The Unchained: Powerful Life Stories of Former Slaves
By Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Solomon Northup, Willie Lynch, Nat Turner, Sojourner Truth, Mary Prince, William Craft, Ellen Craft, Louis Hughes, Jacob D. Green, Booker T. Washington, Olaudah Equiano, Elizabeth Keckley, William Still, Sarah H. Bradford, Josiah Henson, Charles Ball, Austin Steward, Henry Bibb, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriël Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Aphra Behn, Théodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Stephen Smith, Joseph Mountain, Ida B. Wells-Barnett & Work Projects Administration
- Release Date: 2018-02-05
- Genre: U.S. History
Description
This unique collection consists of the most influential narratives of former slaves, including numerous recorded testimonies, life stories and original photos of former slaves long after Civil War:
Recorded Life Stories of Former Slaves from 17 different US States
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
12 Years a Slave (Solomon Northup)
The Underground Railroad
Harriet Jacobs: The Moses of Her People
Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)
The Willie Lynch Letter: The Making of Slave!
The Confessions of Nat Turner
Narrative of Sojourner Truth
The History of Mary Prince
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom (William & Ellen Craft)
Thirty Years a Slave (Louis Hughes)
Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Behind The Scenes: 30 Years a Slave & 4 Years in the White House (Elizabeth Keckley)
Father Henson's Story of His Own Life (Josiah Henson)
Fifty Years in Chains (Charles Ball)
Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman (Austin Steward)
Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb
The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave
The Story of Mattie J. Jackson (L. S. Thompson)
A Slave Girl's Story (Kate Drumgoold)
From the Darkness Cometh the Light (Lucy A. Delaney)
Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, a Slave in the United States of America
Narrative of Joanna
Life of Henry Box Brown, Who Escaped in a 3x2 Feet Box
Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley
Buried Alive
Sketches of the Life of Joseph Mountain
Documents:
The History of the Abolition of African Slave-Trade
History of American Abolitionism from 1787-1861
Pictures of Slavery in Church and State
Report of the Proceedings at the Examination of Charles G. Davis, Esq.
