Emancipation and the war: compensation essential to peace and civiliza...
Caption title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site, and on microfilm.
Speech of Hon. J.B. Henderson of Missouri, on the abolition of slavery...
Caption title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 17117. Exchange, Wisconsin Historical Society.
The hand of God with the black race : a discourse delivered before the...
Cover title. Also available in digital form.
Constitution of the Educational Monument Association to the Memory of ...
The purpose and the organizational structure of the Association, formed by African American citizens of the District of Columbia for the purpose of erecting a national monument to Lincoln in the form of an educ... More
The Freedmen's Bureau : reports of Generals Steedman and Fullerton on ...
Caption title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 16626. Source: Source unknown.
The results of emancipation in the United States of America
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site, and on microfilm. Microfilm 41138 E replaces LC copy 1.
Emancipation and restoration to their fatherland: correlate duties of ...
Cover title. Also available in digital form.
China's menace to the world : from the forum to the public
An address to the American public about the debilitating effect of cheap Chinese immigrant labor on the American labor force and its wages, together with a warning about the rising industrial power of China. Co... More
John Brown : an address - African American Perspectives Materials
Douglass, in a highly personal speech, praises John Brown as a real hero of the abolitionist cause and seeks to promote a better understanding of the raid upon Harper's Ferry. Ends with a few words about Brown'... More
Zina, the slave girl, or, Which the traitor? : a drama in four acts
Cover title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy has inscription on p. [4] of cover: Jan 26. Formerly part of YA Pamphlet Collection: YA 24022. Source: Source unknown.
The black woman of the South : her neglects and her needs
Crummell, pastor of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., from 1879-1898, spoke out for black liberation and founded the Negro Academy. This speech focuses on the status of African American women in ... More
Last words from the South - Anti-Slavery pamphlet. Library of Congress...
Cover title. "Address delivered at the National Educational Convention, Madison, Wis., 1884"--P. [3]. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: ... More
Common sense in common schooling : a sermon
Crummell, pastor of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., from 1879 to 1898, spoke out for black liberation and founded the Negro Academy. He gives a critique of seeming trends in African American ed... More
The race problem in the churches
McGuinn, a "general missionary" in Maryland, looks at southern attitudes towards African Americans and finds southerners quite prejudiced. He then looks at black, especially Baptist, churches in the South and f... More
An address by Booker T. Washington, prin., Tuskegee Normal and Industr...
At this Lincoln Day celebration, Washington advises African Americans to get training and employment in industrial and agricultural sciences, which will lead to a sense of accomplishment, self-respect, confiden... More
The Negro in America : the influence of his presence upon the material...
Hurley, a minister, addresses the question of the material, social, moral, and political influence of the African American upon the development of the United States. He finds slavery to have been an unmitigated... More
A.L. Gusman in behalf of Samuel Wright, appellant, vs. L.H. Marreno, s...
Legal brief on behalf of Samuel Wright, presumably an African American, convicted in Louisiana of rape and sentenced to hang, challenging the legality of the Louisiana state constitution of 1898 under which Wri... More
The doctrine of the eternal sonship and deity of Jesus Christ. Is it s...
Picryl description: Public domain rare book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Porto Rico's case and the Tariff bill. (A memorial to the President an...
At head of title: Porto Rico Official Economic Commission.
Proceedings of the third biennial session of the Grand Staff Council, ...
Source: Bequest of Daniel Murray, 1925.
Dedication of the Dunbar High School, Washington, D.C., Monday-Friday,...
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Benson's essays; fear, beauty, love, marriage, death, justice, success...
LAC aaa 2018-11-08 update (1 card) LAC ecr 2018-11-14 review rbacq9512 LC Review of LAC Completed/Approved 2018-11-19
The injustice and impolicy of the slave trade, and of the slavery of t...
Logical arguments against slavery and the slave trade. Edwards advocates abolition of both in the U.S. and abroad. Appendix contains further agruments about manumission and alleged problem with it, especially i... More
Minutes of the Twenty-first Biennial American Convention for Promoting...
Reports from various state chapters of the convention. Also contains the constitution and by-laws of the convention. "Printed by order of the convention." Date correction from cover. Shoemaker 37439 Also availa... More
An essay on the origin, habits, &c. of the African race : incidental t...
Flournoy, a native of Georgia, argues for the "expulsion of every Negro and Mulatto from this Country back to their own Africa." He opposes assimilation or any other way of treating the African American than by... More
Letter of Gerrit Smith, to Hon. Henry Clay
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy has inscription in pencil on verso of t.p.: 110490 08. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 15740. Source: Source unknown.
