African-American Books
A Mississippi View of Race Relations in the South
Dunbar RowlandThe Anglo Saxon has never bowed his head to the yoke of an inferior race and he never will. We see now that it was cruel to condemn a brave though fallen people to the suffering and humiliation which ..
Narratives of Colored Americans
Abigail MottLindley Murray, the Grammarian, and author of several excellent School and Reading books, in his last Will bequeathed certain funds to Trustees in America, his native country, for several benevolent o..
The Rising Son
Wm. Wells BrownSeveral of the biographical sketches are necessarily brief, owing to the difficulty in getting correct information in regard to the subjects treated upon. Some have been omitted on account of the same..
Narrative of Henry Box Brown
Henry Box BrownMy book will present, if possible, the beautiful side of the picture of slavery; will entertain you with stories of partial kindness on the part of my master, and of comparative enjoyment on my own pa..
A Narrative of Some Remarkable Incidents in the Life of Solomon Bayley
Solomon BayleySolomon is in connexion with that body of Christians, called Methodists; and my last communication from him, sufficiently evinces on what grounds he has believed himself called to the ministry. From t..
The Life and Sufferings of Leonard Black
Leonard BlackIn putting this little volume before the public, it is well, perhaps, that I should speak of my motive. Born and reared in slavery, I was, of course, deprived of education; and believing that I can be..
Brief for the higher education of the negro
Kelly MillerThe first great need of the Negro is that the choice youth of the race should assimilate the principles of culture and hand them down to the masses below. This is the only gate-way through which a new..
Life of Charles T. Walker, D.D.
Silas Xavier FloydThe difficulty of writing good biographies is so great that comparatively few great biographies have been written. All the world is familiar with the unique biography of Johnson by Boswell. It has exc..