Black Emancipators of the Nineteenth Century
Beryl Bailey and Marcella Flake
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1. Bennett, Lerone,
Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America.
Fourth edition, Chicago: Johnson Publishing, 1969.
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The history of the African in Africa and in America.
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2. Blassingame, John,
Slave Testimony
. Baton Rouge: Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1976.
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Two centuries of letters, speeches, interviews and autobiographies.
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3. Blassingame, John and Berry, Mary Frances,
Long Memory: The Black Experience in America
. New York: Oxford Press, 1982.
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A vivid account of African-Americans and their struggle to gain freedom and equality.
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4. Bontemps, Arna,
Black Thunder
. Boston: Bacon Press, 1968.
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Gabriel’s Revolt in Virginia 1800.
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5. Bontemps, Arna,
Five Black Lives
. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1971.
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Personal narratives of five African-American slaves.
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6. Bontemps, Arna,
Free at Last
. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1971.
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Life of Frederick Douglass.
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7. Brent, Linda,
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
. San Diego: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, Publishers, 1973.
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A slave girl’s struggle with slavery and escape to freedom.
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8. Conrad, Earl,
Harriet Tubman.
Washington, D.C.: Associated Publishers, Inc., 1943.
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A chronology of events which led to Harriet Tubman’s work with the underground railroad.
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9. Davidson, Basil,
Africa in History
. New York: The Macmillian Company, 1969.
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An indepth view of Africa’ s struggles and accomplishments.
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10. Douglass, Frederick,
Life and Times of Frederick
Douglass: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
. New York: Crowell, 1966.
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An autobiographical account of a slave, who taught himself to read, escaped slavery, and became one of the most dynamic orators/abolitionist of the 19th Century.
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11. Foner, Phlllip S.,
The Voice
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f Black America.
New York: Capricorn Books, 1972.
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An anthology of speeches written by African-American freedom fighters of the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries.
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12. Foner, Eric, ed.
Nat Turner.
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1971.
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A chronology of events leading to Nat’s slave insurrection.
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13. Harting, Vincent,
There is a River
. New York: Vintage, 1981.
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The Black struggle for freedom in America.
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14. Herbert, Hilary Abner,
The Abolition Crusade
. New York: Scribner’s Sons, 1912.
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Four periods of history covered while the abolition crusade and its consequences are discussed.
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15. Montgomery, Janey,
A Comparative Analysis of the Rhetoric of Two Negro Women Orators-Sojourner Truth and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
Topeka: Sanders State Printer, 1969.
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A biographical view of the lives of Sojourner Truth and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and their anti-slavery women’s rights work.
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16. Still, William,
The Underground Railroad
. New York: Arno Press and The New York Times, 1968.
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An anthology of slave narratives and letters describing the horrors of slavery and the difficulties encountered while escaping.