Biography and Autobiography including Slave Narratives

• Ames, Mary, 1831-1903

From a New England Woman's Diary in Dixie in 1865.
Springfield, Mass.: [s. n.], 1906. 125 p.
Call Number: E185.93 .S7 A5
 
• Bluett, Thomas

Some Memoirs of the Life of Job, the Son of Solomon, the High Priest of Boonda in Africa; Who was a Slave About Two Years in Maryland; and Afterwards Being Brought to England, was Set Free, and Sent to His Native Land in the Year 1734.
London: Printed for R. Ford, 1734. 63 p.
Call Number: E 444 .J62 supervised
 
• Bragg, George F. (George Freeman), 1863-1940

Men of Maryland.
Baltimore, Md.: Church Advocate Press, 1914. 135 p.
Call Number: E185.93 .m2 b8
 
• Brawley, Benjamin Griffith, 1882-1939

Women of Achievement: Written for The Fireside Schools Under the Auspices of the Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society.
[Chicago, Ill.]: Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society, c1919. 92 p.
Call Number: E185.96 .B82 1919

• Brown, William Wells, 1814-1884

The American Fugitive in Europe. Sketches of Places and People Abroad.
Boston: John P. Jewett, 1855. 320 p.
Call Number: DA625.B881

My Southern Home: or, The South and Its People.
Boston: A. G. Brown & Co., Publishers, 1880. 263 p.
Call Number: E185.B88

Three Years in Europe: Or, Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met.
London: Charles Gilpin, 1852. 344 p.
Call Number: DA 625.B88
 

• Browne, Martha Griffith, d. 1906

Autobiography of a Female Slave.
New York: Redfield, 1857. 401 p.
Call Number: PS1145.B35 A2 1857
 
• Bruce, Henry Clay, 1836-1902

The New Man. Twenty-Nine Years a Slave. Twenty-Nine Years a Free Man.
York, Pa.: P. Anstadt & Sons, 1895. 176 p.
Call Number E444.B9 1895
 
• Coppin, Levi Jenkins, 1848-1923

Unwritten History.
Philadelphia, Pa.: A. M. E. Book Concern, c1919. 375 p.
Call Number: BX8495.C6 H3
 
• Douglass, Frederick, 1817?-1895

My Bondage and My Freedom. Part I. Life as a Slave. Part II. Life as a Freeman.
New York: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855. 468 p
Call Number: E449.D738
 
• Floyd, Silas Xavier, 1869-1923

Life of Charles T. Walker, D.D., ("The Black Spurgeon.") Pastor Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, New York City.
New York: Nashville, Tenn.: National Baptist Publishing Board, 1902. 193 p.
Call Number:  BX6455.W3 F5
 
• Hatcher, William E. (William Eldridge), 1834-1912

John Jasper: The Unmatched Negro Philosopher and Preacher.
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, c1908. 183 p.
Call Number: E185.97 .J36
 
• Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883

Truth Stranger Than Fiction. Father Henson's Story of His Own Life.
Boston: John P. Jewett; Cleveland: Henry P. B. Jewett, 1858. 224 p.
Call Number: E444.H523

Uncle Tom's Story of His Life. An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson (Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom"). From 1789 to 1876. With a Preface by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, and an Introductory Note by George Sturge, and S. Morley, Esq., M. P. Edited by John Lobb.
London: Christian Age Office, 1876. 224 p.
Call Number: GB1876.H46 U5
 

• Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852

Narrative of the Life of Thomas Cooper.
New York: Published by Isaak T. Hopper, 1832. 36 p.
Call Number: E444.C66 H6
 
• Lee, William Mack, b. 1835

History of the Life of Rev. Wm. Mack Lee Body Servant of General Robert E. Lee Through the Civil War: Cook from 1861 to 1865.
Norfolk, VA: Smith Printing Co., 1918. 10 p.
Call Number: E185.97 .L48
 
• Mallory W., Col.

Old Plantation Days.
[Hamilton, Ontario]: S.n., [1902?]. 56 p.
Call Number: E444.M23
 
• Moore, Joanna P., 1832-1916

"In Christ's Stead": Autobiographical Sketches.
Chicago: Published by The Women's Baptist Home Mission Society, 1902. 275 p
Call Number: BX6495.M66
 
• Pennington, James W. C., 1807-1870

The Fugitive Blacksmith; or, Events in the History of James W. C. Pennington, Pastor of a Presbyterian Church, New York, Formerly a Slave in the State of Maryland, United States.
London: Charles Gilpin, 1849. 112 p.
Call Number:
 
• Peterson, Daniel H.

The Looking-Glass: Being a True Report and Narrative of the Life, Travels, and Labors of the Rev. Daniel H. Peterson, a Colored Clergyman; Embracing a Period of Time from the Year 1812 to 1854, and Including His Visit to Western Africa.
New-York: Wright, 1854. 150 p.
Call Number: BX8449.P4 A3
 
• Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780

Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, An African. In Two Volumes. To Which Are Prefixed, Memoirs of His Life. Vol. 1.
London: Printed by J. Nichols, 1782. 261 p.
Call Number: CT788.S168 A32 v.1

Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, An African. In Two Volumes. To Which Are Prefixed, Memoirs of His Life. Vol. 2.
London: Printed by J. Nichols, 1782. 224 p.
Call Number: CT788.S168 A32 v.2
 

• Smith, Amanda, 1837-1915

An Autobiography. The Story of the Lord's Dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith the Colored Evangelist; Containing an Account of Her Life Work of Faith, and Her Travels in America, England, Ireland, Scotland, India, and Africa, as an Independent Missionary.
Chicago: Meyer & Brother, 1893. 506 p.
Call Number: Travel E185.97 .S6
 
• Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797

Narrative of Joanna; An Emancipated Slave, of Surinam. (From Stedman's Narrative of a Five Year's Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam).
Boston: Isaac Knapp, 1838. 72 p.
Call Number: HT869.J62 S73 1838]
 
• Talbert, Horace, 1853-

The Sons of Allen: Together with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio.
Xenia, Ohio: Aldine Press, 1906. 286 p.
Call Number: BX8443.T3
 
• Thompson, John, b. 1812

The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave; Containing His History of 25 Years in Bondage, and His Providential Escape. Written by Himself.
Worcester: John Thompson, 1856. 143 p.
Call Number: E444. T47
 
• Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

An Autobiography. The Story of My Life and Work.
Toronto, Ont., Naperville, Ill.: J. L. Nichols & Co., [c1901]. 455 p.
Call Number: E185.97 .W315
 
• Wirt, William, 1772-1834

Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry.
Philadelphia: James Webster, 1817. 427 p.
Call Number: E302.6 H5 W69 c.2