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A Narrative of Thomas Smallwood, (Coloured Man:) Giving an Account of His Birth--The Period He Was Held in Slavery--His Release--and Removal to Canada, etc. Together With an Account of the Underground Railroad. Written by Himself
Thomas Smallwood
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African Americans; American Colonization Society; Antislavery Movements; Biography; Blacks; Canada; Freedmen; Fugitive Slaves; Maryland; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Slaves' Writings; Smallwood, Thomas, B. 1801; Underground Railroad; United States; Walker, David, 1785 1830
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An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson ("Uncle Tom"). From 1789 to 1881. With a Preface by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Introductory Notes by George Sturge, S. Morley, Esq., M. P., Wendell Phillips, and John G. Whittier. Edited by John Lobb, F.R.G.S. Revised and Enlarged
Josiah Henson Harriet Beecher Stowe John Lobb
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African American Abolitionists; African American Clergy; African Americans; Biography; Blacks; Canada; Fugitive Slaves; Henson, Josiah, 1789 1883; Maryland; Plantation Life; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Slaves' Writings, American; Uncle Tom (Fictitious Character)
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A Sketch of Henry Franklin and Family.
No Author
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African Americans; Biography; Franklin, Henry, D. 1889; Fugitive Slaves; History; Maryland; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Underground Railroad
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Father Henson's story of his own life
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African American Abolitionists; African American Clergy; African Americans; Biography; Blacks; Canada; Fugitive Slaves; Henson, Josiah, 1789 1883; Maryland; Plantation Life; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Slaves' Writings, American
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Fifty Years in Chains, or, The Life of an American Slave
Charles Ball
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African Americans; Ball, Charles, Negro Slave; Biography; Fugitive Slaves; History; Kidnapping; Maryland; Plantation Life; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Slaves' Writings, American; Social Conditions; Southern States
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Fifty Years in Chains, or, The Life of an American Slave
Charles Ball
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African Americans; Ball, Charles, Negro Slave; Biography; Fugitive Slaves; History; Kidnapping; Maryland; Plantation Life; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Slaves' Writings, American; Social Conditions; Southern States
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Frederick Douglass
Booker T. Washington
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Abolitionists; African American Abolitionists; African American Orators; African Americans; Antislavery Movements; Biography; Douglass, Frederick, 1818 1895; Free African Americans; Fugitive Slaves; History; Maryland; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Social Conditions; United States
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Frederick Douglass
Charles Waddell Chesnutt
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Abolitionists; African American Abolitionists; African American Orators; African Americans; Antislavery Movements; Biography; Douglass, Frederick, 1818 1895; Fugitive Slaves; History; Maryland; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; United States
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Frederick Douglass
Charles Waddell Chesnutt
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Abolitionists; African American Abolitionists; African American Orators; African Americans; Antislavery Movements; Biography; Douglass, Frederick, 1818 1895; Fugitive Slaves; History; Maryland; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; United States
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Frederick Douglass
Charles Waddell Chesnutt
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Abolitionists; African American Abolitionists; African American Orators; African Americans; Antislavery Movements; Biography; Douglass, Frederick, 1818 1895; Fugitive Slaves; History; Maryland; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; United States
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Frederick Douglass The Colored Orator
Frederic May Holland
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Abolitionists; African American Abolitionists; African American Orators; African Americans; Antislavery Movements; Biography; Douglass, Frederick, 1818 1895; Fugitive Slaves; History; Maryland; Oratory; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; United States
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Frederick Douglass The Orator. Containing an Account of His Life; His Eminent Public Services; His Brilliant Career as Orator; Selections from His Speeches and Writings
James M. Gregory
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Abolitionists; African American Abolitionists; African American Orators; African Americans; Antislavery Movements; Biography; Douglass, Frederick, 1818 1895; Fugitive Slaves; Maryland; Oratory; Slaver; Slaves; United States
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From Slavery to a Bishopric, or, The Life of Bishop Walter Hawkins of the British Methodist Episcopal Church Canada
S. J. Celestine Edwards
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African American Clergy; African Americans; Biography; British Methodist Episcopal Church; Canada; Clergy; Fugitive Slaves; Hawkins, Walter, B. 1809?; History; Maryland; Plantation Life; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Social Life And Customs; United States
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Josiah: The Maimed Fugitive. A True Tale
Henry Bleby
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African American Clergy; African Americans; Biography; Canada; Fugitive Slaves; Henson, Josiah, 1789 1883; History; Maryland; Plantation Life; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Uncle Tom (Fictitious Character); Underground Railroad
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Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History to the Present Time
Frederick Douglass
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Abolitionists; African American Abolitionists; African Americans; Antislavery Movements; Biography; Douglass, Frederick, 1818 1895; Fugitive Slaves; History; Maryland; Plantation Life; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Slaves' Writings, American; Social Conditions; United States
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Life and times of Frederick Douglass : his early life as a slave, his escape from bondage, and his complete history to the present time, including his connection with the anti-slavery movement...
