Slaves' writings, American

Twelve Years a Slave
Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River in Louisiana
Category: Plantation life / Louisiana / History / Slavery / Slaves / Biography / African Americans / Slaves' writings, American
Author: Northup Solomon
Release Date: 2014-05-11
Date added: 26 March 2019
Count views: 312

Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days

Memoir of Old Elizabeth, A Coloured Woman
Category: Slavery / Maryland / History / African Americans / Religion / Society of Friends / Methodist women / Biography / Slaves / Slaves' writings, American
Author: Old Elizabeth
Release Date: 2006-02-22
Date added: 25 March 2019
Count views: 439

The Story of Mattie J. Jackson
Her Parentage—Experience of Eighteen years in
Slavery—Incidents during the War—Her Escape from Slavery
Author: Thompson L. S. (Lucy S.)
Release Date: 2006-02-22
Date added: 25 March 2019
Count views: 269

From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom
Category: Fugitive slaves / Missouri / Saint Louis / Biography / Slavery / History / African American women / Freedmen / Slaves / Women slaves / Legal status, laws, etc. / Kidnapping / Illinois / Trials, litigation, etc. / Slaves' writings, American
Author: Delaney Lucy A. (Lucy Ann)
Release Date: 2006-02-22
Date added: 25 March 2019
Count views: 366

The Narrative of Lunsford Lane, Formerly of Raleigh, N.C.
Embracing an account of his early life, the redemption by purchase of himself and family from slavery, and his banishment from the place of his birth for the crime of wearing a colored skin
Category: Slavery / North Carolina / History / Slaves' writings, American / Slaves / Biography / African Americans / Freedmen
Author: Lane Lunsford
Release Date: 2005-02-21
Date added: 25 March 2019
Count views: 235

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.
Category: Plantation life / Mississippi / History / Slaves / Social life and customs / Slavery / Fugitive slaves / Biography / African American clergy / African Americans / Clergy / Religion / Slaves' writings, American
Author: Thompson Charles
Release Date: 2006-02-01
Date added: 24 March 2019
Count views: 446

Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom
Or, The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery