The Unchained: Powerful Life Stories of Former Slaves

Influential Narratives and Testimonies of Former Slaves Across 17 U.S. States

Henry Bibb, L. S. Thompson, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, John Gabriel Stedman, Henry Box Brown, Margaretta Matilda Odell, Thomas S. Gaines, Brantz Mayer, Aphra Behn, Theodore Canot, Daniel Drayton, Thomas Clarkson, F. G. De Fontaine, John Dixon Long, Stephen Smith, Joseph Mountain, Ida B. Wells-Barn

• Publisher: Madison & Adams Press
• Year: 2018
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9788026883241
• Subtopic: Historical Biographies
• Index: History

This unique collection consists of the most influential narratives of former slaves, including numerous recorded testimonies, life stories and original photos of former slaves long after Civil War: Recorded Life Stories of Former Slaves from 17 different US States Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 12 Years a Slave (Solomon Northup) The Underground Railroad Harriet Jacobs: The Moses of Her People Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington) The Willie Lynch Letter: The Making of Slave! The Confessions of Nat Turner Narrative of Sojourner Truth The History of Mary Prince Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom (William & Ellen Craft) Thirty Years a Slave (Louis Hughes) Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano Behind The Scenes: 30 Years a Slave & 4 Years in the White House (Elizabeth Keckley) Father Henson's Story of His Own Life (Josiah Henson) Fifty Years in Chains (Charles Ball) Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman (Austin Steward) Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave The Story of Mattie J. Jackson (L. S. Thompson) A Slave Girl's Story (Kate Drumgoold) From the Darkness Cometh the Light (Lucy A. Delaney) Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, a Slave in the United States of America Narrative of Joanna Life of Henry Box Brown, Who Escaped in a 3x2 Feet Box Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley Buried Alive Sketches of the Life of Joseph Mountain Documents: The History of the Abolition of African Slave-Trade History of American Abolitionism from 1787-1861 Pictures of Slavery in Church and State Report of the Proceedings at the Examination of Charles G. Davis, Esq., on the Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases The Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act Emancipation Proclamation Gettysburg Address XIII Amendment Civil Rights Act of 1866 XIV Amendment ...

Table of contents

• The Unchained: Powerful Life Stories of Former Slaves
• Table of Contents
• Recorded Life Stories of Former Slaves from 17 different US States
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
• 12 Years a Slave (Solomon Northup)
• The Willie Lynch Letter: The Making of Slave! (Willie Lynch)
• A Speech Delivered on the Bank of James River, Virginia 1712 (Satire on the Cruel Practices of Slave Lynching & Oppression)
• The Confessions of Nat Turner (Nat Turner)
• The History of Mary Prince (Mary Prince)
• Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom (William and Ellen Craft)
• Thirty Years a Slave: From Bondage to Freedom (Louis Hughes)
• Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green, a Runaway Slave (Jacob D. Green)
• Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)
• The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (Olaudah Equiano)
• Behind The Scenes: Thirty Years a Slave & Four Years in the White House (Elizabeth Keckley)
• The Underground Railroad (William Still)
• Harriet: The Moses of Her People (Sarah H. Bradford)
• Father Henson's Story of His Own Life (Josiah Henson)
• Fifty Years in Chains; or, the Life of an American Slave (Charles Ball)
• Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman (Austin Steward)
• Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave, Written by Himself (Henry Bibb)
• The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave (William Wells Brown)
• The Story of Mattie J. Jackson (L. S. Thompson)
• A Slave Girl's Story (Kate Drumgoold)
• From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom (Lucy A. Delaney)
• Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, a Slave in the United States of America (Moses Grandy)
• Narrative of Joanna; An Emancipated Slave, of Surinam (John Gabriel Stedman)
• Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Who Escaped in a 3x2 Feet Box, Written by Himself (Henry Box Brown)
• Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley (Margaretta Matilda Odell)
• Buried Alive (Behind Prison Walls) For a Quarter of a Century. Life of William Walker (Thomas S. Gaines)
• Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver (Brantz Mayer and Theodore Canot)
• Pearl Incident: Personal Memoir of Daniel Drayton, the Captain (Daniel Drayton)
• The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of African Slave-Trade (Thomas Clarkson)
• Pictures of Slavery in Church and State (John Dixon Long)
• Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases (Ida B. Wells-Barnett)
• The Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act: An Appeal to the Legislators of Massachusetts (Lydia Maria Child)