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101Title:  Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave    
 Creator:  Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 
 Publication:  R. Yorke Clark and co, London,1847. 
 Call #:  E449 D736J 
 Extent:  xviii, 170 p. front. (port.) 19 cm. 
 Subjects:  Douglass, Frederick, -- 1818-1895 | Slavery -- Maryland | Slaves -- Maryland -- Biography | African Americans -- Biography
 
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102Title:  Negro office-holders in Virginia, 1865-1895    
 Creator:  Jackson, Luther Porter, 1892-1950 
 Publication:  Guide Quality Press, Norfolk, Va,1945, c1946. 
 Call #:  E185.93 V8J3 
 Extent:  xii, 88 p. illus. (port.) 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Virginia | African Americans -- Biography | African Americans -- Employment | Virginia -- Officials and employees
 
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103Title:  Experience and personal narrative of Uncle Tom Jones: who was for forty years a slave; also the surprising adventures of Wild Tom, of the island retreat, a fugitive Negro from South Carolina    
 Creator:  Jones, Thomas H. 
 Moore, Archy.
 Publication:  Holbrook, New York,1854. 
 Notes:  The second part was written by Archie Moore. 
 Call #:  E444 J79 
 Extent:  56 p. port. 
 Subjects:  Carter, Thomas, -- slave | Jones, Thomas H | Slaves -- United States -- Biography | Fugitive slaves | African Americans -- Biography
 
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104Title:  Experience and personal narrative of Uncle Tom Jones: who was for forty years a slave. Also the surprising adventures of Wild Tom of the island retreat, a fugitive negro from South Carolina    
 Creator:  Jones, Thomas H. 
 Publication:  Sold at Skinner's rooms, Boston,[1855] 
 Notes:  The surprising adventures of wild Tom of the island retreat, a fugitive negro from South Carolina. (pp. 29-64). 
 Call #:  E444 J79a 
 Extent:  64 p. ; 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Carter, Thomas, -- slave | Jones, Thomas H | Slaves -- United States -- Biography | Fugitive slaves | African Americans -- Biography
 
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105Title:  King: a critical biography    
 Creator:  Lewis, David L., 1936- 
 Publication:  Praeger, New York,[1970] 
 Notes:  2d ed. published in 1978 under title: King : a biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Bibliography: p. 417-438. 
 Call #:  E185.97 K53L 
 Extent:  xii, 460 p. illus., ports. 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., -- 1929-1968 | African Americans -- Biography | Baptists -- Clergy -- Biography | Clergy -- United States -- Biography
 
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106Title:  Life of Mary F. McCray: born and raised a slave in the state of Kentucky    
 Creator:  McCray, S. J. 
 Publication:  s.n.], Lima, Ohio,1898. 
 Call #:  E444 M132M 
 Extent:  115 p. : port., 18 cm. 
 Subjects:  McCray, Mary F | Slaves -- Kentucky -- Biography | African American women -- Biography | African Americans -- Biography | Ohio imprints 1898
 
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107Title:  Experience and personal narrative of Uncle Tom Jones: who was for forty years a slave. Also the surprising adventures of Wild Tom, of the island retreat, a fugitive negro from South Carolina    
 Creator:  Jones, Thomas H. 
 Moore, Archy.
 Publication:  Pub. by H.B. Skinner, Boston,[n.d.] 
 Call #:  E444 J79b 
 Extent:  2 p. leaves, [7]-54 p. incl. front. 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Carter, Thomas, -- slave | Jones, Thomas H | Slaves -- United States -- Biography | Fugitive slaves | African Americans -- Biography
 
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108Title:  The Rev. J.W. Loguen, as a slave and as a freeman: A narrative of real life    
 Creator:  Loguen, Jermain Wesley, 1814-1872 
 Rogers, Elymas Payson, d. 1861
 Publication:  J.G.K. Truair & Co, Syracuse, N.Y,1859. 
 Notes:  On back of cover: 2d edition. 
 Call #:  E444 L832a 
 Extent:  x, [11]-450 p. front. (port.) 20 cm. 
 Subjects:  Fugitive slaves | Antislavery movements -- United States | Underground railroad | Slaves -- United States -- Biography | African Americans -- Biography
 
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109Title:  The life of James Williams, better known as Professor Jim: for half a century janitor of Trinity College    
 Creator:  Proctor, Charles Hayden, 1848?-1890 
 Publication:  Case, Lockwood & Brainard, Hartford,1873. 
 Notes:  Title on spine : Prof. Jim. Running title: Biography of Prof. Jim. 
 Call #:  E185.97 W724P 
 Extent:  79 p. : ports. ; 18 cm. 
 Subjects:  Williams, James, -- b. 1790? | Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.) | Janitors -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- Biography | African Americans -- Biography
 
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110Title:  Life history of J. W. Holley; the old faithful servant: Born and reared a slave. After freedom became a worker in the master's vineyard    
 Creator:  Holley, James W., 1848- 
 Publication:  Inskeep Print. Co, Columbus, Ohio,1924]. 
 Call #:  Pam. H411 
 Extent:  16 p. incl.front.(port.) 19 x 11 cm. 
 Subjects:  Slavery -- United States -- Personal narratives | Slaves -- Biography | African Americans -- Biography | Ohio imprints 1924
 
