From Slavery to Freedom. Illustrated : Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Up from Slavery, The Souls of Black Folk

African American history is the part of American history that looks at the past of African Americans or Black Americans.

Of the 10.7 million Africans who were brought to the Americas until the 1860s, 450 thousand were shipped to what is now the United States.

Most African Americans are descended from Africans who were brought directly from Africa to America and became slaves. The future slaves were originally captured in African wars or raids and transported in the Atlantic slave trade.

Our collection includes the following works:

Narrative Of The Life by Frederick Douglass. The impassioned abolitionist and eloquent orator provides graphic descriptions of his childhood and horrifying experiences as a slave as well as a harrowing record of his dramatic escape to the North and eventual freedom.

Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs. Powerful by portrayal of the brutality of slave life through the inspiring tale of one woman's dauntless spirit and faith.

Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington. Washington rose to become the most influential spokesman for African Americans of his day. He describes events in a remarkable life that began in slavery and culminated in worldwide recognition.

The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois. W. E. B. Du Bois was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor.

Contents:

1. Frederick Douglass: Narrative Of The Life

2. Harriet Ann Jacobs: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

3. Booker Taliaferro Washington: Up From Slavery

4. W. E. B. Du Bois: The Souls of Black Folk


  1. 70+ Anthology. African American literature. Novels and short stories. Poetry. Non-fiction. Essays

    Frederick Douglass, Nella Larsen, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Charles W. Chesnutt, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Jean Toomer, Phillis Wheatley, Frances E. W. W Harper, James Weldon Johnson, Claude Mckay, Countee Cullen, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, William Still, W. E. B. Du B Bois

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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. Black History Collection. Illustrated : Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. Up from Slavery. The Gift of Black Folk. The Mis-Education of the Negro. The Narrative of Sojourner Truth

    Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Carter G. Woodson, Sojourner Truth

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  4. A Life in Chains : The Juneteenth Edition: Novels, Memoirs, Interviews, Testimonies, Studies, Official Records on Slavery and Abolitionism

    Frederick Douglass, Harriet E. Wilson, Harriet Jacobs, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain, Lydia Maria Child, William Wells Brown, Charles W. Chesnutt, James Weldon Johnson, Booker T. Washington

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  5. Slavery: Not Forgiven, Never Forgotten – The Most Powerful Slave Narratives, Historical Documents & Influential Novels : The Underground Railroad, Memoirs of Frederick Douglass, 12 Years a Slave, Uncle Tom's Cabin, History of Abolitionism, Lynch Law, Civil Rights Acts, New Amendments and much more

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

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  6. The Essential Classics: Volume 2 : Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar; Animal Farm; Crime and Punishment; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; & Wuthering Heights

    George Orwell, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Maurice Leblanc, Emily Brontë, Frederick Douglass

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  7. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: The Original 1845 Edition (The Autobiography Classics Of Frederick Douglass) :

    Frederick Douglass

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  8. My Bondage and My Freedom : The Powerful Autobiography of Frederick Douglass

    Frederick Douglass, Zenith Horizon Publishing

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  9. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass : An American Slave – The Iconic Autobiography that Shaped History

    Frederick Douglass, Zenith Horizon Publishing

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  10. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass : A Defining Testimony of Human Courage, Dignity, and the Will to Be Free

    Frederick Douglass, Zenith Golden Quill

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  11. My Bondage and My Freedom : A Powerful Testament to the Spirit of Freedom and the Voice of a Nation's Conscience

    Frederick Douglass, Zenith Golden Quill

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