“The Slave That Reads

Is The First To Run Away”:

A Free Database of the

Major Slave Narratives

Posted by RLBarnes on Jul 23rd, 2012

 

1760-1800

• Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780.
•  Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, An African. In Two Volumes. To Which Are Prefixed, Memoirs of His Life. London: J. Nichols, 1782. [Link to Volume Two]
• Equiano, Olaudah, 1745?-1797. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself. (2 vols.) London: The Author, 1789.

1800-1860

• Brinch, Boyrereau, fl. 1758-1810. The Blind African Slave, or Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, Nick-named Jeffrey Brace. Containing an Account of the Kingdom of Pow-Woo, in the Interior of Africa; with the Climate and Natural Productions, Laws, and Customs Peculiar to That Place. With an Account of His Captivity, Sufferings, Sales, Travels, Emancipation, Conversion to the Christian Religion, Knowledge of the Scriptures, &c. Interspersed with Strictures on Slavery, Speculative Observations on the Qualities of Human Nature, with Quotation from Scripture. Ed. Benjamin F. Prentiss. St. Albans, VT: Harry Whitney, 1810.
• White, George, b. 1764. A Brief Account of the Life, Experience, Travels, and Gospel Labours of George White, an African: Written by Himself, and Revised by a Friend. New York: John C. Totten, 1810.
• Jea, John, b. 1773. The Life, History, and Unparalleled Sufferings of John Jea, the African Preacher, Compiled and Written by Himself. Portsea, Eng.: The Author, 1811.
• Prince, Mary. The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave. Related by Herself. With a Supplement by the Editor. To Which Is Added, the Narrative of Asa-Asa, a Captured African. London: F. Westley and A. H. Davis, 1831.**
• Turner, Nat, 1800-1831. The Confessions of Nat Turner, the Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton, Va. as Fully and Voluntarily Made to Thomas R. Gray, in the Prison Where He Was Confined, and Acknowledged by Him to Be Such When Read before the Court of Southampton. Ed. Thomas R. Gray. Baltimore: T. R. Gray, 1831.
• Warner, Ashton, d. 1831. Negro Slavery Described by a Negro: Being the Narrative of Ashton Warner, a Native of St. Vincent’s: With an Appendix Containg the Testimony of Four Christian Ministers Recently Returned from the Colonies on the System of Slavery as it Now Exists. Ed. Simon Strickland. London: S. Maunder, 1831.
• Allen, Richard, 1760-1831. The Life, Experience and Gospel Labors of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen to Which Is Annexed the Rise and Progress of the African Methodist Church in the United States of America: Containing a Narrative of the Yellow Fever in the Year of Our Lord, 1793, with an Address to the People of Color in the United States. Philadelphia: Martin and Boden, 1833.
• Ball, Charles. Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, a Black Man, Who Lived Forty Years in Maryland, South Carolina and Georgia as a Slave. Ed. Isaac Fisher. New York: John S. Taylor, 1837.
• Williams, James, b. 1819. A Narrative of Events Since the First of August, 1834, by James Williams, an Apprenticed Labourer in Jamaica. London: W. Ball, 1837.
• Roper, Moses. A Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper, from American Slavery. Philadelphia: Merrihew and Gunn; London: Darton, Harvey and Darton, 1838.
• Williams, James, b. 1805. Narrative of James Williams, an American Slave, Who Was for Several Years a Driver on a Cotton Plantation in Alabama. New York: American Anti-slavery Society, 1838.
