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Born the son of a prince, Venture Smith was captured and sold into slavery as a boy. Taken to Barbados across the Middle Passage, he was bought by Robinson Mumford from the colony of Rhode Island. There, he experienced firsthand the horrors of American slavery. A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture is an autobiography by Venture Smith.

At a meeting of the Rochester Ladies¿ Anti-Slavery Society on July 5th, 1852, Frederick Douglass, a writer and orator who escaped from slavery, gave a speech that would go down in history. What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? is an impassioned cry for freedom, exposing the emptiness of democratic ideals in a nation built by slaves.

Hiding by day, running by night, living off prayers and will, thousands of slaves had to risk all they had in order to achieve what others are given at birth¿freedom. The Underground Railroad is an intimate view of the experiences, heartaches, and triumphs of those who used the system. Told by the father of the system himself, The Underground Railroad is a collection of records kept by author William Still. Using narratives, letters, facts and first-hand accounts all witnessed by Still, The Underground Railroad tells the stories of hundreds of those who escaped slavery, offering readers a close and historically accurate look into the lives of slaves fighting for refuge.

Despite being a medical professional and a veteran of the First World War, Dr. Kenneth Harper finds it difficult to overcome the deep inequities of life in the American South. Determined to open a clinic in his native Georgia, he encounters opposition from neighbors and the Ku Klux Klan. The Fire in the Flint is a novel by Walter Francis White.

An honest account of one man's enslavement and eventual liberation. Narrative of William W. Brown is an autobiography detailing the life of an African American who is subjected to the cruelty and dehumanization of slavery. It follows his epic journey from working on a plantation to a successful literary career.

A groundbreaking account of a formerly enslaved woman's journey to freedom. The Narrative of Sojourner Truth is the tumultuous life story of Isabella Baumfree who was later known as Sojourner Truth. She details her escape from bondage and travels across the country as a preacher, abolitionist and women's rights activist.

The Civil War has come and gone, leaving countless formerly enslaved African Americans to rebuild a land destroyed in its effort to preserve its immoral institutions. On John Vance's plantation, many of these people remain to work for their former master. Among them, Enoch stands out. Hope's Highway: A Novel is a historical novel by Sarah Lee Brown Fleming.

"I hear the talk of the white man's hope / [...] / But never a word of the black man's hope / Do I hear as time doth roll." In these poems of identity and love, Fleming proves herself a poet of humanity, in all its shapes and shades. Clouds and Sunshine is a poetry collection by Sarah Lee Brown Fleming.

Through a heavy oaken door, worn with age, the reader enters the home of Mrs. Brewster, a carpenter's daughter whose marriage to a merchant is characterized by unhappiness and abuse. As her daughter prepares to marry a wealthy man, she dreams of a better life. True Love: A Story of English Domestic Life is a novel by Sarah E. Farro.

"Remember, Christians, Negroes, black as Cain, / May be refin'd, and join th' angelic train." Stolen from Africa, Phillis Wheatley persevered through enslavement to become the first published African American poet. These poems of faith, empowerment, and the experience of enslavement not only capture the heart of their author, but illuminate her astounding expertise in classical poetic form.

Accused of murdering her father after he discovered her mixed racial heritage, Talma Gordon is put on trial. Facing vicious threats of violence from her white neighbors, Talma is left with little hope of defending herself and restoring her once flawless reputation. Talma Gordon, a pioneering murder mystery, is a short story by Pauline E. Hopkins.

"Was Christ not crucified?" In August 1831, Nat Turner led a group of fellow slaves and freedmen in insurrection against the white slaveholding class in Southampton County, Virginia. Although Nat Turner's Rebellion was defeated, the spirit of liberation he embodied would inspire generations of abolitionists and revolutionaries to come. The Confessions of Nat Turner is a record of his life.

The autobiography of a free African American woman and her adventures across the globe. A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince is a detailed account of Nancy Prince's life story told in her own words. It's an inspiring tale of perseverance in the midst of adversity.

"Lying and stealing is the white man's game / For rights of God nor man he has no shame / (A practice of his throughout the whole world) / At all, great thunderbolts he has hurled." Reflecting on his love for the Black woman, religion and Black pride, The Tragedy of White Injustice and Other Meditations is a collection of impromptu poetry from the one and only, Marcus Garvey.