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Abolitionists; African Americans; Antislavery Movements; Biography; Douglass, Frederick, 1818 1895; Fugitive Slaves; History; Maryland; Plantation Life; Slaver; Slavery; United States
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Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Written by Himself. His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History to the Present Time, Including His Connection with the Anti-slavery Movement; His Labors in Great Britain as Well as in His Own Country; His Experience in the Conduct of an Influential Newspaper; His Connection with the Underground Railroad; His Relations with John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid; His Recruiting the 54th and 55th Mass. Colored Regiments; His Interviews with Presidents Lincoln and Johnson; His Appointment by Gen. Grant to Accompany the Santo Domingo Commission—Also to a Seat in the Council of the District of Columbia; His Appointment as United States Marshal by President R. B. Hayes; Also His Appointment to Be Recorder of Deeds in Washington by President J. A. Garfield; with Many Other Interesting and Important Events of His Most Eventful Life; With an Introduction by Mr. George L. Ruffin, of Boston
Frederick Douglass
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Abolitionists; African American Abolitionists; African Americans; Antislavery Movements; Biography; Douglass, Frederick, 1818 1895; Fugitive Slaves; History; Maryland; Plantation Life; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Slaves' Writings, American; Social Conditions; United States
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Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Written by Himself. His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History to the Present Time, Including His Connection with the Anti-slavery Movement; His Labors in Great Britain as Well as in His Own Country; His Experience in the Conduct of an Influential Newspaper; His Connection with the Underground Railroad; His Relations with John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid; His Recruiting the 54th and 55th Mass. Colored Regiments; His Interviews with Presidents Lincoln and Johnson; His Appointment by Gen. Grant to Accompany the Santo Domingo Commission—Also to a Seat in the Council of the District of Columbia; His Appointment as United States Marshal by President R. B. Hayes; Also His Appointment to Be Recorder of Deeds in Washington by President J. A. Garfield; with Many Other Interesting and Important Events of His Most Eventful Life; With an Introduction by Mr. George L. Ruffin, of Boston
Frederick Douglass
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Abolitionists; African American Abolitionists; African Americans; Antislavery Movements; Biography; Douglass, Frederick, 1818 1895; Fugitive Slaves; History; Maryland; Plantation Life; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Slaves' Writings, American; Social Conditions; United States
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My Bondage and My Freedom. Part I. Life as a Slave. Part II. Life as a Freeman
Frederick Douglass
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Abolitionists; African American Abolitionists; African Americans; Antislavery Movements; Biography; Douglass, Frederick, 1818 1895; Fugitive Slaves; History; Maryland; Plantation Life; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Slaves' Writings, American; Social Conditions; United States
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My Bondage and My Freedom. Part I. Life as a Slave. Part II. Life as a Freeman
Frederick Douglass
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Abolitionists; African American Abolitionists; African Americans; Antislavery Movements; Biography; Douglass, Frederick, 1818 1895; Fugitive Slaves; History; Maryland; Plantation Life; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Slaves' Writings, American; Social Conditions; United States
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Narrative of Events in the Life of William Green, (Formerly a Slave.) Written by Himself.
William Green
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African Americans; Biography; Fugitive Slaves; Green, William, Former Slave; History; Maryland; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Slaves' Writings, American; Social Conditions
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Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave.
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Abolitionists; African American Abolitionists; African Americans; Antislavery Movements; Authors' Presentation Copies (Provenance); Authors' Presentation Inscriptions (Provenance); Autobiographies; Biography; Douglass, Frederick, 1818 1895; Engravings; Fugitive Slaves; History; Maryland; Plantation Life; Publishers' Cloth Bindings (Binding); Slave Narratives; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Social Conditions; United States
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Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave.
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Abolitionists; African American Abolitionists; African Americans; Antislavery Movements; Autobiographies; Biography; Douglass, Frederick, 1818 1895; Fugitive Slaves; History; Leather Bindings (Binding); Maryland; Plantation Life; Printed Boards (Binding); Quarter Bindings (Binding); Slave Narratives; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Social Conditions; United States
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Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave.
