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keyword: Slaves' writings, American – 9 free books.

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Up from Slavery: An Autobiography

Booker T. Washington

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Up from Slavery: An Autobiography
Booker T. Washington
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Twelve Years a Slave Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River in Louisiana

Solomon Northup

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Twelve Years a Slave Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River in Louisiana
Solomon Northup
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12 Years a Slave

Solomon Northup

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12 Years a Slave
Solomon Northup
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The Narrative of Lunsford Lane, Formerly of Raleigh, N.C. Embracing an account of his early life, the redemption by purchase of himself and family from slavery, and his banishment from the place of his birth for the crime of wearing a colored skin

Lunsford Lane

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The Narrative of Lunsford Lane, Formerly of Raleigh, N.C. Embracing an account of his early life, the redemption by purchase of himself and family from slavery, and his banishment from the place of his birth for the crime of wearing a colored skin
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Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days

Annie L Burton

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Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days
Annie L Burton
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Memoir of Old Elizabeth, A Coloured Woman

Old Elizabeth

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Memoir of Old Elizabeth, A Coloured Woman
Old Elizabeth
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The Story of Mattie J. Jackson Her Parentage—Experience of Eighteen years in Slavery—Incidents during the War—Her Escape from Slavery

L. S. (Lucy S.) Thompson

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The Story of Mattie J. Jackson Her Parentage—Experience of Eighteen years in Slavery—Incidents during the War—Her Escape from Slavery
L. S. (Lucy S.) Thompson
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From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom

Lucy A. (Lucy Ann) Delaney

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From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom
Lucy A. (Lucy Ann) Delaney
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Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom Or, The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery

William Craft and Ellen Craft

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Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom Or, The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery
William Craft and Ellen Craft
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