The duties and dignities of American freemen
Caption title. Also available in digital form.
An appeal on the iniquity of slavery and the slave-trade
"Re-published for general circulation, by Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends, held at Whitewater, in Wayne County, Indiana, 1844." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy has ... More
The address and reply on the presentation of a testimonial to S. P. Ch...
An account of a legal proceeding against Samuel Watson, an escaped slave, and of S.P. Chase's legal defense of Watson, which resulted in a testimonial to Chase by African Americans of Cincinnati. Cover title. A... More
Colonization and missions: a historical examination of the state of so...
Also available in digital form.
A voice from the South: comprising letters from Georgia to Massachuset...
On cover: Eighth edition. The Wilmot Proviso ... A voice from the South ... Baltimore, Samuel E. Smith, Publisher and Bookseller, 1848. Introduction signed: Editor Western Continent [W. T. Thompson] Authorship ... More
Remarks on the colonization of the western coast of Africa, by the fre...
One Joseph Bryan argues here for African American colonization of Africa and for Congressional aid to send freed American slaves to Liberia. Appendix gives opinions, speeches, and resolutions of Jefferson, Madi... More
The American citizen : a discourse on the nature and extent of our rel...
Also available in digital form.
The claims of the Negro, ethnologically considered : an address before...
Last page blank. Lib. Company. Afro-Americana, 3227 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly part of the YA Collection: YA 25597.
African colonization by the free colored people of the United States, ...
"With an address to the clergymen of Ohio, by the Ohio Colonization Committee." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy inscribed in pencil on cover: Jacob Hoffner, Esq Cummi... More
African slave trade in Jamaica, and comparative treatment of slaves : ...
Sheppard looks at the role of England in promoting slavery in North America. He concludes that the effects of slavery depend not only upon its existence but also upon the manner in which it is instituted, as sh... More
Letter of Hon. L. O'B. Branch, of North Carolina, to his constituents
Signed on p. [4]: L. O'B. Branch. Washington City, May 12, 1858. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 18666. Source: Source unknown.
The relation of the general government to slavery : an address deliver...
Caption title. "Published by request." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy has ink stamp on p. 1: 61503 05. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 15707. Source: Sour... More
A book for the "impending crisis"! Appeal to the common sense and patr...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Review of Rev. Henry J. Van Dyke's discourse on "The character and inf...
Also available in digital form. LAC brd 2019-04-26 no edits (1 card) Copy 2 is in Stern Coll. LAC brd 2019-04-26
Welcome to the ransomed, or, Duties of the colored inhabitants of the ...
Author statement taken from p. [3]. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 16619. Source: Source unknown.
Report of a Committee of Representatives of New York Yearly Meeting of...
Also available in digital form.
The history of slavery and emancipation: speech delivered by H.T. Utle...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site, and on microfilm.
Slavery and the war: a historical essay
Also available in digital form.
Report of the Committee of Merchants for the Relief of Colored People,...
A report of the measures to raise funds to aid African Americans who lost their homes and livelihoods in recent mob violence, together with testimonials from those attacked and a list of contributors. "July 186... More
The African slave trade. The secret purpose of the insurgents to reviv...
"A reproduction of some recent editorials of the National intelligencer." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
A reply to the letter of Bishop Hopkins, addressed to Dr. Howe in the ...
Signed on p. 18: M.A. De Wolfe Howe. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy inscribed on t.p. in pencil: May 3rd 1870 c/sxx in Bartlett no. 2286. By Howe (M.A. De Wolfe). LC... More
Report of the Executive Board of the Friends' Association of Philadelp...
Signed on p. 28: Samuel R. Shipley, President. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 12499. Source: Source unknown.
Narrative of the life of J.D. Green, a runaway slave, from Kentucky : ...
"Eighth thousand." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy has number in pencil on verso of t.p.: 114217 08. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 24872. Source: Source unknown.
The Freedmen's Bureau : reports of Generals Steedman and Fullerton on ...
Caption title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 16626. Source: Source unknown.
The question of caste: lecture by Hon. Charles Sumner ..