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Abolitionists; African American Abolitionists; African Americans; Antislavery Movements; Autobiographies; Biography; Douglass, Frederick, 1818 1895; Engravings; Fugitive Slaves; History; Inscriptions (Provenance); Maryland; Plantation Life; Publishers' Cloth Bindings (Binding); Slave Narratives; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Social Conditions; United States
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Written by Himself
Frederick Douglass
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Abolitionists; African American Abolitionists; African Americans; Biography; Douglass, Frederick, 1818 1895; Fugitive Slaves; History; Maryland; Plantation Life; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Slaves' Writings, American; Social Conditions; United States
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Written by Himself
Frederick Douglass
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Abolitionists; African American Abolitionists; African Americans; Biography; Douglass, Frederick, 1818 1895; Fugitive Slaves; History; Maryland; Plantation Life; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Slaves' Writings, American; Social Conditions; United States
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Narrative of the Life of James Watkins, Formerly a "Chattel" in Maryland, U. S.; Containing an Account of His Escape from Slavery, Together with an Appeal on Behalf of Three Millions of Such "Pieces of Property," Still Held Under the Standard of the Eagle
James Watkins
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African Americans; Antislavery Movements; Biography; Fugitive Slaves; Great Britain; History; Maryland; Plantation Life; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; United States; United States. Fugitive Slave Law (1850); Watkins, James, B. 1821?
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Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green, a Runaway Slave, from Kentucky, Containing an Account of His Three Escapes, in 1839, 1846, and 1848
J. D. Green
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Abolitionists; African American Abolitionists; African Americans; Biography; Fugitive Slaves; Green, J. D. (Jacob D.), B. 1813; History; Kentucky; Maryland; Moral And Ethical Aspects; Secession; Slaver; Slavery; Slavery And The Church; Slaves; Slaves' Writings, American; Southern States
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Narrative of the Life of Thomas Cooper
Isaac T. Hopper
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African American Clergy; African Americans; Biography; Clergy; Cooper, Thomas, D. Ca. 1821; Fugitive Slaves; History; Maryland; Methodist Church; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves
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Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman
Sarah H. Bradford
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African American Women; African Americans; Antislavery Movements; Biography; Fugitive Slaves; History; Maryland; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Tubman, Harriet, 1820? 1913; Underground Railroad; United States; Women
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Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, a Black Man, Who Lived Forty Years in Maryland, South Carolina and Georgia, as a Slave Under Various Masters, and was One Year in the Navy with Commodore Barney, During the Late War
Charles Ball
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African Americans; Ball, Charles, Negro Slave; Biography; Fugitive Slaves; History; Kidnapping; Maryland; Plantation Life; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Slaves' Writings, American; Social Conditions; Southern States
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Struggles for Freedom; or The Life of James Watkins, Formerly a Slave in Maryland, U. S.; in Which is Detailed a Graphic Account of His Extraordinary Escape from Slavery, Notices of the Fugitive Slave Law, the Sentiments of American Divines on the Subject of Slavery, etc., etc.
James Watkins
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African Americans; Antislavery Movements; Biography; Fugitive Slaves; Great Britain; History; Maryland; Plantation Life; Poetry; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Social Conditions; United States; United States. Fugitive Slave Law (1850); Watkins, James, B. 1821?
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The Freedman's Story: In Two Parts
William Parker
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African Americans; Biography; Christiana; Christiana (Pa.); Fugitive Slaves; History; Kidnapping; Maryland; Parker, William, Fl. 1851; Pennsylvania; Race Relations; Riots; Slave Insurrections; Slaver; Slaves; Violence
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The Fugitive Blacksmith; or, Events in the History of James W. C. Pennington, Pastor of a Presbyterian Church, New York, Formerly a Slave in the State of Maryland, United States
James W. C. Pennington
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African American Blacksmiths; African American Presbyterians; African Americans; Biography; Clergy; Education; Fugitive Slaves; History; Maryland; Moral And Ethical Aspects; New York; Pennington, James W. C; Pennsylvania; Plantation Life; Presbyterian Church; Quakers; Slaver; Slavery; Slavery And The Church; Slaves; Slaves' Writings, American; Social Conditions; United States
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The Life and Sufferings of Leonard Black, a Fugitive from Slavery. Written by Himself
Leonard Black
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African American Baptists; African American Clergy; African Americans; Biography; Black, Leonard; Fugitive Slaves; History; Maryland; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Slaves' Writings, American; United States
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The life and times of Frederick Douglass, written by himself. : His early life as a slave, his escape from bondage, and his complete history fot the present time : including his connection with the anti-slavery movements; his labors in Great Britain as well as in his own country; his experience in the conduct of an influential newspaper; his connection with the underground railroad; his relation with John Brown and the Harper's Ferry Raid; his recruiting in the 54th and 55th Mass. Colored Regiment ; his interviews with Presidents Lincoln and Johnson ; his appointment by Gen. Grant to accompany the Santo Domingo Commission ; also to a seat in the Council of the District of Columbia; his appointment as United States Marshal by President R.B. Hayes; also his appointment to be recorder of deeds in Washington by President J.A. Garfield; with many other interesting and important events of his most eventful life
