Slavery and abolition of slavery

"e;Fifty Years in Chains"e; is an autobiography of a fugitive slave,Charles Ball, where he describes his life as a slave under various masters and his service in the Chesapeake Bay Flotilla of the U.

Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator and statesman.

William Wells Brown, the subject of this narrative, was born a slave in Lexington, Kentucky.

"e;Narrative of the Life and Adventures of an American Slave"e; is a self-published autobiography by an American abolitionist and former slave, Henry Walton Bibb.

History of American abolitionism; its four great epochs, embracing narratives of the ordinance of 1787, compromise of 1820, annexation of Texas, Mexican war, Wilmot proviso, insurrections of slaves, abolition riots, slave rescues, compromise of 1850, Kansas bill of 1854, John Brown insurrection, 1859, valuable statistics, together with a history of the southern confederacy.

"e;Behind the Scenes"e; is both a slave narrative and a portrait of the First Family, especially Mary Todd Lincoln, and is considered controversial for breaking privacy about them.

Harriet Tubman, born Araminta Ross, (c.

"e;Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman"e; is a slave narrative, detailing Austin Steward's early life of enslavement and escape, as well as his years of freedom and work at Wilber force Colony.

"e;Up from Slavery"e; is the autobiography of Booker T.

"e;Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl"e; is an autobiography by a young mother and fugitive slave Harriet Ann Jacobs.

'This monograph was begun during my residence as Rogers Memorial Fellow at Harvard University, and is based mainly upon a study of the sources, i.

"e;Uncle Tom's Story of His Life"e; is a slave narrative written by Josiah Henson, who would later become famous for being the basis of the title character from Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.

After the end of Civil War in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free.

"e;Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman"e; is a biography of Harriet Tubman, written by Sarah Hopkins Bradford in 1869, four years after the end of the Civil War.

"e;The Indian War of 1864"e; describes events of the Colorado War, fought from 1863 to 1865 between the Cheyenne and Arapaho Nations and white settlers and militia in the Colorado Territory and adjacent regions in Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming.

"e;My own observation of the real condition of the people of our Slave States, gave me .

This meticulously edited collection has been formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:Memoirs:Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveMy Bondage and My FreedomLife and Times of Frederick DouglassWritings & Speeches:The Heroic SlaveMy Escape from SlaveryWhat to the Slave is the Fourth of July?

Thomas Wentworth Higginson was an American Unitarian minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier.

In Frederick Douglass' autobiography 'My Bondage and My Freedom' we can see the power of literacy and belief.

The Confessions of Nat Turner: The Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton, Virginia, is a first-hand account of Turner's confessions published by a local lawyer, Thomas Ruffin Gray, in 1831

Thomas Wentworth Higginson was an American Unitarian minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier.

Here are six historic essays on the state of race relations during the Reconstruction and early twentieth century, written from the African American point of view.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is one of the most influential autobiographies ever written.

Up from Slavery is one of the most influential biographies ever written.

Collected here in this omnibus edition are three influential autobiographies of prominent men whose rose up from slavery to greatness.

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was an African American civil rights activist, leader, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, educator, historian, writer, editor, poet, and scholar.

Here is the harrowing true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man living in New York.

This is the second entry in our important African American Heritage series.

Here in one omnibus edition are Booker T.

Collected here in this omnibus edition are three influential autobiographies of prominent women whose rose up from slavery to greatness.

Frederick Douglass was born a slave, he escaped a brutal system and through sheer force of will educated himself and became an abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman, and reformer.

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a black civil rights activist, leader, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, educator, historian, writer, editor, poet, and scholar.

Thomas Wentworth Higginson was an American Unitarian minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier.

Truth spoke about abolition, women's rights, prison reform, and preached to the Legislature against capital punishment.

The history of African Americans is a long, grim history full of injustices and brutality.

In My Larger Education, Booker T.

Thirteen years ago, I came to your door, a weary fugitive from chains and stripes.

Collected here are both of Frederick Douglass'' magazine articles: "My Escape from Slavery," and "Reconstruction," as well as his address "The Hypocrisy of American Slavery.

Ellen Craft and William Craft were slaves from Macon, Georgia who escaped to the North in December 1848 by traveling openly by train and steamboat, arriving in Philadelphia on Christmas Day.

Today Frederick Douglass is best known for his autobiographies; but while he was alive he was known as a fiery orator who was always in demand.

Twelve Years a Slave' is a unique, unflinching record of slavery from the inside, and the incredible account of one man whose life was ripped from him and who fought to get it back.

Up from Slavery is one of the most influential biographies ever written.

Collected here are both of Frederick Douglass' magazine articles: "e;My Escape from Slavery,"e; and "e;Reconstruction,"e; as well as his address "e;The Hypocrisy of American Slavery.

Die Geschichte beginnt auf der Plantage von Arthur Shelby in Kentucky, der in finanzielle Not gerät und deshalb seinen Sklaven Tom verkauft.

A classic story of agonizing circumstances and enduring hope, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an eloquent account of a young man's life under slavery and his eventual escape.

The slave narrative is a type of literary work that is made up of the written accounts of enslaved Africans in Great Britain and its colonies, including the later United States, Canada, and Caribbean nations.

Dies ist Band 3 der Trilogie "Zwölf Jahre Ein Sklave", die detailgetreue Übersetzung des Bestsellers "12 Years A Slave", verfilmt 2013, bereits heute ausgezeichnet mit dem Golden Globe als Bester Film und einer der ersten Anwärter auf den Oscar.

"e;The Souls of Black Folk"e; is a classic work of American literature and a cornerstone of African-American literary history.

First published in 1872, The Underground Railroad is a fascinating collection of slaves' own narratives of their escapes from bondage.