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
By-laws of Simon Commandery No. 1, Knights Templar
The by-laws, rules of order, a list of officers, etc., of a branch of the Masonic Lodge. "Instituted, December 18, A.D. 1855, A.O. 738." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Cuba - African American Perspectives Materials
A letter to Charles Sumner on the nature of the current insurrection against the Spanish in Cuba. Norton views the insurrection as mostly a rebellion by plantation slaves, which if successful will lead to anoth... More
The color question: a letter written for the sixtieth annual meeting o...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Letters of Mr. William E. Chandler relative to the so-called southern ...
Chandler was a representative on the Republican National Committee from Concord, NH. Chandler criticizes President Rutherford B. Hayes for abandoning his campaign pledge to defend civil rights of blacks in the ... More
China's menace to the world : from the forum to the public
An address to the American public about the debilitating effect of cheap Chinese immigrant labor on the American labor force and its wages, together with a warning about the rising industrial power of China. Co... More
African colonization: an address delivered before the American Coloniz...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
The seasons - African American Perspectives Materials
Emmanuel K. Love, a prominent Baptist cleric, was at this time a minister at Thomasville, Ga. Here, he gives a sermon on life and salvation using the four annual seasons as an analogy. "Preached ... while pasto... More
The state and the citizen of the state : a sermon in the First Congreg...
Rankin says both state and citizen have been ordained by God and he is quite critical of the US government and the Supreme Court for failing to enforce African American civil rights, most recently in the Dred S... More
Last words from the South - Anti-Slavery pamphlet. Library of Congress...
Cover title. "Address delivered at the National Educational Convention, Madison, Wis., 1884"--P. [3]. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: ... More
Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Communication of the Grand Chapter, O...
A report on the state of a number of chapters across Arkansas; receipts and expenditures; business matters, etc. Internal evidence suggests that this was an African American organization. Also available in digi... More
Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Meeting of Washington District Lo...
Contains: a list of delegates and convention members; by-laws; proceedings of the meeting, including reports of grievances against various lodge, protests and appeals, elections of district officers, and secret... More
The Shakesperean school of ethics
A literary address on ethics in Shakespeare's writings presented by a prominent black Baltimore lawyer to African American audiences. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy ... More
Presbyterianism and the Negro during American Civil War
The role and the state of the Presbyterian Church in the South since the Civil War. Savage also talks about the work of the "Board of Missions for Freemen" and its efforts to minister unto and to educate Africa... More
The Negro as a soldier - African American Perspectives Materials
Fleetwood was an African American who rose to rank of sergeant-major and received the Congressional Medal of Honor. He gives an account of the African American soldier from the Revolutionary War to the Civil Wa... More
Light after darkness : being an up-to-date history of the American Neg...
A brief history of African American and slavery in the U.S. and the post-Civil War achievements and current state of black Americans with respect to population, the arts, literature, and politics. Benjamin was ... More
An address to have been delivered before the International Sunday Scho...
Arnett speaks about the history and development of African American Sunday schools in both the U.S. and Central America. Arnett was a well-known bishop in the A.M.E. Church. Caption title. Also available in dig... More
National appeal to the American Negro : "Why we should favor the Chica...
Taylor appeals to his fellow African Americans to vote according to their own best interest and not to vote blindly for the Republican Party any more. In a second appeal, he says African Americans should vote f... More
An address by Booker T. Washington, prin., Tuskegee Normal and Industr...
At this Lincoln Day celebration, Washington advises African Americans to get training and employment in industrial and agricultural sciences, which will lead to a sense of accomplishment, self-respect, confiden... More
Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Convocation of the most excellent Roy...
Contains an account of the establishment of freemasonry in Arkansas and an oration on female masonry in addition to the election of officers, a treasurer's report, etc. LC copy has inscription in ink on t.p.: 1... More
Selected writings and addresses
In these writings, which include an article by Pratt, a Baltimore African American, entitled "Some aspects of the race question," Pratt argues that African Americans need practical education and gainful employm... More
The Negro in America : the influence of his presence upon the material...
Hurley, a minister, addresses the question of the material, social, moral, and political influence of the African American upon the development of the United States. He finds slavery to have been an unmitigated... More
Preliminary list of books and pamphlets by Negro authors : for Paris E...
Includes Murray's letter of solicitation of every book and pamphlet by an African American author, but his preliminary list of such works is missing from this copy of this pamphlet. Cover title. "For the Americ... More
Jessamine poems - African American Perspectives Materials
Franklin was an African American poet writing for the Paris World's Fair. He gives here several poems on a wide variety of subjects, all purely literary and artistic, including one on the death of Frederick Dou... More
Some lessons from the assassination of President William McKinley
Grimke, African American author, pastor of the 15th Street Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., and a prominent civic activist, praises the black man named Parker who prevented a third shot from being fired... More
Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787, held at Philadelphia, on th...
