Born a Slave: Anthology

This collection includes over 100 slave narratives and more than a thousands transcripts of recorded interviews made with former salves in the first half of 20th century:Life of William Grimes, the Runaway SlaveNarrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern SlaveThe History of Mary PrinceThe Blind African Slave (Boyrereau Brinch)The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah EquianoThe Life and Adventures of Zamba, an African King (Zamba Zembola)A Narrative of Some Remarkable Incidents in the Life of Solomon BayleyRunning a Thousand Miles for Freedom (William and Ellen Craft)Behind The Scenes: Thirty Years a Slave & Four Years in the White House (Elizabeth Keckley)Father Henson's Story of His Own Life (Josiah Henson)Fifty Years in Chains; or, the Life of an American Slave (Charles Ball)Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses RoperNarrative of Henry Watson - A Fugitive SlaveSlave Life in Georgia: A Narrative of the Life Sufferingsand Escape of John BrownThe Rev. J. W. Loguen, as a Slave and as a Freeman, a Narrative of Real LifeThe Experience of a Slave in South Carolina (John Andrew Jackson)The Willie Lynch Letter: The Making of Slave! (Willie Lynch)A Slave Girl's Story (Kate Drumgoold)Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveLife and Times of Frederick DouglassMy Bondage and My FreedomIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)Harriet: The Moses of Her PeopleBooker T. Washington:Up From SlaveryThe Story of My Life and WorkThe Story of Slavery12 Years a Slave (Solomon Northup)The Confessions of Nat Turner (Nat Turner)Thirty Years a Slave: From Bondage to Freedom (Louis Hughes)Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green, a Runaway SlaveTwenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman (Austin Steward)Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave, Written by Himself (Henry Bibb)The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive SlaveThe Story of Mattie J. Jackson (L. S. Thompson)The Fugitive Blacksmith (James W. C. Pennington)From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom (Lucy A. Delaney)Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, a Slave in the United States of AmericaThe Life and Sufferings of Leonard Black, a Fugitive from SlaveryNarrative of Joanna; An Emancipated Slave, of Surinam (John Gabriel Stedman)Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Who Escaped in a 3x2 Feet Box, Written by HimselfMemoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley (Margaretta Matilda Odell)Buried Alive (Behind Prison Walls) For a Quarter of a Century. Life of William Walker (Thomas S. Gaines)Autobiography of James L. SmithSketches of the Life of Joseph Mountain, a NegroThe Kidnapped and the Ransomed (Peter Still)Twice Sold, Twice Ransomed (Emma and Lloyd Ray)Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days (Annie L. Burton)Aunt Dice: The Story of a Faithful SlaveThe Autobiography of Nicholas SaidLife of George HenrySlavery in the United States: A Narrative of Charles BallJosiah: The Maimed FugitiveBond and Free (Israel Campbell)Narrative of the Sufferings of Lewis ClarkeMy Slave Life – In Virginia and Kentucky (Francis Fedric)Buried Alive: Behind Prison Walls For a Quarter of a Century (William Walker)Sunshine and Shadow of Slave Life (Isaac D. Williams)A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture SmithThe Life History and Unparalleled Sufferings of John JeaA Narrative of the Life and Laborsof the Rev. Greensbury Washington OffleyNarrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses RoperThe Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive SlaveFrom Slavery to Wealth: The Life of Scott BondOut of the Ditch: A True Story of an Ex-Slave (Joseph Vance Lewis)Testimonies, Letters & True Life Stories:The Underground Railroad (William Still)The House of Bondage (Octavia Albert)INTERVIEWS