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35 titles with subject: Slaves -- Virginia -- Biography.

  • Africa for Christ. Twenty-Eight Years a Slave. Thomas L. Johnson (Thomas Lewis), b. 1836?


  • Anthony Burns: A History. Charles Emery Stevens, 1815-1893


  • Autobiography of Henry Parker. Henry Parker, b. 1835


  • Autobiography of James L. Smith, Including, Also, Reminiscences of Slave Life, Recollections of the War, Education of Freedmen, Causes of the Exodus, etc. James Lindsay Smith


  • Autobiography of Rev. Francis Frederick, of Virginia. Francis Frederick, b. 1809?


  • Biography of London Ferrill, Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Colored Persons, Lexington, KY. No Author


  • A Brief Account of the Life, Experience, Travels, and Gospel Labours of George White, an African; Written by Himself, and Revised by a Friend. George White, b. 1764


  • Buried Alive (Behind Prison Walls) for a Quarter of a Century: Life of William Walker. Thomas S. Gaines, edited by and William Walker


  • Fields's Observations: The Slave Narrative of a Nineteenth-Century Virginian. From The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Vol. 88, 75-93. Fields and Mary Jo Jackson Bratton, Edited by


  • Gilbert Hunt, the City Blacksmith. Philip Barrett, 1838-1900


  • Horrors of the Virginian Slave Trade and of the Slave-Rearing Plantations. The True Story of Dinah, an Escaped Virginian Slave, Now in London, on Whose Body Are Eleven Scars Left by Tortures Which Were Inflicted by Her Master, Her Own Father. Together with Extracts from the Laws of Virginia, Showing That Against These Barbarities the Law Gives Not the Smallest Protection to the Slave, But the Reverse. John Hawkins Simpson


  • Interesting Account of Thomas Anderson, a Slave, Taken from His Own Lips. Ed. J. P. Clark. Thomas Anderson, b. 1785? and J. P. Clark


  • John Jasper: The Unmatched Negro Philosopher and Preacher. William E. Hatcher (William Eldridge), 1834-1912


  • Last of the Pioneers: Or, Old Times in East Tenn., Being the Life and Reminiscences of Pharaoh Jackson Chesney (Aged 120 Years). J. C. Webster (John Coram), b. 1861 and Pharaoh Jackson Chesney, b. 1781?


  • Life of George Henry. Together with a Brief History of the Colored People in America. George Henry, b. 1819


  • The Life of Joice Heth, the Nurse of Gen. George Washington, (the Father of Our Country,) Now Living at the Astonishing Age of 161 Years, and Weighs Only 46 Pounds. No Author


  • The Life of Rev. John Jasper, Pastor of Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., from His Birth to the Present Time, with His Theory on the Rotation of the Sun. Edwin Archer Randolph, b. 1854


  • The Life of the Rev. Dandridge F. Davis, of the African M. E. Church. With a Brief Account of His Conversion and Ministerial Labors, from August 1834, till March 1847. Also, a Brief Sketch of the Life of the Rev. David Conyou, of the A. M. E. C. and His Ministerial Labors. To Which Is Annexed the Funeral Discourse Delivered at the Ohio Conference, in Zanesville, on the Decease of the Rev. D. F. Davis, by the Author. Rev. A. R. Green (Augustus R.)


  • Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave, Brought Down to the Present Time. William Grimes, 1784-1865


  • Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave. Written by Himself. William Grimes, 1784-1865


  • Life, Including His Escape and Struggle for Liberty of Charles A. Garlick, Born a Slave in Old Virginia, Who Secured His Freedom by Running Away from His Master's Farm in 1843. Charles A. Garlick, 1827-


  • Life, Last Words and Dying Speech of Stephen Smith, a Black Man, Who Was Executed at Boston This Day Being Thursday, October 12, 1797 for Burglary. Stephen Smith, 1769 or 70-1797


  • A Lost Family Found; An Authentic Narrative of Cyrus Branch and His Family, Alias John White. E. M. W. (Elizabeth Merwin Wickham), 1810-1901


  • Memoirs of Samuel Spottford Clement Relating Interesting Experiences in Days of Slavery and Freedom. Samuel Spottford Clement


  • The Narrative of Bethany Veney: A Slave Woman. Bethany Veney


  • A Narrative of Events of the Life of J. H. Banks, an Escaped Slave, from the Cotton State, Alabama, in America. James W. C. Pennington, 1807-1870


  • Narrative of the Life of John Quincy Adams, When in Slavery, and Now as a Freeman. John Quincy Adams, b. 1845


  • A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, a Colored Man. Written by Himself, at the Age of Fifty-Four. Noah Davis, b. 1803 or 4-?


  • A Short History of the Life of Christopher McPherson, Alias Pherson, Son of Christ, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Containing a Collection of Certificates, Letters, &c. Written by Himself. Christopher McPherson, b. 1763?


