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  Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

  by Frederick Douglass

  Frederick Douglass (1817?-1895) was born into slavery by a slave mother and an unknown father. At the age of 8, he started to educate himself with the help of his master's wife. In 1838, he fled Baltimore for the North. There he soon became a noted author and speaker on slavery. Douglass wrote three autobiographies, "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" (1845), "My Bondage and My Freedom" (1855)... (more)
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  The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African

  by Robert J. Allison, Olaudah Equiano

  Widely admired for its vivid accounts of the slave trade, Olaudah Equiano's autobiography -- the first slave narrative to attract a significant readership -- reveals many aspects of the eighteenth-century Western world through the experiences of one individual. The second edition reproduces the original London printing, supervised by Equiano in 1789. Robert J. Allison's introduction, which places Equiano's... (more)
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  Beloved

  by Toni Morrison

  Set in rural Ohio several years after the Civil War, this profoundly affecting chronicle of slavery and its aftermath is Toni Morrison's greatest novel, a dazzling achievement, and the most spellbinding reading experience of the decade. "A brutally powerful, mesmerizing story . . . read it and tremble."--People.
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  Prose works.

  by Frederick Douglass

  Frederick Douglass, born a slave, educated himself, escaped, and made himself one of the greatest leaders in American history. His brilliant anti-slavery speeches were so fiercely intelligent, and so startlingly eloquent, that many people didn't believe he had been a slave. To prove them wrong, Douglass decided to write his own story. His autobiographical narratives stunned the world, and have shocked, moved, and... (more)
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  by Toni Morrison

  Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe’s new home is haunted by the ghost of her... (more)
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  Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

  by Nell Irvin Painter, Harriet A. Jacobs, Nellie Y. McKay, Durthy Washington, John S. Jacobs, Jean Fagan Yellin, Lydia Maria Francis Child, Frances Smith Foster

  This autobiographical account by a former slave is one of the few extant narratives written by a woman. Written and published in 1861, it delivers a powerful, unflinching portrayal of the brutality of slave life. Jacobs speaks frankly of her master's abuse and her eventual escape, in an amazing and inspirational account of one woman's dauntless spirit and faith.
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  The Kidnapped Prince: The Life of Olaudah Equiano

  by Ann Cameron, Olaudah Equiano

  Illus. with black-and-white archival engravings with an introduction by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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  Spirits of the Passage

  by Madeleine Burnside

  An account of the slave trade during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries centers around the wreck of the slave ship Henrietta Marie, a vessel that has been excavated from the waters off the coast of Florida. 22,000 first printing.
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  Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself (Dodo Press)

  by Frederick Douglass

  Large format for easy reading. Classic work from one of the most prominent African-Americans of his time, and one of the most influential lecturers and authors in American history. Douglass was an African-American, born into slavery, who became an editor, orator, author, publisher, statesman and reformer. His most well-known work is his first autobiography which critics frequently attacked as inauthentic, not... (more)