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  • The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots

    A True Story of Slavery; A Rediscovered Narrative, with a Full Biography

    Lost on the other side of the world since 1855, the story of John Swanson Jacobs finally returns to America. This comprehensive edition includes Jacobs's narrative in full alongside a full-length biography.For one hundred and sixty-nine years, a first-person slave narrative written by John Swanson Jacobs—brother of Harriet Jacobs—was buried in a pile of newspapers in Australia. Jacobs’s long-lost ... Leer más

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  • The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots

    A True Story of Slavery

    Lost on the other side of the world since 1855, the story of John Swanson Jacobs finally returns to America. This student edition reproduces his narrative in full and presents it on its own without any editorial or biographical apparatus.For one hundred and sixty-nine years, a first-person slave narrative written by John Swanson Jacobs—brother of Harriet Jacobs—was buried in a pile of newspapers ... Leer más

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  • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

    With the possible exception of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., no African American has been more instrumental in the fight for minorities’ civil rights in the United States than Frederick Douglass 1818–1895), an American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. His list of accomplishments would be impressive enough even without taking into account the fact that he was born into slavery.After ... Leer más

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  • The Confessions of Nat Turner

    de Nat Turner ...
    Nat Turner's rebellion of slaves and free blacks in Southampton County, Virginia in 1831 marked a turning point in the struggle for the ending of slavery in America. After being tried and convicted of insurrection, Turner's confession and jailhouse statements were published by Thomas Ruffin Gray. This work is considered the primary historical document regarding Nat Turner, though some historians ... Leer más

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  • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

    An updated edition of a classic African American autobiography, with new supplementary materialsThe preeminent American slave narrative first published in 1845, Frederick Douglass’s Narrative powerfully details the life of the abolitionist from his birth into slavery in 1818 to his escape to the North in 1838, how he endured the daily physical and spiritual brutalities of his owners and driver, ... Leer más

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  • Clotel

    or, The President's Daughter

    Series series Modern Library Classics
    The first novel published by an African American, Clotel takes up the story, in circulation at the time, that Thomas Jefferson fathered an illegitimate mulatto daughter who was sold into slavery. Powerfully reimagining this story, and weaving together a variety of contemporary source materials, Brown fills the novel with daring escapes and encounters, as well as searing depictions of the American ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'The degradations, the wrongs, the vices, that grow out of slavery, are more than I can describe.' Harriet Jacobs was born a slave in the American South and went on to write one of the most extraordinary slave narratives. First published pseudonymously in 1861, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl describes Jacobs's treatment at the hands of her owners, her eventual escape to the North, and her ... Leer más

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  • Running A Thousand Miles For Freedom – Incredible Escape of William & Ellen Craft from Slavery (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. A True and Thrilling Tale of Deceit, Intrigue and Breakout from the Notorious Southern Slavery

    Running A Thousand Miles For Freedom is a landmark antebellum slave narrative that combines adventure, testimony, political argument, and moral indictment. Recounting the Crafts' daring 1848 escape from Georgia to the North, the work turns disguise, mobility, and literacy into instruments of liberation. Its central episode—Ellen Craft's passing as a white male enslaver while William travels as her ... Leer más

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  • The Confessions of Nat Turner (Illustrated)

    de Nat Turner ...
    Nat Turner (1800-1831) was an enslaved African American who led a rebellion of slaves and free blacks in Southampton County, Virginia on August 21, 1831. His story is the basis for the controversial film The Birth of a Nation from Fox Searchlight Pictures. The Confessions of Nat Turner is the key primary document supporting historical events. The pamphlet is a first-hand account of Turner's ... Leer más

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  • Unsung

    Unheralded Narratives of American Slavery & Abolition

    de Kevin Young ...
    A new historical anthology from transatlantic slavery to the Reconstruction curated by the Schomburg Center, that makes the case for focusing on the histories of Black people as agents and architects of their own lives and ultimate liberation, with a foreword by Kevin YoungThis is the first Penguin Classics anthology published in partnership with the Schomburg Center, a world-renowned cultural ... Leer más

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  • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

    He was born into chains—and taught himself to break them. In this gripping autobiography, Frederick Douglass recounts his early life in slavery with unflinching honesty. He exposes the brutal realities of bondage, the violence meant to crush the human spirit, and the forbidden power of education that awakened his resolve to be free. Every page carries the voice of a man who refused silence and ... Leer más

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  • Mary S. Peake: The Colored Teacher at Fortress Monroe

    Enriched edition. Championing Education and Equality: The Inspiring Legacy of Mary S. Peake

    In "Mary S. Peake: The Colored Teacher at Fortress Monroe," Lewis C. Lockwood meticulously chronicles the life and contributions of Mary S. Peake, a pioneering African American educator during the Civil War era. Set against the backdrop of Fortress Monroe, Lockwood's narrative deftly intertwines historical research with biographical storytelling, showcasing Peake's vital role in educating formerly ... Leer más

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