Slave Songs of the United States

Edited By William Francis Allen

A collection of Civil War era slave songs Learn More »

ISBN(p): 978-0-8078-6949-9

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Narrative of William W. Brown, an American Slave

Written by Himself

By William Wells Brown

William Wells Brown recounts his years as a slave and his escape to freedom Learn More »

ISBN(p): 978-0-8078-6959-8

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Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, Late a Slave in the United States of America

By Moses Grandy

The autobiography of a slave who had to purchase his freedom three times Learn More »

ISBN(p): 978-0-8078-6951-2

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Uncle Tom's Story of His Life

An Autobiography of the Reverend Josiah Henson

By Josiah Henson

The biography of a man who toured as the model for the Uncle Tom Learn More »

ISBN(p): 978-0-8078-6961-1

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The Experience of a Slave in South Carolina

By John Andrew Jackson

An escaped slave details the horrors of slavery Learn More »

ISBN(p): 978-0-8078-6955-0

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The Experience of Rev. Thomas H. Jones, Who Was a Slave for Forty-Three Years

Written by a Friend, as Related to Him by Brother Jones

By Thomas H. Jones

The autobiography of a slave who became a minister in Wilmington, NC, and escaped to freedom Learn More »

ISBN(p): 978-0-8078-6953-6

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Behind the Scenes, or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House

By Elizabeth Keckley

A seamstress provides an intimate view into the Lincoln White House Learn More »

ISBN(p): 978-0-8078-6963-5

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Twelve Years a Slave

Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853

By Solomon Northup

A slave narrative of a free man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery Learn More »

ISBN(p): 978-0-8078-6943-7

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A Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper, from American Slavery

By Moses Roper

A former slave challenges the racial logic of slavery in his autobiography Learn More »

ISBN(p): 978-0-8078-6965-9

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The Confessions of Nat Turner, the Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton, Virginia

By Nat Turner

Turner's telling of his life and the events surrounding his armed slave revolt Learn More »

ISBN(p): 978-0-8078-6945-1

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Walker's Appeal, in Four Articles

Together with a Preamble, to the Coloured Citizens of the World, but in Particular, and Very Expressly, to Those of the United States of America

By David Walker

A free black man's call for slaves to rise up and free themselves Learn More »

ISBN(p): 978-0-8078-6947-5

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American Slavery As It Is

Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses

By Theodore Dwight Weld

A prominent abolitionist describe the day-to-day conditions of slaves Learn More »

ISBN(p): 978-0-8078-6957-4

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