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Southern Horrors - Lynch Law in All Its Phases
by Ida B. Wells BarnettSouthern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases, and A Red Record is a pamphlet written by Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, an African-American socialist who documented lynching in the United States. Before reading this book readers should know about lynching, which is the practice of killing people by extrajudicial mob action. This pamphlet is a res..
The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom
by Wilbur H. SiebertThe Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom is a comprehensive history of the abolitionist movement which secretly helped many slaves to attain freedom by migrating to anti-slavery states like Canada and other places. This volume is the outgrowth of an investigation begun in 1892-1893, when the writer was giving a portion of his time to t..
What Became of the Slaves on a Georgia Plantation?
by Q. K. Philander DoesticksThe largest sale of human chattels that has been made in Star-Spangled America for several years, took place on Wednesday and Thursday of last week, at the Race-course near the City of Savannah, Georgia. The lot consisted of four hundred and thirty-six men, women, children and infants, being that half of the negro stock remaining on the old Major B..
The Rising Son
by Wm. Wells BrownThe Rising Son; or, the Antecedents and Advancement of the Colored Race is the biography of African-American race written by Wm. Wells Brown whose other works include “Sketches Of Places And People Abroad,” “The Black Man,” “The Negro In The Rebellion,” “Clotelle,” Etc.After availing himself of all the reliable information obtainable, the aut..
Narrative of Henry Box Brown
by Henry Box BrownNot for the purpose of administering to a prurient desire to “hear and see some new thing,” nor to gratify any inclination on the part of the hero of the following story to be honored by man, is this simple and touching narrative of the perils of a seeker after the “boon of liberty,” introduced to the public eye; but that the people of this country..
A Narrative of Some Remarkable Incidents in the Life of Solomon Bayley
by Solomon BayleyIn presenting the following fragments to the attention of the public, it appears necessary to state the manner in which they came into my possession, and to give the reader a brief account of the Author, Solomon Bayley. This narrative discloses the melancholy and incontrovertible fact, that the rights of Slaves are shamefully invaded in a country, ..
The Life and Sufferings of Leonard Black
by Leonard BlackThe book was written substantially by Mr. Black himself, but, in consequence of his deficiency of education—growing out of the fact that his childhood and youth were spent in slavery—it needed considerable correction to fit it for the press. This work was kindly performed, gratuitously, by a friend of the author, who was, however, very careful to p..
Life of Charles T. Walker, D.D.
by Silas Xavier FloydThere is no species of literary composition more difficult than the writing of a good biography. Biographers are under a great temptation at times to create, or at least to magnify, the virtues of their subjects; and the temptation is not less on other occasions to deny, or greatly to minify, their vices. Dr. Walker has been an earnest student ever..