• Wheeler, Peter, b. 1789. Chains and Freedom: Or, The Life and Adventures of Peter Wheeler, a Colored Man Yet Living. A Slave in Chains, a Sailor on the Deep, and a Sinner at the Cross. Ed. Charles E. Lester. New York: E. S. Arnold, 1839.
• Manzano, Juan Francisco, 1797-1854. Poems by a Slave in the Island of Cuba, Recently Liberated, Translated from the Spanish by R. R. Madden, M.D., with the History of the Early Life of the Negro Poet, Written by Himself; to Which Are Prefixed Two Pieces Descriptive of Cuban Slavery. London: T. Ward, 1840.
• Lane, Lunsford, b. 1803. 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 Banishing from the Place of His Birth for the Crime of Wearing a Colored Skin. Boston: J. G. Torrey, 1842.
• Grandy, Moses, b. 1786. Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, Late a Slave in the United States of America. London: Gilpin, 1843.
• Aaron. The Light and Truth of Slavery. Aaron’s History. Worcester, MA: The Author, 1845
• Clarke, Lewis Garrard, 1812-1897. Narrative of the Sufferings of Lewis Clarke, during a Captivity of More Than Twenty-five Years, Among the Algerines of Kentucky; One of the So Called Christian States of North America. Dictated by Himself. Ed. Joseph Cammet Lovejoy. Boston: D. H. Ela, 1845.
• Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Written by Himself.Boston: American Anti-slavery Society, 1845.
• Horton, George Moses, 1797-1883. The Poetical Works of George M. Horton, the Colored Bard of North Carolina, to Which Is Prefixed the Life of the Author. Written by Himself. Hillsborough, NC: Heartt, 1845.
• Clarke, Lewis Garrard, 1812-1897, and Milton Clarke, 1817?-1901. Narratives of the Sufferings of Lewis and Milton Clarke, Sons of a Soldier of the Revolution, During a Captivity of More Than Twenty Years Among the Slaveholders of Kentucky, One of the So Called Christian States of North America. Dictated by Themselves. Ed. Joseph Cammet Lovejoy. Boston: Bela Marsh, 1846.
• Hayden, William, b. 1785. Narrative of William Hayden, Containing a Faithful Account of His Travels for a Number of Years, Whilst a Slave, in the South. Written by Himself. Cincinnati: The Author, 1846.
• Black, Leonard. The Life and Sufferings of Leonard Black, a Fugitive from Slavery. Written by Himself. New Bedford: Benjamin Lindsey, 1847.
• Brown, William Wells, 1814-1884. Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave, Written by Himself. Boston: American Anti-Slavery Society, 1847.
• Jackson, Andrew, b. 1814. Narrative and Writings of Andrew Jackson, of Kentucky; Containing an Account of His Birth, and Twenty-six Years of His Life While a Slave; His Escape; Five Years of Freedom, Together with Anecdotes Relating to Slavery; Journal of One Year’s Travels. Sketches, etc. Syracuse: Daily and Weekly Star, 1847.
• Joseph, John. The Life and Sufferings of John Joseph, a Native of Ashantee, in West Africa Who Was Stolen from His Parents at the Age of 3 Years, and Sold to Mr. Johnston, a Cotton Planter in New Orleans, South America. Wellington, New Zealand: The Author, 1848.
• Roper, Moses. Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper, from American Slavery. With an Appendix, Containing a List of Places Visited by the Author in Great Britain and Ireland and the British Isles; and Other Matter. Berwick-upon-Tweed: Published for the author and printed at the Warder Office, 1848.
• Tubbee, Okah, b. 1810 or 11. A Thrilling Sketch of the Life of the Distinguished Chief Okah Tubbee Alias, Wm. Chubbee, Son of the Head Chief, Mosholeh Tubbee, of the Choctaw Nation of Indians. Ed. Lewis Leonidas Allen. New York: L. L. Allen, 1848.
