Slavery (Bookshelf)

Slavery is the social status of specific persons, known as slaves, who have been stripped of individual rights, and are the property of another person or household. Slaves are people who are held against their will since either their capture, their purchase, or their birth, and are deprived of their individual freedom for the purpose of exploitation of their labour and in some cases their sexual abuse. Historically, slavery has generally occurred as a means of securing the labour of the slave, without the right of the slave to refuse, leave or receive anything in return for his labour. As such slavery is one form of unfree labour. Chattel slavery is the absolute legal ownership of a person or persons, including the legal right to buy and sell them. While slavery has been a prominent feature of many civilizations throughout human history, it has over the past few centuries gained a repugnant aura.

—Excerpted from Slavery on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.

More content is needed. Searching "Slave" as title word gives rich results. Robert Marquardt

Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)

• Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter 

Allen, Isaac

• Is Slavery Sanctioned by the Bible? 

American Anti-Slavery Society

Wikipedia: American Anti-Slavery Society

• The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus 
• The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 
• The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4 
• The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 
• The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 4 of 4 
• The Fugitive Slave Law and Its Victims
  Anti-Slavery Tracts No. 18  (English)

Anonymous

• The Anti-Slavery Alphabet  (English)
• Amusing Trial in which a Yankee Lawyer Renders a Just Verdict  (English)

Benezet, Anthony 1713-1789

• Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce, and the General Disposition of Its Inhabitants. An Inquiry into the Rise and Progress of the Slave Trade, Its Nature and Lamentable Effects 

Benwell, John

• An Englishman's Travels in America His Observations of Life and Manners in the Free and Slave States  (English)

Bibb, Henry 1815-1854

• Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself 

Brawley, Benjamin

• A Social History of the American Negro
  Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia 

Brown, William Wells 1816?-1884

• The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave 

Buchanan, George and Poole, William Frederick

• Anti-Slavery Opinions before the Year 1800
  Read before the Cincinnati Literary Club, November 16, 1872 

Canot, Theodore

• Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver 

Chancel, Ausone de

• Cham et Japhet, ou De l'émigration des nègres chez les blancs considérée comme moyen providentiel de régénérer la race nègre et de civiliser l'Afrique intérieure. 

Child, Lydia 1802-1880

• An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans. 

Clarkson, Thomas 1760-1846

• An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African Translated from a Latin Dissertation, Which Was Honoured with the First Prize in the University of Cambridge, for the Year 1785, with Additions 

• The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808), Volume 1  Volume 2 

• The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament (1839) 

• Thoughts on the Necessity of Improving the Condition of the Slaves in the British Colonies With a View to Their Ultimate Emancipation; and on the Practicability, the Safety, and the Advantages of the Latter Measure. 

Craft, William

• Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; or, the escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery 

Cushing, Caleb 1800-1879

• Speech of Mr. Cushing, of Massachusetts, on the Right of Petition, as Connected with Petitions for the Abolition of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the District of Columbia. In The House Of Representatives, January 25, 1836. 

Davies, Ebenezer

• American Scenes, and Christian Slavery 

Douglass, Frederick 1817?-1895

• My Bondage and My Freedom 
• Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass, a Slave 
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 

Edgerton, Joseph Ketchum

• The relations of the federal government to slavery; Delivered at Fort Wayne, Ind., October 30th 1860 

Garrison, William Lloyd 1805-1879

• No Compromise with Slavery; An Address Delivered to the Broadway Tabernacle, New York 
• The Abolition Of Slavery The Right Of The Government Under The War Power  (as editor)

Green, Jacob D.

• Narrative of the Life of J.D. Green, a Runaway Slave, from Kentucky Containing an Account of His Three Escapes, in 1839, 1846, and 1848 

Grimke, Archibald H. 1849-1930

• William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist 

Hoit, T. W. 1815-?

• The right of American slavery, Southern and Western ed. 

Hume, John F.

• The Abolitionists
  Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights 

Keckley, Elizabeth

• Behind the Scenes
  or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House 

Keifer, Joseph Warren

• Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2
  A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 

Merriam, George Spring

• The Negro and the Nation; a history of American slavery and enfranchisement 

Phillips, Ulrich Bonnell 1877-1934

• American Negro Slavery
  A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime 

Steward, Austin

• Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman
  Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West 

Still, William

• 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. 

Stowe, Harriet Beecher 1811-1896

• Uncle Tom's Cabin 
• Uncle Tom's Cabin, Young Folks' Edition 
• Pictures and Stories from Uncle Tom's Cabin  (Alternate Title: Uncle Tom's Picture Book)

Thompson, L. S.

• The Story of Mattie J. Jackson
  Her Parentage—Experience of Eighteen years in Slavery—Incidents during the War—Her Escape from Slavery 

Tompkins, Cydnor Bailey

• Slavery: What it was, what it has done, what it intends to do
  Speech of Hon. Cydnor B. Tompkins, of Ohio 

Unknown

• The Trial of Reuben Crandall, M.D. 

Various

Much of the material in The Journal of Negro History covers the history of slavery and its consequences in America and elsewhere:

• Volume 1, January 1916 

Volume 2, 1917  (A DP 10K title)

• Volume 3, 1918 
• Volume 4, 1919 
• Volume 5, 1920 

Walker, David 1785-1830

• Walker's Appeal, with a Brief Sketch of His Life And Also Garnet's Address to the Slaves of the United States of America 

Washington, Booker T. 1856-1915

• Up from Slavery: an autobiography 

Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

• Anti-Slavery, Labor and Reform, Complete 

Williams, George Washington 1849-1891

• History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens 
• History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens 

Wilson, Harriet E. 1828?-1870?

• Our nig, or, sketches from the life of a free black, in a two-story white house, North showing that slavery's shadows fall even there 

Woodward, A.

• A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin
  or, An Essay on Slavery 

Work Projects Administration

Background information at the Library of Congress

Arkansas Narratives
Part 3 

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves.

• Alabama 
• Arkansas, Part 1 
• Arkansas, Part 2 
• Arkansas, Part 3 
• Arkansas, Part 4 
• Arkansas, Part 5 
• Arkansas, Part 6 
• Arkansas, Part 7 
• Florida 
• Georgia, Part 1 
• Georgia, Part 2 
• Georgia, Part 3 
• Georgia, Part 4 
• Indiana 
• Kansas 
• Kentucky 
• Maryland 
• Mississippi 
• Missouri 
• North Carolina, Part 1 
• North Carolina, Part 2 
• Ohio 
• Oklahoma  (A DP 10K title)
• South Carolina, Part 1 
• South Carolina, Part 2 
• South Carolina, Part 3 
• South Carolina, Part 4 
• Tennessee 
• Texas, Part 1 
• Texas, Part 2 
• Texas, Part 3 
• Texas, Part 4 
• Virginia 

• Administrative Files: Selected Records Bearing on the History of the Slave Narratives 

Additional Titles

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