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Twelve Years a Slave. by Northup, Solomon,1808-1863?(CARDINAL)126122;
Subjects: Biographies.; Northup, Solomon, 1808-1863?; Enslaved persons; Enslaved persons' writings, American.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Growing up in slavery : stories of young slaves as told by themselves / by Taylor, Yuval.(CARDINAL)653922;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-230).Olaudah Equiano (Gustavus Vassa) -- Moses Roper -- Lewis Clarke -- Frederick Douglass -- William Wells Brown -- Thomas H. Jones -- Harriet Jacobs (Linda Brent) -- J.D. Green -- Elizabeth Keckley -- William H. Robinson.Culled from full-length autobiographies, the voices of ten slaves--all under the age of nineteen--describe the full range of slave experiences, from starvation, torture, and violence, to love, laughter, and family life.1130LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; African Americans; Enslaved persons' writings, American.; Enslaved persons;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 9
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Black men in chains : narratives by escaped slaves / by Nichols, Charles Harold.(CARDINAL)143772;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-319).Gustavus Vassa -- Nat Turner -- Moses Roper -- Frederick Douglass -- Lunsford Lane -- Moses Grandy -- William Wells Brown -- James W.C. Pennington -- Henry "Box" Brown -- Solomon Northup -- John Thompson -- Josiah Henson -- William and Ellen Craft -- Harriet Jacobs -- Israel Campbell -- William Parker -- Bibliography.The sixteen selections in this book, all of them written or dictated by escaped slaves, have the vividness and immediacy of personal journalism. They provide the kind of intimate view of life on the slave plantations, slave revolts, the auction block, and the underground railroad that could only emerge from the accounts of those who actually lived under the slave system of the South. A few of the contributors are well known; but most of them are forgotten martyrs and unsung heroes of the fight against slavery. This is the largest and most comprehensive anthology of slave narratives now available for the student and general reader. -- From publisher's description.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Fugitive slaves; Enslaved persons' writings, American.; African Americans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Unchained memories : readings from the slave narratives / by Gates, Henry Louis,Jr.(CARDINAL)162666; Crew, Spencer R.,1949-(CARDINAL)265828; Goodman, Cynthia.(CARDINAL)184201;
Includes bibliographical references.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Slave narratives.; Biographies.; Enslaved persons' writings, American.; Enslaved persons; African Americans; Black people; Slavery;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 10
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Up from slavery / by Washington, Booker T.,1856-1915.(CARDINAL)142645;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-228).1320LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915.; African Americans; Educators; Enslaved persons' writings, American.; Enslaved persons;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Days of bondage : autobiography of Friday Jones, being a brief narrative of his trials and tribulations in slavery / by Jones, Friday,1810-1887.(CARDINAL)626690; Andrews, William L.,1946-(CARDINAL)148304; York, Maurice C.(CARDINAL)168476;
MARCIVE 03/01/06Includes bibliographical references.Friday Jones : a biographical sketch / by Maurice C. York and Kimberly Eslinger -- The spirit of Friday Jones / by William L. Andrews -- Days of bondage.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Jones, Friday, 1810-1887.; African Americans; Enslaved persons' writings, American; Enslaved persons; Slavery;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Up from slavery / by Washington, Booker T.,1856-1915.(CARDINAL)142645; New York Public Library.(CARDINAL)139872;
Includes bibliographical references (page ).Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915.; African Americans; Educators; Enslaved persons; Enslaved persons' writings, American.;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 9
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Up from slavery / by Washington, Booker T.,1856-1915.(CARDINAL)142645;
1320LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915.; Tuskegee Institute.; African Americans; Educators; Enslaved persons' writings, American.; Enslaved persons;
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Up from slavery : the incredible life story of Booker T. Washington / by Washington, Booker T.,1856-1915,author.(CARDINAL)142645; Page, Walter H.,1815-1918,writer of Introduction.;
Preface -- Introduction -- A slave among slaves -- Boyhood days -- The struggle for an education -- Helping others -- The reconstruction period -- Black race and red race -- Early days at Tuskegee -- Teaching school in a stable and a hen-house -- Anxious days and sleepless nights -- A harder task than making bricks without straw -- Making their beds before they could lie on them -- Raising money -- Two thousand miles for a five-minute speech -- The Atlanta exposition address -- The secret of success in public speaking -- Europe -- Last words.""Up from Slavery" is the autobiography of Booker T. Washington sharing his personal experience of having to work to rise up from the position of a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton Institute, to his work establishing vocational schools--most notably the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama--to help black people and other disadvantaged minorities learn useful, marketable skills and work to pull themselves, as a race, up by the bootstraps. Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856-1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American community. Washington was from the last generation of black American leaders born into slavery and became the leading voice of the former slaves and their descendants."--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915.; Tuskegee Institute.; African Americans; Educators; Enslaved persons' writings, American.; Enslaved persons;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Up from slavery : an autobiography / by Washington, Booker T.,1856-1915.(CARDINAL)142645;
A slave among slaves -- Boyhood days -- The struggle for an education -- Helping others -- The Reconstruction period -- Black race and Red race -- Early days at Tuskegee -- Teaching school in a stable and a hen-house -- Anxious days and sleepless nights -- A harder task than making bricks without straw -- Making their beds before they could lie on them -- Raising money -- Two thousand miles for a five-minute speech -- The Atlanta exposition address -- The secret of success in public speaking -- Europe -- Last words.Born a slave in Virginia in 1856, Booker T. Washington rose in prominence to become Black America's foremost spokesman. This is the dramatic autobiographical account of Washington's struggle to succeed and prosper in a country that refused to acknowledge his existence, and of how one man stood fast against the social and idealogical bias prevalent in his day. Historically acknowledged as one of America's most powerful and persuasive orators, Booker T. Washington consistently challenged the forces of racial prejudice at a time when such behavior from a Black man was unheard of. While he mollified White leaders by publicly agreeing with their racist views of social parity, he also worked tirelessly to convince Blacks to work together as one people in order to improve their lives and the future of their race. It tells the story of Washington's unique American experience -- a struggle that he began as a slave and never gave up. From his fight for education to his founding of the world-renowned Tuskegee Institute, Washington's Up From Slavery is one of the most significant and defining works in American literature.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915.; Tuskegee Institute.; African Americans; Educators; Enslaved persons; Enslaved persons' writings, American.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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