Born in Illinois, Polly Crocket was stolen into slavery as a young girl and taken to Missouri. Years later, she fought for freedom in the courts for her and her daughter Lucy. In From the Darkness Cometh the Light, Lucy recalls her mother's bravery, their unbreakable bond, and incidents from her own life as a free African American woman.

"Salvation comes by Jesus Christ alone, / The only Son of God; / Redemption now to every one, / That love his holy Word." With these words of praise, Jupiter Hammon, a fifty-year-old slave from Long Island, New York, changed American literature forever. The Collected Poems and Prose of Jupiter Hammon compiles the work of America's first published black writer.

A vibrant retelling of William Wells Brown's tumultuous life story. Biography of an American Bondman by His Daughter is a compelling narrative from Josephine Brown that offers a new depiction of her father. The book was written to replace his autobiography, which at the time, was no longer in print.

"O brothers mine, to-day we stand / Where half a century sweeps our ken, / Since God, through Lincoln's ready hand, / Struck off our bonds and made us men." In Fifty Years and Other Poems, his second collection of poetry, poet and civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson reflects on emancipation while remaining hopeful for a brighter future to come.

"America, it is to thee, / Thou boasted land of liberty,- / It is to thee I raise my song, / Thou land of blood, and crime, and wrong." In America and Other Poems, his first and only book of poems, J.M. Whitfield rejects the myth of liberty, longing instead for when the sufferings of the enslaved "shall be redressed."

In May 1892, Ida B. Wells published an editorial in the Memphis Free Speech and Headlight reporting on the recent lynching of eight Black men across the American South. Angered by her criticism of the common "alarm about raping white women," a group of white men destroyed the newspaper's office. Southern Horrors is a pamphlet by Ida B. Wells.

A riveting examination of racial violence in America that occurred in the late-1800s. The Red Record: Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States, by Ida B. Wells, is an exemplary investigative report that details a wave of brutal murders plaguing African Americans, particularly in the South.

Following the death of her husband, a free black man, Mag leaves her young daughter Frado in the care of the Bellmont family. After several days, having realized that Frado has been abandoned, they put the girl to work as an indentured servant. Our Nig; or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black is a novel by Harriet E. Wilson.

"The heart of a woman goes forth with the dawn, / As a lone bird, soft winging, so restlessly on." In The Heart of a Woman and Other Poems, Georgia Douglas Johnson reflects on the experience of the African American woman of the early twentieth century. Celebrated for her lyrical brilliance, Johnson is a remarkable poet of the Harlem Renaissance.

Sitting down for dinner, Mr. Listwell is interrupted by a knock at the door. He finds Madison Washington, a local slave, standing on his threshold. Missing for years, Madison had been presumed to have made his way North or at least died trying. Hungry and desperate, he asks Mr. Listwell for help. The Heroic Slave is a novella by Frederick Douglass.

John Anderson and Paul Clifford may be friends, but their moral and religious outlooks-uniquely influenced by their identities as businessman-tend to differ, especially where temperance is concerned. Paul, whose father died an alcoholic, opposes drinking, while John, who hopes to open a saloon, is himself a joyful imbiber. Sowing and Reaping is a novel by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.

On a plantation in the South, a slave named Miriam mourns the death of her only daughter. Forced to give birth in their cabin, Agnes succumbed moments after her son entered the world. When Camilla, the master's daughter, discovers the light-skinned, blue-eyed boy, she convinces her father to send him north. Minnie's Sacrifice is a novel by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.

"The beautiful part about the colored race in America, is the future. As a mixed race we are undeveloped. We may become whatever we WILL to become." In The Colored Girl Beautiful, Emma Azalia Hackley envisions the future as an opportunity for African American girls to grow into intelligent, independent young women for whom nothing is impossible.

In 1906, a teacher takes flight in an experimental airship. As his friend attempts to control the unruly machine, a broken instrument sets the dirigible on an uncontrollable ascent. Passing out, he wakes up a century later in a strange new world, a utopian society where anti-Blackness has been eradicated entirely. Light Ahead for the Negro is a novel by Edward A. Johnson.