Table of Contents

1. Walker's Appeal, in Four Articles; Together with a Preamble, to the Coloured Citizens of the World, David Walker, 1829
2. The Confessions of Nat Turner, the Leader of the Late Insurrection In Southampton, VA., Nat Turner, 1831
3. Life of Omar Ibn Said, Written by Himself, Omar Ibn Said, 1831
4. A Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper, from American Slavery, Moses Roper, 1837
   
5. Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, A Black Man, Charles Ball, 1837
6. Narrative of James Williams: An American Slave: Who Was for Several Years a Driver on a Cotton Plantation in Alabama, James Wililams,1838
7. The Narrative of Lunsford Lane, Formerly of Raleigh, N.C., Lunsford Lane, 1842
8. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Written by Himself., Frederick Douglass, 1845
9. Narrative of William W. Brown, a fugitive slave. Written by himself, William Wells Brown, 1847
10. Josiah Henson, from The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, Josiah Henson, 1849
    
11. The Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave, Emancipated from Bodily Servitude by the State of New York, in 1828, Sojourner Truth, 1851
    
12. Twelve Years a Slave, Solomon Northup, 1853
13. Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; or, the Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery, William Craft, 1861
    
14. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, Harriet Ann Jacobs, 1861