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Les voyages du Sieur le Maire aux Iles Canaries, Cap-verd, Senegal, et Gambie.
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Letters on the Colonization Society; and on its probable results; under the following heads: the origin of the society; increase of the coloured population; manumission of slaves in this country; declarations of legislatures, and other towns ... Addresse
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Levensgeschiedenis van den Amerikaanschen slaaf, William Wells Brown, Amerikaansch afgevaardigde bij het vredescongres te Parijs, 1849, door hem zelven beschreven. Naar den 5. Engelschen druk vertaald door M. Krijzer.
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Life and adventures of Robert, the hermit of Massachusetts, who has lived 14 years in a cave, secluded from human society. Comprising, an account of his birth, parentage, sufferings, and providential escape from unjust and cruel bondage in early life -- a
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Life at the South: or, "Uncle Tom's cabin" as it is. Being narratives, scenes, and incidents in the real "Life of the lowly."
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Life in Abyssinia: being notes collected during three years' residence and travels in that country.
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Life of Charles T. Walker, D. D. : ("The Black Spurgeon"), pastor Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, New York City
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Lights and shadows of African history: by the author of Peter Parley's tales.
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Lights and shadows of African history: by the author of Peter Parley's tales.
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Lincoln School for Nurses photograph collection.
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Lula Goins of Kentucky, a true story of the love and courtship of an Illinois colored youth and Kentucky belle. A narrative of real life together with hints to sweethearts, wives and husbands, by T.S. Walter Casey.
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Manuel de piete a l'usage des hommes de couleur et des Noirs.
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Memoir of Mrs. Chloe Spear, a native of Africa, who was enslaved in childhood, and died in Boston, January 3, 1815, aged 65 years. By a lady of Boston.
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Men of mark: eminent, progressive and rising.
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Methodist adventures in Negro education.
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Military services rendered by the Haitians in the North and South American wars for independence; Savannah, Georgia, 1779; Columbia, South America, 1815.
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Miscellaneous writings on slavery. By William Jay.
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Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee, with a statistical account of that kingdom, and geographical notices of other parts of the interior of Africa.
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Missionary travels and researches in South Africa; including a sketch of sixteen years' residence in the interior of Africa, and a journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda, on the westcoast; thence across the continent,.
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Missions de Gironcourt en Afrique occidentale, 1908/1909 - 1911/1912; documents scientifiques
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Modern history; or, the present state of all nations.
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Morgan's History of the New Jersey Conference of the A.M.E. Church, from 1872 to 1887 : and of the several churches, as far as possible, from date of organization, with biographical sketches of members of the conference.
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Iobi Ludolfi alias Leut=holf dicti Historia aethiopica, sive Brevis & succincta descriptio regni Habessinorvm, quod vulgo male Presbyteri Iohannis vocatur. In qua libris qvatvor agitur. I. De natura & indole regionis & incolarum. II. De regimine politico,
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Isles of spice and palm.
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Ismailia; a narrative of the expedition to Central Africa for suppression of the slave trade. Organized by Ismail, khedive of Egypt.
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J. W. thinks black.
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Jamaica.
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Jamaica; its past and present state.
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Jesse Alexander photograph collection.
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Jogar Capoëra, ou danse de la guerre.
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Journal of a residence in Ashantee, comprising notes and researches relative to the Gold Coast, and the interior of Western Africa, chiefly collected from Arabic mss. And information communicated by the Moslems of Guinea; to which is prefixed an account o
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Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile.
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Kampen för och emot negerslafveriet; ett blad ur Förenta Staternas historia.
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Ḳuṣejr 'Amra ... Mit einer Karte von Arabia Petraea.[Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna. Nordarabische Kommission.]
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L'Affrique et le peuple affriquain, consideres sous tous leurs rapports avec notre commerce & nos colonies; De l'abus des privileges exclusifs, & notamment de celui de la Compagnie du Senegal . Ce que c'est qu'une societe se qualifiant d'Amis des noirs.
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L'Afrique francaise, l'empire de Maroc, et les deserts de Sahara; conquetes, victoires et decouvertes des Francais, depuis la prise d'Alger jusqu'a nos jours.
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La France au Dahomey.
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La cause des esclaves negres et des habitans de la Guinee, portee au tribunal de la justice, de la religion, de la politique; ou, Histoire de la traite & de l'esclavage des negres, preuves de leur illegitimite, moyens de les abolir sans nuire ni aux colon
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La guerre noire; conquete du Dahomey.
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La republique d'Haiti telle qu'elle est; apercus: historique, geographique, ethnographique, politique, administratif, agricole, pastoral, economique, intellectuel, legislatif, financier, minier, medicinal, patriotique; par Stenio Vincent.
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La traite des négres et la croisade africaine, comprenant la lettre encyclique de Leon XIII sur l'esclavage, le discours du cardinal Lavigerie, les temoignages des grands explorateurs: Livingstone, Cameron, Stanley, des missionnaires francais, etc. ai
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Lake Ngami; or, Explorations and discoveries during four years' wanderings in the wilds of southwestern Africa.