• Watson, Henry. Narrative of Henry Watson, a Fugitive Slave. Written by Himself. Boston: Bela Marsh, 1848.
• Bibb, Henry, 1815-1854. Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself. New York: The Author, 1849.
• Brown, Henry Box, b. 1815. Narrative of Henry Box Brown, Who Escaped from Slavery Enclosed in a Box 3 Feet Long and 2 Wide. Written from a Statement of Facts Made by Himself. With, Remarks Upon the Remedy for Slavery. Ed. Charles Stearns. Boston: Brown and Stearns. 1849.
• Brown, William Wells, 1814-1884. Narrative of William W. Brown, an American Slave. Written by Himself. London: C. Gilpin, 1849.
• Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883. The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, As Narrated by Himself. Ed. Samuel A. Eliot. Boston: A. D. Phelps, 1849.
• 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.
• Truth, Sojourner, 1797(?)-1883. Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, Emancipated from Bodily Servitude by the State of New York, in 1828. Ed. Olive Gilbert. Boston: The Author, 1850.
• Brown, Henry Box, b. 1815. Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Written by Himself. Manchester, Eng.: Lee and Glynn, 1851.
• Kelley, Edmond, b. 1817. A Family Redeemed from Bondage; Being Rev. Edmond Kelley, (the Author,) His Wife, and Four Children. New Bedford: The Author, 1851.
• Smallwood, Thomas, b. 1801. A Narrative of Thomas Smallwood, Coloured Man: Giving an Account of His Birth–The Period He Was Held in Slavery–His Release–And Removal to Canada, etc. Together with an Account of the Underground Railroad. Written by Himself. Toronto: The Author, 1851.
• Brown, William Wells, 1814-1884. Three Years in Europe: Or, Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met. London: C. Gilpin, 1852.
• Tubbee, Okah, b. 1810 or 11. A Sketch of the Life of Okah Tubbee, (Called) William Chubbee, Son of the Head Chief, Mosholeh Tubbee, of the Choctaw Nation of Indians. By Laah Ceil Manatoi Elaah Tubbee, His Wife. Toronto: The Author, 1852.
• Watkins, James, b. 1821. Narrative of the Life of James Watkins, formerly a “Chattel” in Maryland, U. S. Containing an Account of His Escape from Slavery, Together with an Appeal on Behalf of Three Millions of Such “Pieces of Property,” Still Held Under the Standard of the Eagle. Bolton, Eng.: Kenyon and Abbatt, 1852.
• Green, William. Narrative of Events in the Life of William Green, (Formerly a Slave.) Written by Himself. Springfield, MA: L. M. Guernsey, 1853.
• Northup, Solomon, b. 1808. 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. Ed. David Wilson. Auburn, NY: Derby and Miller, 1853.
• Tilmon, Levin, 1807-1863. A Brief Miscellaneous Narrative of the More Early Part of the Life of L. Tilmon, Pastor of a Colored Methodist Congregational Church in the City of New York. Written by Himself. Jersey City, NJ: W. W. & L. A. Pratt, 1853.
• Anderson, Thomas, b. 1775. Interesting Account of Thomas Anderson, a Slave, Taken from His Own Lips. Ed. J. P. Clark. Virginia: s.n., 1854?
• Jones, Thomas H. Experience and Personal Narrative of Uncle Tom Jones: Who Was for Forty Years a Slave; Also the Surprising Adventures of Wild Tom of the Island Retreat, a Fugitive Negro from South Carolina. Boston: H. B. Skinner, 1854.
• Peterson, Daniel H., b. 1805?. 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.
