recorder of Deeds in Washington by President J. A. Garfield; with Many Other
Interesting and Important Events of His Most Eventful Life; With an Introduction by Mr. George L. Ruffin, of
Boston. 1892.
752 total pages

A Slave Girl's Story. Being an Autobiography of Kate
Drumgoold.
1898. 62 total pages

Life and Labors of Rev. Jordan W. Early, One of the Pioneers of African Methodism in the West and South.
1894. 161 total pages

Memoir of Old Elizabeth, a Coloured Woman. 1863. 19
total pages

Elizabeth, a Colored Minister of the Gospel Born in
Slavery.
1889. 16 total pages

Life of Charles T. Walker, D.D., ("The Black Spurgeon.") Pastor Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, New
York City.
1902. 193 total pages

Uncle Johnson, the Pilgrim of Six Score Years. 186-? 25
total pages

Autobiography of Rev. Francis Frederick, of Virginia.
1869. 40 total pages

Buried Alive (Behind Prison Walls) for a Quarter of a
Century: Life of William Walker.
1892. 208 total pages

Life, Including His Escape and Struggle for Liberty of Charles A. Garlick, Born a Slave in Old Virginia, Who Secured His Freedom by Running Away from His
Master's Farm in 1843.
1902. 23 total pages

Sunshine and Shadow of Slave Life: Reminiscences As Told by Isaac D. Williams to "Tege." 1885. 91 total pages

Life of the Rev. Elisha W. Green, One of the Founders of the Kentucky Normal and Theological Institute-Now the State University at Louisville; Eleven Years Moderator of the Mt. Zion Baptist Association; Five Years Moderator of the Consolidated Baptist
Educational Association and Over Thirty Years Pastor of the Colored Baptist Churches of Maysville and
Paris. Written by Himself.
1888. 63 total pages

Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green, a Runaway Slave, from Kentucky, Containing an Account of His Three
Escapes, in 1839, 1846, and 1848
. 1864. 43 total pages

Frederick Douglass The Orator. Containing an Account of His Life; His Eminent Public Services; His Brilliant Career as Orator; Selections from His
Speeches and Writings. 1893.
215 total pages

John and Mary; or, The Fugitive Slaves, a Tale of
South-Eastern Pennsylvania. 1873.
226 total pages

Samuel Hall, 47 Years a Slave; A Brief Story of His Life Before and After Freedom Came to Him. 1912. 45
total pages

Lunsford Lane; or, Another Helper from North
Carolina .1863.
305 total pages

From Slavery to the Bishopric in the A.M.E. Church.
An Autobiography .
1928. 104 total pages

Life of George Henry. Together with a Brief History of
the Colored People in America.
1894. 124 total pages

Autobiography of Thomas W. Henry of the A. M. E.
Church.
1872. 56 total pages

Uncle Tom's Story of His Life. An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson (Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom"). From 1789 to 1876. With a Preface by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, and an Introductory Note by George Sturge, and S. Morley, Esq., M. total pages
Edited by John Lobb.
1876. 224 total pages

Frederick Douglass The Colored Orator. 1895. 431 total
pages

Life History of J. W. Holley; the Old Faithful Servant. Born and Reared a Slave. After Freedom Became a Worker in the Master's Vineyard. 1924. 16 total pages

"A True Tale of Slavery" From The Leisure Hour: A Family Journal of Instruction and Recreation.1861. 12
total pages

Life of Rev. Thomas James, by Himself. 1886. 23 total
pages

Autobiography and Work of Bishop M. F. Jamison, D.D. ("Uncle Joe") Editor, Publisher, and Church Extension Secretary; a Narration of His Whole Career from the Cradle to the Bishopric of the Colored M. E.
Church in America.
1912. 206 total pages

A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison.
1865. 19 total pages

Pastor Henry N. Jeter's Twenty-five Years Experience with the Shiloh Baptist Church and Her History. Corner School and Mary Streets, Newport, R. I.. 1901.
98 total pages

Slavery Days in Old Kentucky. A True Story of a Father Who Sold His Wife and Four Children. By One
of the Children.
1901. 40 total pages

Africa for Christ. Twenty-Eight Years a Slave. 1892. 112
total pages