North American Slave Narratives
Civil War era and post Civil War1
(All Adobe Acrobat PDF files)
A Family Redeemed from
Bondage; Being Rev. Edmond Kelley, (the Author,) His Wife, and Four Children
.
New Bedford: The Author, 1851. 19 total pages
The History of My
Life and Work. Autobiography by Rev. M. L. Latta, A.M., D.D..
Raleigh, Montreal etc.: M. L. Latta 1903. 371 total pages
Out of the Ditch. A True Story of an Ex-Slave.
Houston: Rein amp; Sons Co., Printers, 1910. 154 total pages
Bond and Free:
A Tale of the South.
Indianapolis, Ind.: C. B. Ingraham, 1882. 294 total pages
Life and Adventures
of Nat Love, Better Known in the
Cattle Country as "Deadwood Dick," by Himself; a True
History of Slavery Days, Life on the Great Cattle
Ranges and on the Plains of the "Wild and Woolly"
West, Based on Facts, and Personal Experiences of the
Author.
Los Angeles, Cal.: s. n., 1907. 162 total pages
Life and History of the
Rev. Elijah total pages Marrs, First Pastor of Beargrass Baptist Church, and
Author .
Louisville, Ky.: Bradley amp; Gilbert, 1885. 147 total pages
Life of James Mars, a Slave Born and
Sold in Connecticut. Written by Himself.
Hartford: Case, Lockwood, 1868. 38 total pages
Recollections of Slavery
Times.
Worchester, Mass.: Chas. W. Burbank amp; Co., 1895. 96 total pages
Autobiography of Henry Parker.
S. l.: s. n., 186?. 8 total pages
A Narrative of Events
of the Life of J. H. Banks, an Escaped Slave, from the Cotton State, Alabama,
in America.
Liverpool, Eng.: M. Rourke, Printer, 1861. 93 total pages
Louisa Picquet, the Octoroon,
or, Inside Views of Southern Domestic Life. .
New York: The Author, 1861. 70 total pages
The Life of Rev. John Jasper, Pastor of
Sixth Mt. Zion
Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., from His Birth to the
Present Time, with His Theory on the Rotation of the
Sun.
Richmond, VA: R. T. Hill, 1884. 179 total pages
From Slave Cabin to
the Pulpit. The Autobiography of Rev. Peter Randolph: the Southern Question
Illustrated and Sketches of Slave Life.
Boston: J. H. Earle, 1893. 220 total pages
Twice Sold, Twice Ransomed: Autobiography
of Mr. and Mrs. L. total pages Ray.
Chicago, Illinois: Frees Methodist Publishing House, c1926. 320 total pages
From Slavery to Wealth. The Life
of Scott Bond. The Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy and
Perseverance.
Madison, Ark.: The Journal printing company, 1917. 384 total pages
The Autobiography of
Nicholas Said, a Native of Bornou, Eastern Soudan, Central Africa.
Memphis: Shotwell, 1873. 224 total pages
Booker T. Washington, Builder of a Civilization .
Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page amp; Company, 1916. 351 total pages
Men of Mark: Eminent,
Progressive and Rising .
Cleveland, Ohio: Geo. M. Rewell, 1887. 1138 total pages
Recollections of My Slavery Days.
Peekskill, NY: Highland Democrat, 1922. 10 total pages
A Sketch of Henry
Franklin and Family.
Philadelphia: Collins Printing House, 1887. 6 total pages
Smith, Rev. David, b. 1784
Biography of Rev. David Smith of the A. M.
E. Church; Being a Complete History, Embracing over Sixty Years' Labor in
the Advancement of the Redeemer's Kingdom on Earth. Including "The History
of the Origin and Development of Wilberforce University."
Xenia, O.: Printed at the Xenia Gazette Office, 1881. 135 total pages
Fifty Years of Slavery
in the United States of America .
Grand Rapids, MI: West Michigan Printing Co., 1891. 183 total pages
Autobiography of James L. Smith,
Including, Also, Reminiscences of Slave Life, Recollections of the War, Education
of Freedmen, Causes of the Exodus, etc.
Norwich, CT: The Bulletin, 1881. 150 total pages
A Narrative of the
Life and Adventures of Venture, a
Native of Africa, but Resident Above Sixty Years in the United States of America.
Related by Himself. New
London: Printed in 1798. Reprinted A. D. 1835, and
Published by a Descendant of Venture. Revised and
Republished with Traditions by H. M. Selden, Haddam, Conn., 1896.
Middletown, Conn.: J. S. Stewart, 1897. 41 total pages
The Story of a Slave. A Realistic
Revelation of a Social Relation of Slave Times--Hitherto Unwritten--From the
Pen of One Who Has Felt Both the Lash and the Caress of a Mistress.
Chicago: Wesley, Elmore amp; Benson, 1894. 220 total pages
Reflections on the
Life and Times of Toussaint
L'Overture, the Negro Haytien, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Ruler under the
Dominion of France, and Author of The Independence of Hayti .
Columbia, S.C.: Charles A. Calvo, Jr., Printer and Bookbinder, 1886. 48 total
pages
My Life in the South.
Salem: Salem Observer Book and Job Print, 1885. 83 total pages
Sketches of My Life
in the South. Part I.
Salem: Salem Press, 1879. 51 total pages
Shadow and Sunshine.
Omaha, Neb.: s. n., 1906. 96 total pages
Reminiscences of My
Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops Late 1st S. C. Volunteers.
Boston: The author, 1902. 82 total pages
Biography of a Slave; Being the Experiences
of Rev. Charles Thompson, A Preacher of the United Brethren Church, While A
Slave in the South. Together with Startling Occurrences Incidental to Slave
Life .
Dayton, Ohio: United Brethren Publishing House, 1875. 102 total pages total
pages
A Thrilling Narrative
from the Lips of the Sufferers of the Late Detroit Riot, March 6, 1863, With
the Hair
Breadth Escapes of Men, Women and Children, and
Destruction of Colored Men's Property, Not Less Than $15,000.
Detroit: The Author, 1863. 24 total pages
Hair-breadth Escapes from
Slavery to Freedom .
Manchester: Bremner, 1861. 125 total pages
Truth, Sojourner, d. 1883, Gilbert, Olive, and Frances W. Titus
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, Mich.: Review and Herald Office, 1884. 352 total pages
The Story of the
Life of John Anderson, the Fugitive Slave.
London: W. Tweedie, 1863. 184 total pages
My Life and Work.
New York, Chicago etc.: Fleming H. Revell company, c1917. 272 total pages
Frederick Douglass.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1906. 365 total pages
The History of William Webb,
Composed by Himself .
Detroit: Egbert Hoekstra, 1873. 77 total pages
E. M. W. (Elizabeth Merwin Wickham), 1810-1901
A Lost Family Found; An Authentic Narrative
of Cyrus Branch and His Family, Alias John White.
Manchester, VT: s. n., 1869. 26 total pages
Wilkerson's History
of His Travels amp; Labors, in the United States, As a Missionary, in Particular,
That of the Union Seminary, Located in Franklin Co., Ohio, Since He Purchased
His Liberty in New Orleans, La.
Columbus, OH: s. n., 1861. 43 total pages