• Brown, John, fl. 1854. Slave Life in Georgia: A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings, and Escape of John Brown, a Fugitive Slave, Now in England. Ed. Louis Alexis Chamerovzow. London: W. M. Watts, 1855.
• Brown, William Wells, 1814-1884. The American Fugitive in Europe. Sketches of Places and People Abroad. With a Memoir of the Author. Boston: J. P. Jewett, 1855.
• Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. My Bondage and My Freedom. New York: Miller, Orton and Mulligan, 1855.
• Grimes, William, b. 1784. Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave, Brought down to the Present Time. Written by Himself. New Haven: The Author, 1855.
• McPherson, Christopher, d. 1817. A Short History of the Life of Christopher McPherson, Alias Pherson, Son of Christ, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Lynchburg, VA: Christopher McPherson Smith, 1855.
• Randolph, Peter, 1825-1897. Sketches of Slave Life: Or, Illustrations of the “Peculiar Institution.” Boston: The Author, 1855.
• Ward, Samuel Ringgold, b. 1817. Autobiography of a Fugitive Negro: His Anti-slavery Labours in the United States, Canada and England. London: John Snow, 1855.
• Drew, Benjamin, ed. 1812-1903. A North-Side View of Slavery. The Refugee: or, The Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada. Related by Themselves. With an Account of the History and Condition of the Colored Population of Upper Canada.Boston: J. P. Jewett, 1856.
• 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, MA: J. Thompson, 1856.
• Anderson, William J., b. 1811. Life and Narrative of William J. Anderson, Twenty-four Years a Slave; Sold Eight Times! In Jail Sixty Times!! Whipped Three Hundred Times!!! or The Dark Deeds of American Slavery Revealed. Containing Scriptural Views of the Origin of the Black and of the White Man. Also, a Simple and Easy Plan to Abolish Slavery in the United States. Together with an Account of the Services of Colored Men in the Revolutionary War–Day and Date, and Interesting Facts. Chicago: Daily Tribune, 1857.
• Steward, Austin, 1794-1860. Twenty-two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman; Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West. Rochester, NY: W. Alling, 1857.
• Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883. Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction. Father Henson’s Story of His Own Life. Ed. Samuel A. Eliot. Boston: J. P. Jewett, 1858.
• Roberts, James, b. 1753. The Narrative of James Roberts, a Soldier under Gen. Washington in the Revolutionary War, and under Gen. Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans, in the War of 1812: “A Battle Which Cost Me a Limb, Some Blood, and Almost My Life.” Chicago: The Author, 1858.
• Ball, Charles. Fifty Years in Chains; or, The Life of an American Slave. Ed. Isaac Fisher. New York: H. Dayton, 1859.
• Davis, Noah, b. 1803 or 4. A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, a Coloured Man. Written by Himself at 54. Baltimore: J. F. Weishampel, Jr., 1859.
• Offley, Greensbury Washington, 1808-1859. A Narrative of the Life and Labors of the Rev. G. W. Offley, a Colored Man, Local Preacher and Missionary; Who Lived Twenty-Seven Years at the South and Twenty-Three at the North; Who Never Went to School a Day in His Life, and Only Commenced to Learn His Letters When Nineteen Years and Eight Months Old; the Emancipation of His Mother and Her Three Children; How He Learned to Read While Living in a Slave State, and Supported Himself from the Time He Was Nine Years Old Until He Was Twenty-One. Hartford, CT: The Author, 1859.

