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More than a landmark of American literature, Uncle Tom's Cabin makes a powerful anti-slavery statement about the inhumanity of the "peculiar institution." Throughout Stowe's sentimental tale ...
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself
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One woman's amazing story of abuse, degradation, and courage as she faces the devastating hardships of America's "peculiar institution."
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The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar
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Ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes. To work some potent spell, her magic plies. Ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes. Are bodied forth within the teeming gloom. Ere sleep comes dow ...
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If the volume now presented to the public were a mere work of ART, the history of its misfortune might be written in two very simple words--TOO LATE. The nature and character of slavery have been sub ...
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In 1903, sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois set out to describe the experience and position of African Americans living in the United States. Du Bois was a tireless writer and thinker, seeking an end to the r ...
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From a childhood marred by the cruelties of slavery Booker T. Washington rose to become a champion for black Americans. Here's how he pulled himself up by his boostraps—and his vision for how his di ...
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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AN AMERICAN SLAVE. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. I was born in Tuckahoe, near Hillsborough, and about twelve miles from Easton, in Talbot county, Maryland. I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having s ...
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The Narrative of Sojourner Truth
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Sojourner Truth was beaten, imprisoned, and bought and sold like property in a nation that promised freedom. This is the story of how she found the courage to ask a question that would echo through hi ...
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
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_The author's account of his country, and their manners and customs--Administration of justice--Embrenche--Marriage ceremony, and public entertainments--Mode of living--Dress--Manufactures Buildings-- ...
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