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111Title:  A narrative of the life and travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince    
 Creator:  Prince, Nancy, b. 1799 
 Publication:  The Author, Boston,1853. 
 Notes:  First published 1850. 
 Call #:  Pam. P178 
 Extent:  89 p. ; 16 cm. 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Biography | Slavery -- United States | Soviet Union -- Social life and customs | West Indies -- Description and travel
 
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112Title:  Life: including his escape and struggle for liberty of Charles A. Garlick    
 Creator:  Garlick, Charles A., 1827- 
 Publication:  J.A. Howells & co., printers], Jefferson, O,1902. 
 Call #:  Pam. G831 
 Extent:  26 p., front., port. 
 Subjects:  Garlick, Charles A | Slaves -- United States -- Biography | Fugitive slaves -- Biography | African Americans -- Biography | Ohio imprints 1902
 
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113Title:  Narrative of the life of Moses Grandy: formerly a slave in the United States of America. 2d Amer., from the last Lond. ed    
 Creator:  Grandy, Moses, b. 1786? 
 Publication:  Oliver Johnson, Boston,1844. 
 Notes:  Preface signed: George Thompson. 
 Call #:  Pam. G832 
 Extent:  45 p. 
 Subjects:  Grandy, Moses, -- b. 1786? | Slavery -- North Carolina | Slaves -- North Carolina -- Biography | African Americans -- Biography
 
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114Title:  Sclaverei und Freiheit: Autobiographie    
 Alt. Title:  My bondage and my freedom. German    
 Creator:  Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 
 Assing, Ottilie.
 Publication:  Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg,1860. 
 Call #:  E449 D737D2 
 Extent:  xiv, 366 p. ; 17 cm. 
 Subjects:  Douglass, Frederick, -- 1818-1895 | Antislavery movements -- United States | Slavery -- Maryland | Slaves -- Maryland -- Biography | African Americans -- Biography
 
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115Title:  The National cyclopedia of the colored race    
 Creator:  Richardson, Clement, b. 1878 
 Publication:  National Pub. Co, Montgomery, Ala,1919- 
 Notes:  Includes Index. "Biographical, historical, statistical." on spine 
 Call #:  Oversize E185 N278 
 Extent:  v. : illus., ports. ; 32 cm. 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Encyclopedias | Encyclopedias and dictionaries | African Americans -- Biography | United States -- Biography
 
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116Title:  Martin Luther King, Jr.--to the mountaintop    
 Creator:  Witherspoon, William Roger. 
 Publication:  Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y,1985. 
 Notes:  Includes index. Bibliography: p. 232-234. 
 Call #:  E185.97 K53W82 
 Extent:  viii, 244 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. 
 Subjects:  King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., -- 1929-1968 | African Americans -- Biography | Baptists -- United States -- Clergy -- Biography | African Americans -- Civil rights
 
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117Title:  Puttin' on ole massa: the slave narratives of Henry Bibb, William Wells Brown, and Solomon Northup    
 Creator:  Osofsky, Gilbert, 1935-1974 
 Bibb, Henry, b. 1815
 Brown, William Wells, 1815-1884
 Northup, Solomon, b. 1808
 Publication:  Harper & Row, New York,1969. 
 Call #:  E444 O83 
 Extent:  409 p. ; 21 cm. 
 Subjects:  Slaves -- United States -- Biography | Slaves' writings, American | Fugitive slaves -- Biography | African Americans -- Biography
 
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118Title:  Allen day address: Richard Allen : greatest Negro born in America    
 Creator:  Wright, Richard R. (Richard Robert), b. 1878 
 Publication:  The author, United States],[1924?] 
 Call #:  Pam. Z2010 
 Extent:  31 p. : port. ; 15 cm. 
 Subjects:  Allen, Richard, -- 1760-1831 | African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Bishops -- Biography | Methodist Church -- United States -- Bishops -- Biography | Bishops -- United States -- Biography | African Americans -- Biography
 
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119Title:  A Salute to Black scientists and inventors    
 Creator:  Empak Enterprises 
 Publication:  Empak Enterprises, Chicago, IL],c1985. 
 Notes:  Cover title. 
 Call #:  Pam. E610 
 Extent:  28 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Morgan, Garrett A., -- 1877-1963 | African American scientists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | African American inventors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | African Americans -- Biography
 
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120Title:  Rise to be a people: a biography of Paul Cuffe    
 Creator:  Thomas, Lamont D. (Lamont Dominick), 1937- 
 Publication:  University of Illinois Press, Urbana,c1986. 
 Notes:  Includes index. Bibliography: p. 162-177. 
 Call #:  E185.97 C965T4 
 Extent:  xv, 187 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Cuffe, Paul, -- 1759-1817 | African Americans -- Biography | African Americans -- Massachusetts -- Biography | Back to Africa movement | Civil rights -- Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century | Massachusetts -- Biography | Sierra Leone -- History -- To 1896
 
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