Slave Narratives Mega Collection. 18 of the Most Moving & Telling Memoirs. Illustrated : Twelve Years a Slave, Up From Slavery, From Slavery to Freedom and others

Slavery in the United States lasted more than two centuries. The adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in December 1865 abolished slavery after the American Civil War.

The first slaves were forcibly removed from Africa by British slave traders beginning in the early 1600s.

Redoshi, later renamed Sally Smith, was the last surviving female slave brought to the U.S. from Africa. A Benoise war captive, she was illegally transported to the US (importing slaves having been outlawed 50 years prior). The last surviving male slave, Oluale Kossula (aka Cudjo Lewis), had been transported on the sale ship and was most likely part of the Yoruba people in Benin.

The quality of a slave's life depended completely on their master's will. It was considered normal, for example, for masters to rape their slaves, who were considered their property. Slaves who escaped were branded, killed, or punished severely in other ways.

Contents:

Solomon Northup Twelve Years a Slave

Booker T. Washington Up From Slavery

Frederick Douglass From Slavery to Freedom

Olaudah Equiano The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African

Harriet Ann Jacobs Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Mary Prince The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave

Charles Ball Fifty Years in Chains Or, the Life of an American Slave

Thomas H. Jones Experience and Personal Narrative of Uncle Tom Jones; Who Was for Forty Years a Slave

Phillis Wheatley Religious and Moral Poems

William H. Robinson From Log Cabin to the Pulpit, or, Fifteen Years in Slavery

Louis Hughes Thirty Years A Slave

Elizabeth Keckley Behind the Scenes

Josiah Henson The Life of Josiah Henson

Old Elizabeth Memoir of Old Elizabeth, A Coloured Woman

Annie L. Burton Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days

Lucy A. Delaney From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom

Lunsford Lane The Narrative of Lunsford Lane, Formerly of Raleigh, N.C.

L. S. Thompson The Story of Mattie J. Jackson

  1. Twelve Years a Slave

    Solomon Northup

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  2. The Anthology. African American literature. Novels and short stories. Poetry. Non-fiction. Essays. Illustrated

    William Wells Brown, Harriet E. Wilson, Nella Larsen, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Charles W. Chesnutt, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Frances E. Harper, Langston Hughes, Phillis Wheatley, Solomon Northup, Frederick Douglass, Jean Toomer, Countee Cullen, Olaudah Equiano, Mary Prince, Charles Ball, Josiah Henson, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Elizabeth Keckley, Louis Hughes, Booker T. Washington, Henry Box Brown, James Hambleton Christian, Theophilus Collins, Seth Concklin, Charles Gilbert, Samuel Green, Jamie Griffin, Harry Grimes, John Henry Hill, Jane Johnson, Matilda Mahoney, Mary Frances Melvin, Aunt Hannah Moore, Alfred S. Thornton, W. E. DuBois

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  3. Born a Slave: Anthology : Collected Memoirs and Interviews

    Sojourner Truth, Solomon Northup, Harriet Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglass, Mary Prince, Boyrereau Brinch, Olaudah Equiano, Zamba Zembola, Solomon Bayley, William Grimes, William Craft, Ellen Craft, Moses Roper, Henry Watson, John Brown, J. W. Loguen, John Andrew Jackson, Willie Lynch, Nat Turner, Louis Hughes, Jacob D. Green, Elizabeth Keckley, Josiah Henson, Charles Ball, Austin Steward, Henry Bibb, William Wells Brown, L. S. Thompson, James W. Pennington, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, Leonard Black, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, James L. Smith, Joseph Mountain, Peter Still, Emma Ray, Lloyd Ray, Annie L. Burton, Nina Hill Robinson, Nicholas Said, George Henry, Israel Campbell, Lewis Clarke, Francis Fedric, Venture Smith

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  4. Twelve Years a Slave : The Shocking True Story of Survival, Slavery, and Freedom

    Solomon Northup, Zenith Horizon Publishing

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  5. Twelve Years a Slave : A True Story of Betrayal, Captivity, and Liberation by Solomon Northup

    Solomon Northup, Zenith Golden Quill

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  6. Twelve Years a Slave : A True Story of Betrayal, Survival, and the Fight for Freedom

    Solomon Northup, Zenith Evergreen Literary Co

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  7. Twelve Years a Slave : The Unforgettable True Story of 'Twelve Years a Slave

    Solomon Northup, Zenith Crescent Moon Press

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  8. 12 años de esclavitud : Un testimonio desgarrador sobre la lucha por la libertad y la supervivencia. Nueva Traducción

    Solomon Northup

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  9. 12 Jahre als Sklave : Ausgabe in neuer Übersetzung und Rechtschreibung

    Solomon Northup

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  10. 12 Years a Slave - Unabridged :

    Solomon Northup

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  11. UNCHAINED - Powerful & Unflinching Narratives Of Former Slaves: 28 True Life Stories in One Volume : Voices of Resilience and Courage: Freedom Stories from Former Slaves

    Thomas Clarkson, Daniel Drayton, Louis Hughes, Lydia Maria Child, Austin Steward, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Moses Grandy, William Wells Brown, William Still, Nat Turner, Henry Bibb, Olaudah Equiano, Sojourner Truth, Mary Prince, Kate Drumgoold, Frederick Douglass, Brantz Mayer, Theodore Canot, Booker T. Washington, Elizabeth Keckley, Charles Ball, Solomon Northup, Josiah Henson, Stephen Smith, Ellen Craft, William Craft, John Gabriel Stedman, Sarah H. Bradford, Lucy A. Delaney, L. S. Thompson, F. G. De Fontaine, Henry Box Brown, John Dixon Long, Harriet Jacobs, Jacob D. Green, Thomas S. Gaines, Willie Lynch, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Joseph Mountain

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  12. BREAKING THE CHAINS – The Essential & Powerful Narratives that Shook the Roots of Slavery (17 Books in One Volume) : Voices of Resistance and Hope: A Tapestry of Antislavery Narratives

    Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louis Hughes, William Still, Nat Turner, Olaudah Equiano, Sojourner Truth, Mary Prince, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Elizabeth Keckley, Solomon Northup, Josiah Henson, Ellen Craft, William Craft, Sarah H. Bradford, Harriet Jacobs, Jacob D. Green, Willie Lynch

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