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Collection focused on African American Writers. Curated selection of relevant classic works.
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Quest of the Silver Fleece
W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois
• English
Jan 21, 2026
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2
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley
• English
Jan 21, 2026
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3
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself
Harriet A. Jacobs
Harriet A. Jacobs
• English
Jan 21, 2026
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4
Ode to Neptune
Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley
• English
Jan 21, 2026
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5
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
• English
Jan 21, 2026
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6
Underground Railroad, Part 1
William Still
William Still
• English
Jan 21, 2026
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7
Underground Railroad, Part 3
William Still
William Still
• English
Jan 21, 2026
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8
Clotel, or, The President's Daughter
William Wells Brown
William Wells Brown
• English
Jan 21, 2026
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9
Underground Railroad, Part 2
William Still
William Still
• English
Jan 21, 2026
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10
Souls of Black Folk
W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois
• English
Jan 21, 2026
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11
Negro Explorer at the North Pole
Matthew A. Henson
Matthew A. Henson
• English
Jan 21, 2026
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12
Negro
W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois
• English
Jan 21, 2026
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13
Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America, Volume 1
W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois
• English
Jan 21, 2026
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14
Mob Rule In New Orleans
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
• English
Jan 21, 2026
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15
To S. M. A Young African Painter, On Seeing His Works
Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley
• English
Jan 21, 2026
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16
Frederick Douglass A Biography
Charles W. Chesnutt
Charles W. Chesnutt
• English
Jan 21, 2026
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17
Underground Railroad, Part 5
William Still
William Still
• English
Jan 21, 2026
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18
Marrow of Tradition
Charles W. Chesnutt
Charles W. Chesnutt
• English
Jan 21, 2026
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19
Three Plays: Lawing and Ja...
Zora Neale Hurston
Three Plays: Lawing and Jawing; Forty Yards; Woofing
Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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20
Twenty-Two Years a Slave, ...
1857
Austin Steward
Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman: Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West
Austin Steward
Austin Steward
• 1857
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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21
A Negro Explorer at the North Pole
Matthew Alexander Henson
Matthew Alexander Henson
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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22
De Turkey and De Law: A Comedy in Three Acts
Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston
• 1930
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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23
John Brown: An Address at ...
1856
Frederick Douglass
John Brown: An Address at the 14th Anniversary of Storer College
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
• 1856
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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24
The Conjure Woman
Charles W. Chesnutt
Charles W. Chesnutt
• 1899
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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25
Mob Rule in New Orleans: R...
Ida B. Wells-Bar...
Mob Rule in New Orleans: Robert Charles and His Fight to Death, the Story of His Life, Burning Human Beings Alive, Other Lynching Statistics
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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26
Shadow and Light: An Autob...
Mifflin Wistar G...
Shadow and Light: An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century
Mifflin Wistar Gibbs
Mifflin Wistar Gibbs
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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27
Darkwater: Voices from Wit...
1920
W. E. B. Du Bois
Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil
W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois
• 1920
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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28
Clotelle; Or, the Colored ...
1853
William Wells Br...
Clotelle; Or, the Colored Heroine, a Tale of the Southern States; Or, the President's Daughter
William Wells Brown
William Wells Brown
• 1853
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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29
Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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30
The Conservation of Races: The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 2
W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois
• 1897
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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31
The Negro
W. E. B. Du Bois
The Negro
W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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Clotelle: A Tale of the So...
1853
William Wells Br...
Clotelle: A Tale of the Southern States
William Wells Brown
William Wells Brown
• 1853
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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33
The Marrow of Tradition
Charles W. Chesnutt
Charles W. Chesnutt
• 1901
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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34
The Anti-Slavery Harp: A C...
1848
Unknown
The Anti-Slavery Harp: A Collection of Songs for Anti-Slavery Meetings
Unknown
Unknown
• 1848
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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The Red Record: Tabulated ...
Ida B. Wells-Bar...
The Red Record: Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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36
Poker!
Zora Neale Hurston
Poker!
Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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37
Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself
Henry Bibb
Henry Bibb
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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38
Thirty Years a Slave: From Bondage to Freedom: The Institution of Slavery as Seen on the Plantation and in the Home of the Planter: Autobiography of Louis Hughes
Louis Hughes
Louis Hughes
• 1897
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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39
The Future of the American Negro
Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington
• 1899
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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40
My Bondage and My Freedom
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
• 1855
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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41
The Mule-Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life in Three Acts
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
• 1931
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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42
Narrative of William W. Br...
1847
William Wells Br...
Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave
William Wells Brown
William Wells Brown
• 1847
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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Biography of a Slave, Bein...
Charles Thompson
Biography of a Slave, Being the Experiences of Rev. Charles Thompson, a Preacher of the United Brethren Church, While a Slave in the South.: Together with Startling Occurrences Incidental to Slave Life.
Charles Thompson
Charles Thompson
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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The Underground Railroad: ...
William Still
The Underground Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, as Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author.
William Still
William Still
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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45
Clotel; Or, the President's Daughter
William Wells Brown
William Wells Brown
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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46
The Souls of Black Folk
W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois
• 1903
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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47
The Negro in the Southhis ...
W. E. B. Du Bois
The Negro in the Southhis Economic Progress in Relation to His Moral and Religious Development
W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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The House Behind the Cedars
1900
Charles W. Chesn...
The House Behind the Cedars
Charles W. Chesnutt
Charles W. Chesnutt
• 1900
• English
Nov 22, 2025
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