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Lessons of the Hour (1894)

Hon. Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895

African American Literature

214 volumes

The books and pamphlets in this collection, generally published in the latter half of the 19th century, chronicle the lives and issues of African Americans during that time.

A collection of revival hymns and plantation melodies
  • Author: Taylor, Marshall W. (Marshall William); Dawson, William Levi; Robinson, Josephine; Libraries), William L. Dawson Library (Emory University General
  • Published: 1890
  • Publisher: Cincinnati: Cincinnati : Cranston and Stowe
  • Added: May 18, 2022, 8:45 a.m.

A collection of revival hymns and plantation melodies
  • Author: Taylor, Marshall W. (Marshall William); Robinson, Josephine
  • Published: 1882
  • Publisher: Cincinnati: Cincinnati : M.W. Taylor and W.C. Echols
  • Added: May 18, 2022, 8:53 a.m.

Address by Hon. Frederick Douglass, delivered in the Metropolitan A.M.E. Church, Washington
  • Author: Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.; Metropolitan A.M.E. Church (Washington, D.C.)
  • Published: 1894
  • Publisher: Baltimore: Press of Thomas & Evans
  • Added: Oct. 30, 2019, 10:13 a.m.

A discourse delivered in the Second Presbyterian Church, Elizabeth, N.J., August 6th, 1863, on occa…
  • Author: Francis Hart & Co; Magie, David
  • Published: 1863
  • Publisher: New York: Francis Hart & Co
  • Added: May 25, 2022, 10:45 a.m.

Africa and America : addresses and discourses
  • Author: Crummell, Alexander
  • Published: 1891
  • Publisher: Springfield: Springfield, Mass. : Willey & Co.
  • Added: June 2, 2022, 8:56 a.m.

Africa and the American Negro : addresses and proceedings of the Congress on Africa, held under the…
  • Author: Seminary, Gammon Theological; Woodson, Carter Godwin; Congress on Africa (1895 : Atlanta, Ga ); Africa, Stewart Missionary Foundation for; Bowen, J. …
  • Published: 1896
  • Publisher: Atlanta: Atlanta : Gammon Theological Seminary
  • Added: June 2, 2022, 8:58 a.m.

African slavery regarded from an unusual stand-point : territorial abstractions ignored as now imma…
  • Author: National Democratic Union Club (Harrisburg, Pa)
  • Published: 1860
  • Publisher: Harrisburg: [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Printed by L. Towers
  • Added: June 2, 2022, 8:59 a.m.

Africa's redemption : a discourse on African colonization in its missionary aspects, and in its rel…
  • Author: Ruffner, William Henry
  • Published: 1852
  • Publisher: Philadelphia: Philadelphia : W.S. Martien
  • Added: June 2, 2022, 9:01 a.m.

Afro-American encyclopaedia, or, The thoughts, doings, and sayings of the race : embracing addresse…
  • Author: Haley, James T.; Association for the Study of African-American Life and History; Settle, William B.; Washington, Booker T.; Woodson, Carter Godwin
  • Published: 1895
  • Publisher: Nashville, Tenn: Nashville, Tenn. : Haley & Florida
  • Added: June 2, 2022, 9:02 a.m.

Afro-American encyclopaedia, or, The thoughts, doings, and sayings of the race : embracing addresse…
  • Author: Washington, Booker T.; Haley, James T.
  • Published: 1896
  • Publisher: Nashville, Tenn.: Nashville, Tenn. : Haley & Florida
  • Added: June 2, 2022, 9:04 a.m.