1860-1865

• Craft, William, 1824-1900. Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; or, The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery.London: William Tweedie, 1860.
• Watkins, James, b. 1821. Struggles for Freedom: Or the Life of James Watkins, Formerly a Slave in Maryland, U. S. ; in which is Detailed a Graphic Account of His Extraordinary Escape from Slavery, Notices of the Fugitive Slave Law, the Sentiments of American Divines on the Subject of Slavery, etc., etc. Manchester, Eng.: The Author, 1860.
• Campbell, Israel. Bond and Free: or, Yearnings for Freedom, from My Green Briar House. Being the Story of My Life in Bondage, and My Life in Freedom. Philadelphia: The Author, 1861.
• Jacobs, Harriet Ann, 1813-1897. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written by Herself. Ed. Lydia Maria Child. Boston: The Author, 1861.
• Picquet, Louisa, b. 1828. Louisa Picquet, the Octoroon: A Tale of Southern Slave Life. Ed. Hiram Mattison. New York: H. Mattison, 1861.
• Wilkerson, James. Wilkerson’s History of His Travels & Labors, in the United States, As a Missionary, in Particular, That of the Union Seminary, Located in Franklin Co., Ohio, Since He Purchased His Liberty in New Orleans, La., &c Columbus, OH: n. p., 1861.
• Jackson, John Andrew. The Experience of a Slave in South Carolina. London: Passmore and Alabaster, 1862.
• Jones, Thomas H. The Experience of Thomas H. Jones, Who Was a Slave for Forty-three years. Written by a Friend, As Given to Him by Brother Jones. Boston: Bazin and Chandler, 1862.
• Elizabeth, 1766-1866. Memoir of Old Elizabeth, a Coloured Woman. Philadelphia: Collins, 1863.
• Fedric, Francis. Slave Life in Virginia and Kentucky; or, Fifty Years of Slavery in the Southern States of America. Ed. Rev. Charles Lee. London: Wertheim, Macintosh, and Hunt, 1863.
• (no author). A Thrilling Narrative from the Lips of the Sufferers of the Late Detriot Riot, March 6, 1863. With the Hair Breadth Escapes of Men, Women and Children, and Destruction of Colored Men’s Property, Not Less than $15,000.00. Detroit: The Author, 1863.
• Green, Jacob D., b. 1813. Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green, a Runaway Slave, from Kentucky, Containing an Account of His Three Escapes, in 1839, 1846, and 1848. Huddersfield, Eng.: Henry Fielding, 1864.
• Mars, James, b. 1790. Life of James Mars, a Slave Born and Sold in Connecticut. Written by Himself. Hartford: Case, Lockwood, 1864.

1865-1880

• Charlton, Lewis. Sketch of the Life of Mr. Lewis Charlton, and Reminiscences of Slavery. Ed. Edward Everett Brown. Portland, ME: Daily Press, 1870?
• Adams, John Quincy, b. 1845. Narrative of the Life of John Quincy Adams, When in Slavery, and Now as a Freeman.Harrisburg, PA: Sieg, 1872.
• Henry, Thomas W., b. 1794. Autobiography of Thomas W. Henry of the A. M. E. Church. Baltimore: The Author, 1872.
• Said, Nicholas The Autobiography of Nicholas Said, a Native of Bornou, Eastern Soudan, Central Africa. Memphis: Shotwell, 1873.
• Webb, William, b. 1836. The History of William Webb, Composed by Himself. Detroit: Egbert Hoekstra, 1873.
• Williams, James, b. 1825. Life and Adventures of James Williams, a Fugitive Slave, with a Full Description of the Underground Railroad. San Francisco: Women’s Union, 1873.
• Thompson, Charles, b. 1833. Biography of a Slave; Being the Experiences of Rev. Charles Thompson, a Preacher of the United Brethren Church, While a Slave in the South. Dayton, OH: United Brethren, 1875.
• Truth, Sojourner, 1797(?)-1883. Narrative of Sojourner Truth; a Bondswoman of Olden Time, Emancipated by the New York Legislature in the Early Part of the Present Century; with a History of Her Labors and Correspondence, Drawn from Her “Book of Life.” Boston: For the Author, 1875.
• Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883. “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. Ed. John Lobb. London: “Christian Age” Office, 1876.
• Flipper, Henry Ossian, 1845-1940. The Colored Cadet at West Point; Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U. S. A., First Graduate of Color from the U. S. Military Academy. New York: H. Lee, 1878.
• Stroyer, Jacob, 1849-1908. Sketches of My Life in the South. Part I. Salem, MA: Salem Press, 1879.

1880-1889

• Blair, Norvel. Book for the People! To be Read by all Voters, Black and White, with Thrilling Events of the Life of Norvel Blair, of Grundy County, State of Illinois. Written and Published by Him, and with the Money He Earned by His Own Labor, and is Sent Out with the Sincere Hope that if Carefully Read, it will Tend to Put a Stop to Northern Bull-Dozing and will Give to all a Free Ballot, without Fear, Favor or Affection and Respect. Joliet, IL: Joliet Daily Record, 1880.
• Brown, William Wells, 1814-1884. My Southern Home; or the South and Its People. Boston: A. G. Brown, 1880.

