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African American Writers

43 free books on the African American Writers bookshelf, free to read online. Chapter 1 of any book is free, no account needed.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Frederick Douglass

This work is an autobiographical narrative by Frederick Douglass, the former enslaved man who became a…

The Souls of Black Folk

The Souls of Black Folk

W. E. B. Du Bois

The work is a nonfiction meditation on the condition of African Americans at the turn of the twentieth…

Cover of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself

Harriet A. Jacobs

The work is an autobiographical narrative by Harriet A. Jacobs, presented under the pseudonym Linda Brent,…

Cover of Up from Slavery: An Autobiography

Up from Slavery: An Autobiography

Booker T. Washington

Up from Slavery is Booker T. Washington’s autobiographical account, assembled from a series of articles that…

My Bondage and My Freedom

My Bondage and My Freedom

Frederick Douglass

The work is an autobiographical account by Frederick Douglass, the former enslaved person from Maryland who…

Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil

Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil

W. E. B. Du Bois

The Red Record Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States

The Red Record Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

The Future of the American Negro

The Future of the American Negro

Booker T. Washington

A Negro Explorer at the North Pole

A Negro Explorer at the North Pole

Matthew Alexander Henson

The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America 1638-1870

The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America 1638-1870

W. E. B. Du Bois

Cover of Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases

Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

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.

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.

William Still

Poems on various subjects, religious and moral

Poems on various subjects, religious and moral

Phillis Wheatley

The Negro

The Negro

W. E. B. Du Bois

The Conjure Woman

The Conjure Woman

Charles W. Chesnutt

The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel

The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel

W. E. B. Du Bois

The Negro Problem

The Negro Problem

The Marrow of Tradition

The Marrow of Tradition

Charles W. Chesnutt

Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass

Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Clotelle; Or, The Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; Or, The President's Daughter

Clotelle; Or, The Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; Or, The President's Daughter

William Wells Brown

Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave

Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave

William Wells Brown

Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century

Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century

Mifflin Wistar Gibbs

The House Behind the Cedars

The House Behind the Cedars

Charles W. Chesnutt

Mob Rule in New Orleans Robert Charles and His Fight to Death, the Story of His Life, Burning Human Beings Alive, Other Lynching Statistics

Mob Rule in New Orleans Robert Charles and His Fight to Death, the Story of His Life, Burning Human Beings Alive, Other Lynching Statistics

Ida B. Wells-Barnett