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Barrows,
Samuel J. : What the Southern Negro is Doing for Himself June 1891
Bibb, Henry :
Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb, an American slave, written
by himself. 1850
Boughton,
Willis, 1854-1942 : "The Negro's Place in History" 1896
Brawley,
Benjamin : The Negro in American Fiction 1916
Brawley,
Benjamin : The Negro Genius 1915
Chalmers, H.
H. : The Effects of Negro Suffrage 1881
Chesnutt,
Charles Waddell, 1858-1932 : The Free Colored People of North Carolina 1902
Chesnutt,
Charles Waddell, 1858-1932 : The Partners 1901
Craft,
William. : Running a thousand miles for freedom 1860
Dodge, David :
"The Free Negroes of North Carolina" 1886
Douglass,
Frederick, 1817?-1895 : An Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage 1867
Douglass,
Frederick, 1817?-1895 : "The Color Line" May 1881
Douglass,
Frederick, 1817?-1895 : My Escape from Slavery 1881
Douglass,
Frederick, 1817?-1895 : The Future of the Colored Race May 1886
Douglass,
Frederick, 1817?-1895 : The Negro Exodus from the Gulf States
Douglass,
Frederick, 1817?-1895 : The heroic slave 1851, 1852, or 1853
Douglass,
Frederick, 1817?-1895 : My Bondage and My Freedom. By Frederick Douglass. With
and Introduction. By James M`Cune Smith. 1855
Douglass,
Frederick, 1817?-1895 : Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American
Slave 1845
Douglass,
Frederick, 1817?-1895 : Reconstruction 1866
Dowd, Jerome :
Paths of Hope for the Negro : Practical Suggestions of a Southerner 1900
Du Bois, W. E.
Burghardt : The Freedmen's Bureau 1901
Du Bois, W. E.
Burghardt. A Negro Schoolmaster in the New South
Du Bois, W. E.
Burghardt : The Souls of Black Folk 1903
Du Bois, W. E.
Burghardt. Strivings of the Negro People
Du Bois, W. E.
Burghardt. Of the Training of Black Men
Emerson, Nancy
: Augusta County : Diary of Nancy Emerson (1862-1864) 1860-1864
Ewing, Quincy
: The Heart of the Race Problem 1909
Griggs, Sutton
Elbert, 1872-1933 : Friction between the races : causes and cure 1930
Griggs, Sutton
Elbert, 1872-1933 : Imperium In Imperio 1899
Higginson,
Thomas Wentworth : Pay of Colored Troops 1864 December 8
Higginson,
Thomas Wentworth : Negro Spirituals
Romeyn, Henry
: 'Little Africa' : The Last Slave Cargo Landed in the United States 1897
Runnion, James
B. : The Negro Exodus 1879
Steward, T. G.
: A Charleston Love Story; or, Hortense Vanross 1899
Stowe, Harriet
Beecher : The Education of Freedmen, part 2 1879
Stowe, Harriet
Beecher : Uncle Tom's cabin, or Life among the lowly 1852
Stowe, Harriet
Beecher : The Christian Slave : A Drama 1855
Stowe, Harriet
Beecher : The Education of Freedmen, part 1 1879
Stowe, Harriet
Beecher : The Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin 1853
Stowe, Harriet
Beecher : Sojourner Truth, The Libyan Sibyl 1863
Trux, J. J. :
Negro Minstrelsy -- Ancient and Modern January 1855
Twain, Mark,
1835-1910 : Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1884
Villard,
Oswald Garrison : The Negro in the Regular Army 1903
Warner,
Charles Dudley : "The Story of Uncle Tom's Cabin." 1896
Washington,
Booker T. : The Awakening of the Negro 1896
Washington,
Booker T. : The Case of the Negro 1899
Washington,
Booker T. : Is the Negro Having a Fair Chance? 1912
Washington,
Booker T. : The Fruits of Industrial Training 1903
Washington,
Booker T. : Heroes in Black Skins September 1903
Washington,
Booker T. : Negro Self-Help 1905
Washington,
Booker T. : Negro Progress in Virginia January 1914
Washington,
Booker T. : The Religious Life of the Negro. 1905
Washington,
Booker T. : Signs of Progress among the Negroes 1900
Washington,
Booker T. : Up From Slavery : An Autobiography
Washington,
Booker T. : Teamwork December 1915
Washington,
Booker T. : Tuskegee : A Retrospect and Prospect 1906
Wheatley,
Phillis, 1753-1784 : An elegy, sacred to the memory of the great divine, the
Reverend and learned Dr. Samuel Cooper, who departed this life December 29,
1783, aetatis 59. by Phillis Peters. 1784
Wheatley,
Phillis, 1753-1784 : Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral 1772
Wilson,
Harriet E. : Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black 1859
Wood, J.
Taylor : The Capture of a Slaver 1900
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