1881-1900

• Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. Life and Times of Frederick Douglass Written by Himself. His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History to the Present Time. Hartford, CT: Park, 1881.
• Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883. An Autobiography of Rev. Josiah Henson (“Uncle Tom”) from 1789-1881. Ed. John Lobb. London, Ontario: Schuyler, Smith and co., 1881.
• Smith, David, b. 1784. Biography of Rev. David Smith of the A. M. E. Church; Being a Complete History, Embracing over Sixty Years’ Labor in the Advancement of the Redeemer’s Kingdom on Earth. Xenia, OH: Xenia Gazette Office, 1881.
• Smith, James Lindsay. Autobiography of James L. Smith, Including, Also, Reminiscences of Slave Life, Recollections of the War, Education of Freedmen, Causes of the Exodus, etc. Norwich, CT: The Bulletin, 1881.
• Ferebee, London R., b. 1849. A Brief History of the Slave Life of Rev. L. R. Ferebee, and the Battles of Life, and Four Years of His Ministerial Life. Written from Memory, to 1882. Raleigh, NC: Edwards, Broughton, 1882.
• Dubois, Silvia, 1768-1889. Silvia Dubois, (now 116 years old): a Biografy of the Slav Who Whipt Her Mistres and Gand Her Fredom. Ed. Cornelius Wilson Larison. Ringoes, NJ: Larison, 1883.
• Jones, Friday, 1810-1887. Days of Bondage. Autobiography of Friday Jones. Being a Brief Narrative of His Trials and Tribulations in Slavery. Washington, DC: The Author, 1883.
• Truth, Sojourner, 1979(?)-1883. Narrative of Sojourner Truth; A Bondswoman of Olden Time, with a History of Her Labors and Correspondence Drawn from Her “Book of Life”; also, A Memorial Chapter Giving the Particulars of Her Last Sickness & Death. Ed. Frances W. Titus. Battle Creek, MI: The Author, 1884.
• Jones, Thomas H. The Experience of Rev. Thomas H. Jones, Who Was a Slave for Forty-Three Years. Written by a Friend, as Related to Him by Brother Jones. New Bedford: E. Anthony & Sons, Printers, 1885.
• Marrs, Elijah Preston, 1840-1910. Life and History of the Rev. Elijah P. Marrs. Louisville: Bradley and Gilbert, 1885.
• Stroyer, Jacob, 1849-1908. My Life in the South. Salem, MA: Salem Observer Book and Job Print, 1885.
• Williams, Isaac D., 1821-1898. Sunshine and Shadow of Slave Life: Reminiscences As Told by Isaac D. Williams to “Tege.”Ed. William Ferguson Goldie. East Saginaw, MI: Evening News, 1885.
• James, Thomas, 1804-1891. Life of Rev. Thomas James, by Himself. Rochester, NY: Post Express, 1886.
• Green, Elisha Winfield. Life of the Rev. Elisha W. Green, One of the Founders of the Kentucky Normal and Theological Institute – Now the State University of Louisville; Eleven Years Moderator of the Mt. Zion Baptist Association; Five Years Moderator of the Consolidated Baptist Educational Association and Over Thirty Years Pastor of the Colored Baptist Churches of Maysville and Paris. Maysville, KY: Republican, 1888.
• Elizabeth, 1766-1866. Elizabeth, a Colored Minister of the Gospel Born in Slavery. Philadelphia: Tract Assoc. of Friends, 1889.
• Veney, Bethany, b. 1815. The Narrative of Bethany Veney, a Slave Woman. Ed. M. W. G. Worcester, MA: George H. Ellis, 1889.
