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Slavery
Folder includes research notes and other material such as journal articles, and copies of and extracts from Jefferson-related correspondence.
The Slave's Narrative
These autobiographies of Afro-American ex-slaves comprise the largest body of literature produced by slaves in human history. The book consists of three sections: selected reviews of slave narratives, dating from 1750 to 1861; essays examining how such narratives serve as historical material; and essays exploring the narratives as literary artifacts.
Miscellaneous Writings on Slavery (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Miscellaneous Writings on Slavery ON the 1st of January, 1835, there were in the United States, slaves.' This number about equals the population of Holland. And exceeds that Of Scotland, of the Danish domimons, Of the Swiss Confederation, and Of various Republics in South America. These millions of human beings are held as chattels by a people pro fessing to acknowledge, that all men are created equal, and endowed with certain unalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the, pursuit of happiness they are. Moreover, kept in ignorance, and com ciled to ive without God, and to die Without hope, by a people professing to reverence the obligations of Christianity. About th...
Miscellaneous Writings on Slavery...
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Slave Testimony
“A magisterial and landmark work, one that merits wide and thoughtful readership not only by historians, but, more important, by those of us who count on historians to tell us truly about our past.”—New York Times “A testament to the resilience of the black spirit, faced with a primitive and largely conscienceless regime.”—Bertram Wyatt-Brown, South Atlantic Quarterly “This volume does much more than merely present a rich collection of judiciously selected and skillfully edited sources of the history of slavery; in the process it reveals a host of large-as-life slaves and ex-slaves: Kale, the precocious eleven-year-old Mende of the Amistad rebels, who quickly learned to write e...
Seven Slave Narratives, Seven Books Including
In one volume there are seven slave narratives, compelling, harrowing at times and beautiful stories of hope in the midst of deep adversity. 1. Narrative of the Life Of Frederick Douglass An American Slave. Frederick Douglass's eloquently written first autobiography was one of the most persuasive forces for emancipation, as well as for the enlistment of black soldiers in the Union army. It is written beautifully and the story flies past - a dazzling and awful account of slavery. 2. My Bondage and My Freedom. This is Frederick Douglass's second autobiography written ten years after his emancipation and is unparalleled in its scope of the destructive effects of slavery on both individuals and ...
Antislavery Political Writings, 1833–1860
Antislavery Political Writings, first published in 2004, presents the best speeches and writings of the leading American antislavery thinkers, activists and politicians in the years between 1830 and 1860. These chapters demonstrate the range of theoretical and political choices open to antislavery advocates during the antebellum period.
