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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.

Notices of Negro slavery as connected with Pennsylvania
  • Author: Bettle, Edward; Pennsylvania, Historical Society of
  • Published: 1864
  • Publisher: Philadelphia: [Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co., for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania]
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Oration delivered in Corinthian Hall, Rochester
  • Author: Garrison, William Lloyd; Porter, Susan Farley; Douglass, Frederick; Vivian, C. T.; Society, Rochester Ladies' Anti-slavery Sewing; Lee, Mann & Co
  • Published: 1852
  • Publisher: Rochester, N.Y.: Rochester [N.Y.] : Printed by Lee, Mann & Co.
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 9:01 a.m.

Our burden and our strength, or, A comprehensive and popular examination of the debt and resources …
  • Author: Wells, David Ames; York, Loyal Publication Society of New
  • Published: 1864
  • Publisher: New York: New York : Loyal Publication Society
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 9:02 a.m.

Peace through victory : sermon
  • Author: York, Loyal Publication Society of New; Thompson, Joseph Parrish
  • Published: 1864
  • Publisher: New York: New York : Loyal Publication Society
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 9:03 a.m.

Poems
  • Author: Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins
  • Published: 1896
  • Publisher: Philadelphia: Philadelphia : George S. Ferguson
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 9:06 a.m.

Proceedings at the second anniversary meeting of the Loyal publication society, February 11, 1865 :…
  • Author: Stevens, John Austin; York, Loyal Publication Society of New
  • Published: 1865
  • Publisher: New York: New York, Loyal Publication Society
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 9:09 a.m.

Proceedings of the Convention of the Equal Rights and Educational Association of Georgia : assemble…
  • Author: Bryant, John Emory; Georgia Equal Rights and Educational Association. Convention (1866 : Macon, Ga )
  • Published: 1866
  • Publisher: Augusta, Ga: Augusta, Ga. : Printed at the office of The Loyal Georgian ...
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 9:12 a.m.

Proceedings of the one hundredth anniversary of the granting of warrant 459 to African Lodge, at Bo…
  • Author: Massachusetts, Freemasons Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the State of; Woodson, Carter Godwin; Association for the Study of African-American Life and His…
  • Published: 1885
  • Publisher: Boston: Boston : Franklin Press
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 9:17 a.m.

Proceedings of the semi-centenary celebration of the African Methodist Episcopal Church of Cincinna…
  • Author: Watkin, Henry; Arnett, Benjamin William; Cincinnati, African Methodist Episcopal Church of
  • Published: 1874
  • Publisher: Cincinnati: Cincinnati : H. Watkin, printer
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 9:18 a.m.

Proceedings of the trustees of the John F. Slater Fund for the Education of Freedmen 1883
  • Author: Crawford, William H.; Freedmen, John F. Slater Fund for the Education of
  • Published: 1883
  • Publisher: Baltimore: Baltimore : John Murphy
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 12:33 p.m.