• Albert, Octavia V. Rogers (Octavia Victoria Rogers), 1853-1889. The House of Bondage, or, Charlotte Brooks and Other Slaves, Original and Life Like, As They Appeared in Their Old Plantation and City Slave Life; Together with Pen-Pictures of the Peculiar Institution, with Sights and Insights into Their New Relations as Freedmen, Freemen, and Citizens. New York: Hunt and Eaton, 1890.
• Anderson, Robert, b. 1819. The Life of Rev. Robert Anderson: Born the 22d of February, in the Year of Our Lord 1819, and Joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1839. This Book Shall Be Called The Young Men’s Guide, or, The Brother in White. Macon, GA: J. W. Burke, 1892.
• Delaney, Lucy Ann Berry. From the Darkness Cometh the Light; or, Struggles for Freedom. St. Louis: J. T. Smith, 1891.
• Smith, Harry, b. 1815. Fifty Years of Slavery in the United States of America. Grand Rapids, MI: West Michigan, 1891.
• Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. Life and Times of Frederick Douglass Written by Himself. His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History to the Present Time. Boston: De Wolfe & Fiske, 1892.
• Johnson, Thomas Lewis, b. 1836. Africa for Christ: Twenty-eight Years a Slave. London: Alexander and Shepheard, 1892.
• Walker, William, b. 1819? Buried Alive (Behind Prison Walls) for a Quarter of a Century: Life of William Walker. Ed. Thomas S. Gaines. Saginaw, MI: Friedman and Hynan, 1892.
• Mason, Isaac, 1822-. Life of Isaac Mason As a Slave. Worcester, MA: The Author, 1893.
• Randolph, Peter, 1825-1897. From Slave Cabin to the Pulpit: The Autobiography of Rev. Peter Randolph: The Southern Question Illustrated and Sketches of Slave Life. Boston: James H. Earle, 1893.
• 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, 1893.
• Henry, George, b. 1819. Life of George Henry. Together with a Brief History of the Colored People in America. Providence: The Author, 1894.
• Anderson, Robert, b. 1819. The Anderson Surpriser. Written After He was 75 Years of Age. Macon, Ga.: The Author, 1895.
• Bruce, Henry Clay, 1836-1902. The New Man. Twenty-nine Years a Slave. Twenty-nine Years a Free Man. Recollections of H. C. Bruce. York, PA: P. Anstadt, 1895.
• Parker, Allen, b. 1837. Recollections of Slavery Times. Worcester, MA: Charles W. Burbank, 1895.
• Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. Negerslaven: Frederick Douglas’ Liv og Virklomhed. Tr. A. Boe. Oslo, Norway: Oscar Andersens Forlag, 1896.
• O’Neal, William. Life and History of William O’Neal, or, The Man Who Sold His Wife. St. Louis, MO: A. R. Fleming, 1896.
• Smith, Venture, 1729-1805. A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa, but Resident Above Sixty Years in the United States of America. Related by Himself. New London: Printed in 1798. Reprinted A. D. 1835, and Published by a Descendant of Venture. Revised and Republished with Traditions by H. M. Selden, Haddam, Conn., 1896.Middletown, Conn.: J. S. Stewart, Printer and Bookbinder, 1897.
• Hughes, Louis, 1832-1913. Thirty Years a Slave. From Bondage to Freedom. The Institution of Slavery As Seen on the Plantation and in the Home of the Planter. Autobiography of Louis Hughes. Milwaukee: South Side, 1897.
• Drumgoold, Kate. A Slave Girl’s Story. Being the Autobiography of Kate Drumgoold. Brooklyn: The Author, 1898.
• Holsey, Lucius Henry, 1842-1920. Autobiography, Sermons, Addresses, and Essays of Bishop L. H. Holsey. Atlanta: Franklin, 1898.

