Culled from the annals of early African American history, these personal narratives recount the stories of men and women who survived the cruel injustice of slavery to become prominent leaders in the struggle for freedom and equality.

• Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs
• Narrative of Sojourner Truth by Sojourner Truth
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass,
• The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
• My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass
• Great Escapes: Four Slave Narratives

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