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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.

Memorial services : tribute to the Hon. Charles Sumner, held in St. Phillip's A.M.E. Church, Savann…
  • Author: Turner, Henry McNeal; Simms, James M. (James Meriles); Patton, D. G.
  • Published: 1874
  • Publisher: Savannah, GA: Savannah : D.G. Patton, Printer
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 8:31 a.m.

Men of mark : eminent, progressive and rising
  • Author: Haven, A. G.; Turner, Henry McNeal; Simmons, William J.
  • Published: 1887
  • Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland, Ohio : Geo. M. Rewell & Co.
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 8:33 a.m.

Mes années d'esclavage et de liberté
  • Author: Douglass, Frederick; Gasparin, Valérie Boissier de
  • Published: 1883
  • Publisher: Paris: Paris : E. Plon et cie
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 8:34 a.m.

Mid-day gleanings : a book for home and holiday reading
  • Author: Franklin, James Thomas; Murray, Daniel Alexander Payne
  • Published: 1893
  • Publisher: Memphis, Tenn.: Memphis, Tenn. : Tracy Printing and Stationery Co.
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 8:35 a.m.

My bondage and my freedom
  • Author: Douglass, Frederick; Smith, James McCune
  • Published: 1857
  • Publisher: New York: New York : Miller, Orton & Co.
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 8:37 a.m.

My bondage and my freedom
  • Author: Libraries), Louise Thompson Patterson Library (Emory University General; Patterson, William L. (William Lorenzo); Woodson, Carter Godwin; Douglass, F…
  • Published: 1855
  • Publisher: New York: New York : Miller, Orton & Mulligan
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 8:38 a.m.

My life in the South
  • Author: Stroyer, Jacob
  • Published: 1885
  • Publisher: Salem, Mass: Salem [Mass.] : Salem Observer Book and Job Print
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 8:39 a.m.

My southern home, or, The South and its people
  • Author: Brown, William Wells
  • Published: 1880
  • Publisher: Boston: Boston : A.G. Brown
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 8:40 a.m.

Narrative of privations and sufferings of United States officers & soldiers while prisoners of war …
  • Author: Commission, United States Sanitary
  • Published: 1864
  • Publisher: Boston: Boston, Office of Littell's living Age
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 8:41 a.m.

Narrative of the adventures and escape of Moses Roper, from American slavery
  • Author: Roper, Moses
  • Published: 1846
  • Publisher: Berwick-upon-Tweed: Published for the Author, and printed at the Warder Office
  • Added: Jan. 26, 2022, 3:51 p.m.