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Lake Ngami; or, Explorations and discoveries during four years' wanderings in the wilds of southwestern Africa.
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Las castas mexicanas : un genero pictorico americano = The castes : a genre of Mexican painting
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Le Sénégal; la France dans l'Afrique occidentale; ouvrage contenant 18 gravures d'après les dessins de Riou, 3 gravures de Thiriat d'après des photographies et 5 cartes ou plans.
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Le pays des negres; voyage a Haiti, ancienne partie francaise de Saint-Domingue.
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The Modern Voyager and Traveller, through Europe, Asia, Africa, & America.
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The Negro American family; Report of a social study made by the College classes of 1909 and 1910 of Atlanta University, under the patronage of the trustees of the John F. Slater Fund; together with the Proceedings of the 13th annual Conference for the Stu
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The Negro at Mound Bayou, being an authentic story of the founding, growth and development of the "most celebrated town in the South," covering a period of twenty-two years.
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The Negro in Chicago; a study of race relations and a race riot, by the Chicago Commission on Race Relations.
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The Negro in business
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The Negro in medicine [microform] by John A. Kenney.
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The Negro in our history.
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The Negro in revelation, in history, and in citizenship.
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The Negro in the Christian pulpit : or, The two characters and two destinies : as delineated in twenty-one practical sermons.
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The Negro in the New World
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The Negro in the cities of the north.
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The Negro pictorial review; a visual narrative of the Negro's glorious part in the world's greatest war. Of the Great War, by M. V. Lynk.
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The Negroes of Athens, Georgia.
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The Okavango River; a narrative of travel, exploration and adventure.
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The Philadelphia Negro; a social study, by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois. Together with a special report on domestic service by Isabel Eaton.
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The Philadelphia colored directory, 1910 : a handbook of the religious, social, political, professional, business and other activities of the Negroes of Philadelphia.
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The Rev. J. W. Loguen, as a slave and as a freeman. A narrative of real life.
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The Uncle Tom's cabin almanack, or, Abolitionist memento. For 1853.
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The Urban League Bulletin.
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The West India sketch book.
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The West Indies, illustrated: Historical and descriptive, commercial and industrial facts, figures, & resources.
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The black laws!
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The black man's burden, by William H. Holtzclaw with an introduction by Booker T. Washington ... illustrated by portraits and views.
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The book of Trinidad
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The capture and execution of John Brown; a tale of martyrdom; by Elijah Avey, eye witness.
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The college of life : or, Practical self-educator, a manual of self-improvement for the colored race forming an educational emancipator and a guide to success. Giving examples and achievements of successful men and women of the race as an incentive and in
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The colored American from slavery to honorable citizenship
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The colored man in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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The colored patriots of the American Revolution : with sketches of several distinguished colored persons: to which is added a brief survey of the condition and prospects of colored Americans.
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The cradle of the deep; an account of a voyage to the West Indies.
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The cruise of the Scythian in the West Indies.
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The dark continent; Africa, the landscape and the people.
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The earth and its inhabitants, Africa.
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The experience of Thomas H. Jones, who was a slave for forty-three years. Written by a friend, as related to him by Brother Jones.
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The fetish folk of West Africa.
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The first Colored Baptist church in North America. Constituted at Savannah, Georgia, January 20, A.D. 1788. With biographical sketches of the pastors.
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The freedom-seekers : Blacks in early Canada.
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The gospel of slavery: a primer of freedom.
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The great South.
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The higher law, in its relations to civil government: with particular reference to slavery, and the Fugitive Slave Law. By William Hosmer.
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The highlands of Aethiopia.
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The history of Dahomy, an inland Kingdom of Africa.
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The history of Jamaica or, General survey of the antient and modern state of the island: with reflections on its situation, settlements, inhabitants, climate, products, commerce, laws and government, illustrated with copper plates. Vol II.
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The history of Negro servitude in Illinois, and of the slavery agitation in that state, 1719-1864.
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The history of slavery and the slave trade, ancient and modern. The forms of slavery that prevailed in ancient nations, particularly in Greece and Rome. The African slave trade and the political history of slavery in the United States.
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The history of the Colored Methodist Episcopal church in America: comprising its organization, subsequent development, and present status
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The history of the Maroons, from their origin to the establishment of their chief tribe at Sierra Leone, including the expedition to Cuba, for the purpose of procuring Spanish chasseurs; and the state of the island of Jamaica for the last. Vol I - II.
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The history, civil and commercial, of the British West Indies.... With a continuation to the present time. 5th ed., with maps and plates. Atlas.
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The human heart illustrated by nine figures of the heart; representing the different stages of life, and two death-bed scenes: the wicked and the righteous.
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The industrial history of the Negro race of the United States.
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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African
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The lake regions of Central Africa, a picture of exploration.
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The land of the white helmet, lights and shadows across Africa, by Edgar Allen Forbes.
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The looking-glass: being a true report and narrative of the life, travels and labors of the Rev. Daniel H. Peterson, a colored clergyman; embracing a period of time from the year 1812 to 1854, and including his visit to western Africa.
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