A collection of debates over how senators are to be selected -- by election or by appointment -- in the new union, compiled by A.P.C. Griffin, chief bibliographer in the Library of Congress. Also available in d... More
Work among the freedmen : address of Rev. Samuel J. Fisher, D.D., befo...
Caption title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 13012. Transfer, June 3, 1910.
Suffrage limitations at the South
These are the findings of the Union League Club of New York City with respect to suffrage in the southern states. Based on statistics for Congressional voting between 1892 and 1902, the League concluded that lo... More
The installation of Wilbur Patterson Thirkield, D. D., LL.D., as presi...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site, and on microfilm. Pages 17-18, "Prayer by the Reverend William Ingraham Haven, D.D.," misplaced in binding.
Proceedings of the third biennial session of the Grand Staff Council, ...
Source: Bequest of Daniel Murray, 1925.
What will you do about this? - Rare book, public domain, Library of Co...
Source: Bequest of Daniel Murray, 1925. LAC ael 2019-04-11 no edits (1 card)
According to law, - African American Perspectives Materials
Issued also as part of Life's demands; or, According to law. LAC aaa 2018-11-08 no edits (1 card) LAC ecr 2018-11-16 review Form AACR 2: vj36 03-22-96 LC Review of LAC Completed/Approved 2018-11-19
Twenty years in pulpit, or, The author's greatest secret,
choice, form AACR2 LAC scc 2019-02-15 no edits (1 card)
Dedication of the Dunbar High School, Washington, D.C., Monday-Friday,...
Picryl description: Public domain image - rare book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
The history and life work of Elder C.H. Mason, chief apostle, and his ...
Compiled by Prof. Jas. Courts. Choice, form AACR2 LAC scc 2019-02-25 no edits (2 cards)
The first annual report of the American Society for Colonizing the Fre...
Constitution of the society; discussions about raising membership, funds, etc., with the goal of resettling freed slaves in Africa or in regions designated by U.S. Congress. Resolutions and speeches towards the... More
Why work for the slave? : a manual for the treasurers and collectors o...
Cover title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy has ink stamp on verso on cover: 73848. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 24880. Source: Source unknown.
Immediate, not gradual abolition, or, An inquiry into the shortest, sa...
First published in England, 1824. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
A concise history of the commencement, progress and present condition ...
A detailed, year-by-year account of the establishment and early years of Liberia and the role of African American colonists. The constitutions of the American Colonization Society and of Liberia are also includ... More
Thirteenth annual report presented to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery S...
A review of the Society's activities during 1844 and statements of its philosophy and aims. Includes reports on support from European abolitionists and a report on the work of Samuel Hoare to free imprisoned ab... More
African slave trade in Jamaica, and comparative treatment of slaves : ...
Sheppard looks at the role of England in promoting slavery in North America. He concludes that the effects of slavery depend not only upon its existence but also upon the manner in which it is instituted, as sh... More
The southern platform: or, Manual of southern sentiment on the subject...
A collection of the writings of the most eminent southern statesmen of the Revolutionary War period, designed to show that such men as Washington, Jefferson, Henry Clay, etc., abhorred slavery even though many ... More
A scriptural view of the moral relations of African slavery
Cover title. "Revised and amended in 1859." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 16632. Source: Source unknown.
A review of the cause and the tendency of the issues between the two s...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Purchase, Jan. 28, 1991 (DLC #0203227). LAC brd 2019-04-24 no edits (2 cards)
Daniel O'Connell upon American slavery : with other Irish testimonies
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 24893. Source: Source unknown.
Tribute of William Ellery Channing to the American abolitionists, for ...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Source: Exchange with Cornell University, Feb. 2, 1905. LAC brd 2019-04-25 no edits (1 card)
History of American abolitionism : its four great epochs, embracing na...
A critique of American abolitionism after 1787, with emphasis upon the negative impact of the movement on the South and slavery. De Fontaine blames fanatic abolitionists for causing dissolution of the Union and... More
The freedmen of South Carolina: an address delivered by J. Miller M'Ki...
Cover title. "The freed blacks of South Carolina" (letter from J. M. M'Kim to Stephen Colwell): p. [18]-32. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site, and on microfilm.
What shall be done with the people of color in the United States? A di...
Also available in digital form.
The case stated: the friends and enemies of the American slave
Also available in digital form.