The Unchained

This unique collection consists of the most influential narratives of former slaves, including numerous recorded testimonies, life stories and original photos of former slaves long after Civil War:

Recorded Life Stories of Former Slaves from 17 different US States

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

12 Years a Slave (Solomon Northup)

The Underground Railroad

Harriet Jacobs: The Moses of Her People

Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)

The Willie Lynch Letter: The Making of Slave!

The Confessions of Nat Turner

Narrative of Sojourner Truth

The History of Mary Prince

Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom (William Ellen Craft)

Thirty Years a Slave (Louis Hughes)

Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

Behind The Scenes: 30 Years a Slave 4 Years in the White House (Elizabeth Keckley)

Father Henson's Story of His Own Life (Josiah Henson)

Fifty Years in Chains (Charles Ball)

Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman (Austin Steward)

Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb

The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave

The Story of Mattie J. Jackson (L. S. Thompson)

A Slave Girl's Story (Kate Drumgoold)

From the Darkness Cometh the Light (Lucy A. Delaney)

Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, a Slave in the United States of America

Narrative of Joanna

Life of Henry Box Brown, Who Escaped in a 3x2 Feet Box

Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley

Buried Alive

Sketches of the Life of Joseph Mountain

Documents:

The History of the Abolition of African Slave-Trade

History of American Abolitionism from 1787-1861

Pictures of Slavery in Church and State

Report of the Proceedings at the Examination of Charles G. Davis, Esq., on the Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave

Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases

The Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act

Emancipation Proclamation

Gettysburg Address

XIII Amendment

Civil Rights Act of 1866

XIV Amendment

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