1900-1930

• Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1856-1915. The Story of My Life and Work. Naperville, IL: J. L. Nichols, 1900.
• Jeter, Henry Norval, 1851-1938. Pastor Henry N. Jeter’s Twenty-Five Years Experience with the Shiloh Baptist Church and Her History. Providence: Remington, 1901.
• Johnson, Isaac, 1844-1905. Slavery Days in Old Kentucky. A True Story of a Father Who Sold His Wife and Four Children. By One of the Children. Ogdensburg, NY: Republican and Journal, 1901.
• Mallory, William, b. 1826. Old Plantation Days. Hamilton, Ont.: The Author, 1901-2?.
• Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1856-1915. Up from Slavery. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, 1901.
• Chesney, Pharoah Jackson, 1781?- and John Coram Webster, b. 1851-. Last of the Pioneers or Old Times in East Tenn., Being the Life and Reminiscences of Pharoah Jackson Chesney (Aged 120 Years). Knoxville, TN: S. B. Newman & Co., Printers, 1902.
• Garlick, Charles A., b. 1827. Life Including His Escape and Struggle for Liberty of Charles . Garlick, Born a Slave in Old Virginia. Jefferson, OH: J. A. Howells, 1902.
• Taylor, Susie King, b. 1848. Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops, Late 1st S. C. Volunteers. Boston: The Author, 1902.
• Latta, Morgan London, b. 1853. The History of My Life and Work: Autobiography. Raleigh: The Author, 1903.
• Love, Nat, 1854-1921. The Life and Adventures of Nat Love, Better Known in the Cattle Country as “Deadwood Dick.” By Himself. A True History of Slavery Days, Life on the Great Cattle Ranges and on the Plains of the “Wild and Wooly” West, Based on Facts, and Personal Experience of the Author. Los Angeles: The Author, 1907.
• Clement, Samuel Spottford, b. 1861. Memoirs of Samuel Spottford Clement: Relating Interesting Experiences in Days of Slavery and Freedom. Ed. Sara Ovington. Steubenville, OH: Herald, 1908.
• Burton, Annie L., b. 1858. Memories of Childhood’s Slavery Days. Boston: Ross, 1909.
• Johnson, Thomas Lewis, b. 1836. Twenty-eight Years a Slave : or, The Story of My Life in Three Continents. Bournemouth, Eng.: W. Mate, 1909.
• Arter, Jared Maurice, b. 1850. Echoes from a Pioneer Life. Atlanta: A. B. Caldwell, 1922.
• Singleton, William Henry, b. 1835. Recollections of My Slavery Days. Peekskill, NY: Highland Democrat, 1922.
• Brown, Sterling Nelson, 1858-1929. My Own Life Story. Washington, DC: Hamilton, 1924.
• Heard, William Henry, 1850-1937. From Slavery to the Bishopric in the A. M. E. Church: an Autobiography. Philadelphia: A. M. E. Book Concern, 1924.
• Holley, James W. b. 1848. Life History of J. W. Holley; the Old Faithful Servant. Born and Reared a Slave. After Freedom Became a Worker in the Master’s Vineyard. Columbus, Ohio: the Author, 1924.
• Said, Omar ibn, b. 1770?-1863 or 4. ”Autobiography of Omar ibn Said, Slave in North Carolina, 1831.” Ed. John Franklin Jameson. From The American Historical Review 30 (1925), 787-795.
• Ray, Emma J. Smith, b. 1859 and Lloyd P. Ray, b. 1860. Twice Sold, Twice Ransomed: Autobiography of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Ray. Chicago: Free Methodist, 1926.
• Anderson, Robert, 1843-1930. From Slavery to Affluence; Memoirs of Robert Anderson, Ex-slave. Ed. Daisy Anderson. Hemingford, NE: Hemingford Ledger, 1927.
• Aleckson, Sam, 1852-1914. Before the War, and After the Union: An Autobiography. Boston: Gold Mind, 1929.
• Branham, Levi, b. 1852. My Life and Travels. Dalton, GA: A. J. Showalter, 1929.