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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.

The doctrine and discipline of the African Methodist Episcopal church : published by order of the G…
  • Author: Concern, A. M. E. Book; Embry, J. C. (James Crawford); Coan, Josephus Roosevelt; Church, African Methodist Episcopal; Flipper, J. S. (Joseph Simeon)
  • Published: 1885
  • Publisher: Philadelphia: Philadelphia : A.M.E. Book Concern
  • Added: June 28, 2022, 9:12 a.m.

The doctrine and discipline of the African Methodist Episcopal church : published by order of the G…
  • Author: Embry, J. C. (James Crawford); Coan, Josephus Roosevelt; Church, African Methodist Episcopal
  • Published: 1888
  • Publisher: Philadelphia: Philadelphia : A.M.E. Book Concern
  • Added: June 28, 2022, 9:13 a.m.

The dream, or, The true history of Deacon Giles's distillery, and Deacon Jones's brewery
  • Author: Marsh, John; Cheever, George Barrell; Crate, Henry J.; Hamilton, Thomas
  • Published: 1859
  • Publisher: New York: New York : Thomas Hamilton
  • Added: June 28, 2022, 9:14 a.m.

The experience of Rev. Thomas H. Jones, who was a slave for forty-three years
  • Author: Jones, Thomas H.
  • Published: 1880
  • Publisher: Boston: Boston : A.T. Bliss & Co.
  • Added: June 28, 2022, 9:16 a.m.

The future of Africa : being addresses, sermons, etc., etc., delivered in the Republic of Liberia
  • Author: Crummell, Alexander; Burkett, Randall K.
  • Published: 1862
  • Publisher: New York: New York : C. Scribner
  • Added: June 28, 2022, 9:17 a.m.

The great issue . An address
  • Author: Jay, John
  • Published: 1865
  • Publisher: New York: New York, Loyal publication society
  • Added: June 28, 2022, 9:19 a.m.

The grievances against Prof. G.M.P. King, principal of Wayland Seminary, Washington, D.C., as state…
  • Author: Scott, William H. (William Henry)
  • Published: 1885
  • Publisher: Washington, D.C.: [Washington, D.C. : s.n.]
  • Added: June 28, 2022, 9:20 a.m.

The Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute : opened April, 1868 : incoporated [sic] by special act…
  • Author: Normal School Press (Hampton, Va ); Institute (Va.), Hampton Normal and Agricultural
  • Published: 1879
  • Publisher: Hampton, Va: Hampton, Va. : Normal School Steam Press
  • Added: June 28, 2022, 9:21 a.m.

The history of Negro Baptists in Mississippi
  • Author: Association for the Study of African-American Life and History; Woodson, Carter Godwin; Thompson, Patrick H.
  • Published: 1898
  • Publisher: Jackson, Miss.: Jackson, Miss. : R.W. Bailey Print. Co
  • Added: June 28, 2022, 9:22 a.m.

The key to scriptural interpretation, or, Expository notes on obscure passages
  • Author: House, A. M. E. Publishing; Coppin, Levi Jenkins
  • Published: 1895
  • Publisher: Philadelphia: Philadelphia : A.M.E. Pub. House
  • Added: June 28, 2022, 9:24 a.m.