  • Sketches of Slave Life: Or, Illustrations of the "Peculiar Institution" . Peter Randolph, 1825?-1897


  • A Slave Girl's Story. Being an Autobiography of Kate Drumgoold. Kate Drumgoold


  • Slave Life in Virginia and Kentucky; or, Fifty Years of Slavery in the Southern States of America. Francis Fedric


  • Sunshine and Shadow of Slave Life. Reminiscences as told by Isaac D. Williams to "Tege". William Ferguson Goldie and Isaac D. Williams, b. 1821?-


  • Twenty-Eight Years a Slave, or The Story of My Life in Three Continents. Thomas L. Johnson (Thomas Lewis), b. 1836?


  • 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, 1794-1860


  • 29 articles with subject: Slaves -- Virginia -- Biography.

  • Summary for A Brief Account of the Life, Experience, Travels, and Gospel Labours of George White, an African; Written by Himself, and Revised by a Friend. Zachary Hutchins


  • Summary for A Lost Family Found; An Authentic Narrative of Cyrus Branch and His Family, Alias John White. Jenn Williamson


  • Summary for A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, a Colored Man. Written by Himself, at the Age of Fifty-Four. Meredith Malburne-Wade


  • Summary for A Short History of the Life of Christopher McPherson, Alias Pherson, Son of Christ, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Containing a Collection of Certificates, Letters, &c. Written by Himself. Monique Prince


  • Summary for A Slave Girl's Story. Being an Autobiography of Kate Drumgoold. Meredith Malburne


  • Summary for Africa for Christ. Twenty-Eight Years a Slave. Kelly Badger


  • Summary for Autobiography of Henry Parker. Harry Thomas


  • Summary for Autobiography of James L. Smith, Including, Also, Reminiscences of Slave Life, Recollections of the War, Education of Freedmen, Causes of the Exodus, etc. James Robison


  • Summary for Autobiography of Rev. Francis Frederick, of Virginia. Monique Prince


  • Summary for Biography of London Ferrill, Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Colored Persons, Lexington, KY. Zachary Hutchins


  • Summary for Buried Alive (Behind Prison Walls) for a Quarter of a Century: Life of William Walker. Meredith Malburne


  • Summary for Fields's Observations: The Slave Narrative of a Nineteenth-Century Virginian. From The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Vol. 88, 75-93. Erin Bartels


  • Summary for Gilbert Hunt, the City Blacksmith. Monique Prince


  • Summary for Horrors of the Virginian Slave Trade and of the Slave-Rearing Plantations. The True Story of Dinah, an Escaped Virginian Slave, Now in London, on Whose Body Are Eleven Scars Left by Tortures Which Were Inflicted by Her Master, Her Own Father. Together with Extracts from the Laws of Virginia, Showing That Against These Barbarities the Law Gives Not the Smallest Protection to the Slave, But the Reverse. Monique Prince


  • Summary for Interesting Account of Thomas Anderson, a Slave, Taken from His Own Lips. Ed. J. P. Clark. Monique Prince


  • Summary for John Jasper: The Unmatched Negro Philosopher and Preacher. Laura Benning


  • Summary for Last of the Pioneers: Or, Old Times in East Tenn., Being the Life and Reminiscences of Pharaoh Jackson Chesney (Aged 120 Years). Laura Davis


  • Summary for Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave, Brought Down to the Present Time. Jenn Williamson


  • Summary for Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave. Written by Himself. Jenn Williamson


  • Summary for Life, Including His Escape and Struggle for Liberty of Charles A. Garlick, Born a Slave in Old Virginia, Who Secured His Freedom by Running Away from His Master's Farm in 1843. Meredith Malburne


  • Summary for Life, Last Words and Dying Speech of Stephen Smith, a Black Man, Who Was Executed at Boston This Day Being Thursday, October 12, 1797 for Burglary. Monique Prince


  • Summary for Memoirs of Samuel Spottford Clement Relating Interesting Experiences in Days of Slavery and Freedom. Erin Bartels


  • Summary for Narrative of the Life of John Quincy Adams, When in Slavery, and Now as a Freeman. Monique Prince


  • Summary for Sketches of Slave Life: Or, Illustrations of the "Peculiar Institution" . Jenn Williamson


  • Summary for Sunshine and Shadow of Slave Life. Reminiscences as told by Isaac D. Williams to "Tege". Erin Bartels Buller


  • Summary for The Life of Joice Heth, the Nurse of Gen. George Washington, (the Father of Our Country,) Now Living at the Astonishing Age of 161 Years, and Weighs Only 46 Pounds. Harry Thomas


  • Summary for The Narrative of Bethany Veney: A Slave Woman. Harris Henderson


  • Summary for Twenty-Eight Years a Slave, or The Story of My Life in Three Continents. Monique Prince


  • Summary for Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman; Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West. Jennifer L. Larson