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Singapore American School: Slave Narratives
This site from the Singapore American School, Mr. Burnett's Classroom, provides links to a variety of different slave narratives. Included in the mix are: Harriet Jacobs, Allen Parker, American slaves, Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglas,...
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19th C. u.s. Women's Writings: Lydia Maria Child's "Slavery's Pleasant Homes"
Text of several of Lydia Child's writings that supported her abolitionist sentiments.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Religion: Frederick Douglass
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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Eye Witness to History: Escape From Slavery, 1838
Excerpts from the narrative of Frederick Douglass' escape from slavery in 1838. Includes photographs and references.
University of North Carolina
Unc: First Person Narratives of the American South
A unique collection of first-person accounts, this concentrates on all the populations of the South, such as ex-slaves, enlisted men, middle-class women, displaced plantation owners. The works are sorted by the author's name. To search...
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Spanish American War Centennial: Amaziah B Morrison of the Rough Riders Writes Home
Letter written by 40 year old Amaziah B. Morrison, enlistee of the 1st U. S. Volunteer Cavalry, "Rough Riders," while they were preparing to depart for the front during the Spanish-American War.the Rough Riders.
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Spanish American War Centennial: William A. Reese Jr. Of the 11th U. S. Infantry Writes Home
Series of letters written home during the Spanish-American War by Willian A. Reese, Jr. of the 11th U.S. Infantry.
Patrick McSherry
Spanish American War Centennial: Corporal James P. Jones: Writes Home From Trenches
Spanish-American War era letter written by Corporal James P. Jones describes events that occurred during the days following the attack at on the San Juan Heights, July 1, 1898.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Frederick Douglass: Appendix to Narrative of the Life of Am. Slave
The appendix to Frederick Douglass's well-known autobiography in which he castigates Americans' embrace of Christianity as hypocritical.
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Poetry.net: "The Chronicle of the Drum" by Thackeray
The complete text of William Makepeace Thackeray's poem "The Chronicle of the Drum", a narrative of French military history. This ballad was written in Paris, in 1841, at the time of the second funeral of Napoleon.
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Spanish American War Centennial: Lt. Bustamente Reports on the Furor
This is an account by Lt. Bustamente, the executive officer of the Spanish Torpedo boat, Destroyer FUROR, who writes about the Naval Battle of Santiago during the Spanish American War.
University of North Carolina
"Life and Times of Frederick Douglass": Text
HTML full text of the "Life and Times of Frederick Douglass," the autobiography of the 19th century African American abolitionist (1818-1895).
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