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Abolitionists; African American Abolitionists; African Americans; Antislavery Literature; Antislavery Movements; Autobiographies; Biography; Bookplates (Provenance); Douglass, Frederick, 1818 1895; Engravings; Fugitive Slaves; History; Maryland; Pictorial Cloth Bindings (Binding); Plantation Life; Publishers' Cloth Bindings (Binding); Slave Narratives; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Social Conditions; United States
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The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave; Containing His History of 25 Years in Bondage, and His Providential Escape. Written by Himself
John Thompson
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African American Sailors; African Americans; Biography; Fugitive Slaves; History; Maryland; Plantation Life; Religion; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Slaves' Writings, American; Thompson, John, B. 1812
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The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself
Josiah Henson
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African American Abolitionists; African American Clergy; African Americans; Biography; Blacks; Canada; Fugitive Slaves; Henson, Josiah, 1789 1883; History; Maryland; Plantation Life; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Slaves' Writings, American
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Truth Stranger Than Fiction. Father Henson's Story of His Own Life
Josiah Henson
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African American Abolitionists; African American Clergy; African Americans; Biography; Blacks; Canada; Fugitive Slaves; Henson, Josiah, 1789 1883; History; Maryland; Plantation Life; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; United States
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Truth Stranger Than Fiction. Father Henson's Story of His Own Life
Josiah Henson
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African American Abolitionists; African American Clergy; African Americans; Biography; Blacks; Canada; Fugitive Slaves; Henson, Josiah, 1789 1883; History; Maryland; Plantation Life; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; United States
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"Uncle Tom's story of his life" an autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson (Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom") : from 1789 to 1876
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African American Abolitionists; African American Clergy; African Americans; Biography; Blacks; Canada; Fugitive Slaves; Henson, Josiah, 1789 1883; Maryland; Plantation Life; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; Slaves' Writings, American; Uncle Tom (Fictitious Character)
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Uncle Tom's Story of His Life. An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson (Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom"). From 1789 to 1876. With a Preface by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, and an Introductory Note by George Sturge, and S. Morley, Esq., M. P.
Josiah Henson Harriet Beecher Stowe John Lobb
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African American Abolitionists; African American Clergy; African Americans; Biography; Blacks; Canada; Fugitive Slaves; Henson, Josiah, 1789 1883; History; Maryland; Plantation Life; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves; United States
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Arrival from Maryland, 1859; Ann Maria Jackson and her seven children
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African American Children; African American Families; African American Mothers; African Americans; Fugitive Slaves; Maryland; Slaver; Slavery; Underground Railroad; United States
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Escaping With Master'S Carriages And Horses: Harriet Shephard, And Her Five Children, With Five Other Passengers
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African Americans; Children; Fugitive Slaves; History; Horse Drawn Vehicles; Maryland; Slaver; Women
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Samuel Green sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years for having a copy of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in his house
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Fugitive Slaves; Maryland; Slaver
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A bold stroke for freedom
Reed, C. H
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Book Illustrations; Capture & Imprisonment; Fugitive Slaves; Maryland; Pictorial Works; Slaver; Slavery; United States; Wood Engravings
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Desperate conflict in a barn
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Betrayal; Book Illustrations; Capture & Imprisonment; Fugitive Slaves; Government; Government Publication; Homicides; Maryland; Slaver; Terrytown; Wood Engravings
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Joseph Rutherford to [Hannah Rutherford]
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Diseases; Fugitive Slaves; Maryland; Military Camps; Military Life; Slaver; Surgeons; United States; United States Army; Women; Women In War
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Narrative of the life of Thomas Cooper
Hopper, Isaac T
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African American Clergy; African Americans; Biography; Clergy; Cooper, Thomas, Approximately 1821; Fugitive Slaves; History; Maryland; Methodist Church; Slave Narratives; Slaver; Slavery; Slaves
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Twenty-eight fugitives escaping from the eastern shore of Maryland
Osler, Wilbur
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Book Illustrations; Engravings; Fugitive Slaves; Government; Government Publication; Maryland; Slaver
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