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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 speech on the present duties and future destiny of the Negro race
  • Author: Turner, Henry McNeal; Simms, James M. (James Meriles)
  • Published: 1872
  • Publisher: Savannah: [Savannah, Ga.?] : Lyceum for the benefit of the young colored men who are laboring to make themselves intelligent and useful
  • Added: May 31, 2022, 9:22 a.m.

A treatise on domestic education
  • Author: Woodson, Carter Godwin; Payne, Daniel Alexander; Association for the Study of African-American Life and History
  • Published: 1889
  • Publisher: Cincinnati: Cincinnati : Printed by Cranston & Stowe for the author
  • Added: June 2, 2022, 8:53 a.m.

A voice from the South
  • Author: Woodson, Carter Godwin; Cooper, Anna J. (Anna Julia); Association for the Study of African-American Life and History
  • Published: 1892
  • Publisher: Xenia: Xenia, Ohio : Aldine Printing House
  • Added: June 2, 2022, 8:55 a.m.

Behind the scenes, or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House
  • Author: Keckley, Elizabeth
  • Published: 1868
  • Publisher: New York: New York : G.W. Carleton & Co.
  • Added: June 2, 2022, 9:15 a.m.

"Black Jacob," a monument of grace the life of Jacob Hodges, an African Negro, who died in Canandai…
  • Author: Eddy, A. D. (Ansel Doane)
  • Published: 1842
  • Publisher: Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union
  • Added: Oct. 29, 2019, 4:15 p.m.

Cabin and plantation songs : as sung by the Hampton students
  • Author: Fenner, Thomas P.
  • Published: 1875
  • Publisher: New York: New York : G.P. Putnam's sons
  • Added: June 2, 2022, 9:16 a.m.

Catalogue of the officers and students of Howard University, District of Columbia. : 1869-'70.
  • Author: Judd & Detweiler; University, Howard
  • Published: 1870
  • Publisher: Washington, D.C.: Washington, D.C.: : Judd & Detweiler, printers.
  • Added: June 2, 2022, 9:17 a.m.

Catalogue of the teachers and students of Howard Normal School, Cuthbert, Ga. : with a statement of…
  • Author: Wright, Richard Robert; Howard Normal School (Cuthbert, Ga )
  • Published: 1878
  • Publisher: Cuthbert, Ga.: Cuthbert, Ga. : J.L. Tucker
  • Added: June 2, 2022, 9:19 a.m.

Charitable institutions in colored churches
  • Author: Crummell, Alexander; Crummell, Alexander; Libraries), Alexander Crummell Pamphlet Collection (Emory University General; Churches, Ministers' Meeting …
  • Published: 1892
  • Publisher: Washington, D.C: [Washington, D.C.] : Press of R.L. Pendleton ...
  • Added: June 2, 2022, 9:20 a.m.

Cheap cotton by free labor
  • Author: Atkinson, Edward; Association for the Study of African-American Life and History; Woodson, Carter Godwin
  • Published: 1861
  • Publisher: Boston: Boston : A. Williams
  • Added: June 2, 2022, 9:21 a.m.