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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.

Rebellion, slavery and peace
  • Author: Upham, Nathaniel G. (Nathaniel Gookin)
  • Published: 1864
  • Publisher: New York: New York : Loyal Publication Society
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 12:36 p.m.

Recollections of the inhabitants, localities, superstitions and Kuklux outrages of the Carolinas
  • Author: Green, John Patterson; Green, John Patterson
  • Published: 1880
  • Publisher: Cleveland: [Cleveland? : s.n.]
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 12:37 p.m.

Relief for East Tennessee : meeting at Cooper institute, Thursday evening, March 10, 1864 : address…
  • Author: Taylor, N. G. (Nathaniel Green); Walbridge, Hiram
  • Published: 1864
  • Publisher: New York: New York : W.C. Bryant & Co., printers
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 12:38 p.m.

Report of the minority of the Select Committee on Emancipation, relative to the bill to establish a…
  • Author: Woodson, Carter Godwin; Emancipation, United States Congress House Select Committee on; Association for the Study of African-American Life and History
  • Published: 1864
  • Publisher: Washington, D.C: [Washington, D.C.? : G.P.O.?]
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 12:39 p.m.

Report of the proceedings of the great anti-slavery meeting held in the Rev. Mr. Cairn's church, on…
  • Author: Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879.; Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.; Cincinnatus.; Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882.
  • Published: 1846
  • Publisher: Paisley, Scotland: Alex. Gardner, printer
  • Added: Jan. 26, 2022, 5:15 p.m.

Resources of the United States : report to the International Statistical Congress at Berlin
  • Author: Ruggles, Samuel B. (Samuel Bulkley); York, Loyal Publication Society of New
  • Published: 1864
  • Publisher: New York: New York : Loyal Publication Society
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 12:40 p.m.

Results of the serf emancipation in Russia
  • Author: Láng, J.
  • Published: 1864
  • Publisher: New York: New York, Loyal publication Society
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 12:42 p.m.

Ritual and degree book of the United Brothers of Friendship : containing forms and ceremonies of th…
  • Author: Wilson, J. H.; Friendship, United Brothers of
  • Published: 1894
  • Publisher: Louisville, Ky.: [Louisville, Ky.? : United Brothers of Friendship?]
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 12:43 p.m.

Select sermons
  • Author: Gordon, Charles Benjamin William; Gordon, Maggie W.
  • Published: 1889
  • Publisher: Petersburg, Va.: Petersburg, Va. : C.B.W. Gordon and Co.
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 12:44 p.m.

Separation or continuity, which?, or, A colored man's reply to Bishop Foster's book, "Union of Epis…
  • Author: Thomas, I. L. (Isaac Lemuel)
  • Published: 1893
  • Publisher: Baltimore: Baltimore : H.H. Smith
  • Added: June 21, 2022, 12:46 p.m.