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The Unchained: Powerful Life Stories of Former Slaves
By John Gabriel Stedman, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, William Craft, Lucy A. Delaney, John Dixon Long, Work Projects Administration, William Still, Ellen Craft, Sarah H. Bradford, Henry Box Brown, Joseph Mountain, Olaudah Equiano, Brantz Mayer, Josiah Henson, F. G. De Fontaine, Thomas S. Gaines, Booker T. Washington, Charles Ball, Willie Lynch, Daniel Drayton, Louis Hughes, Austin Steward, Theodore Canot, L. S. Thompson, Harriet Jacobs, Jacob D. Green, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Aphra Behn, Thomas Clarkson, Moses Grandy, Nat Turner, Henry Bibb, Mary Prince, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Kate Drumgoold, Elizabeth Keckley, Solomon Northup, Stephen Smith
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This unique collection consists of the most influential narratives of former slaves, including numerous recorded testimonies, life stories and original photos of former slaves long after Civil War: Recorded Life Stories of Former Slaves from 17 different US States Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 12 Years a Slave (Solomon Northup) The Underground Railroad Harriet Jacobs: The Moses of Her People Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington) The Willie Lynch Letter: The Making of Slave! The Confessions of Nat Turner Narrative of Sojourner Truth The History of Mary Prince Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom (William & Ellen Craft) Thirty Years a Slave (Louis Hughes) Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano Behind The Scenes: 30 Years a Slave & 4 Years in the White House (Elizabeth Keckley) Father Henson's Story of His Own Life (Josiah Henson) Fifty Years in Chains (Charles Ball) Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman (Austin Steward) Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave The Story of Mattie J. Jackson (L. S. Thompson) A Slave Girl's Story (Kate Drumgoold) From the Darkness Cometh the Light (Lucy A. Delaney) Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, a Slave in the United States of America Narrative of Joanna Life of Henry Box Brown, Who Escaped in a 3x2 Feet Box Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley Buried Alive Sketches of the Life of Joseph Mountain Documents: The History of the Abolition of African Slave-Trade History of American Abolitionism from 1787-1861 Pictures of Slavery in Church and State Report of the Proceedings at the Examination of Charles G. Davis, Esq., on the Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases The Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act Emancipation Proclamation Gettysburg Address XIII Amendment Civil Rights Act of 1866 XIV Amendment ...
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English
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Good Press
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January 18, 2024
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