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100 Books in the HISTORY / United States / 19th Century Category

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Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families

Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families
Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank

Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank
The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America

The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America
The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church

The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church
Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery’s Borderland

Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery’s Borderland
Fear of a Black Republic: Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States

Fear of a Black Republic: Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States
Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln

Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake

All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
Make Good the Promises: Reclaiming Reconstruction and Its Legacies

Make Good the Promises: Reclaiming Reconstruction and Its Legacies
Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk about Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Emancipation

Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk about Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Emancipation
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake

All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
I Am Black Wall Street

I Am Black Wall Street
I’ve Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land

I’ve Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land
Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography Of Ida B. Wells

Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography Of Ida B. Wells
Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory

Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
Virginia Slavery and King Salt in Booker T. Washington’s Boyhood Home

Virginia Slavery and King Salt in Booker T. Washington’s Boyhood Home
The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave’s Journey from Bondage to Freedom

The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave’s Journey from Bondage to Freedom
Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America

Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America
The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era

The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era
The Frederick Douglass Papers: Series Three: Correspondence, Volume 2: 1853-1865

The Frederick Douglass Papers: Series Three: Correspondence, Volume 2: 1853-1865
Character Building

Character Building
Black Men Built the Capitol: Discovering African-American History in and Around Washington, D.C.

Black Men Built the Capitol: Discovering African-American History in and Around Washington, D.C.
The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation

The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation: Nat Turner and the Making of a Movement

The Birth of a Nation: Nat Turner and the Making of a Movement
The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire

The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire
Bind Us Apart: How Enlightened Americans Invented Racial Segregation

Bind Us Apart: How Enlightened Americans Invented Racial Segregation
History of the Negro Church

History of the Negro Church
Prince of Darkness: The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street’s First Black Millionaire

Prince of Darkness: The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street’s First Black Millionaire
The Long Emancipation: The Demise of Slavery in the United States

The Long Emancipation: The Demise of Slavery in the United States
Race and Real Estate: Conflict and Cooperation in Harlem, 1890-1920

Race and Real Estate: Conflict and Cooperation in Harlem, 1890-1920
Ties That Bind: The Story Of An Afro-Cherokee Family In Slavery And Freedom (American Crossroads)

Ties That Bind: The Story Of An Afro-Cherokee Family In Slavery And Freedom (American Crossroads)
Through the African American Lens: Double Exposure

Through the African American Lens: Double Exposure
American Uprising

American Uprising
The Creole Affair: The Slave Rebellion That Led the U.S. and Great Britain to the Brink of War

The Creole Affair: The Slave Rebellion That Led the U.S. and Great Britain to the Brink of War
My Bondage and My Freedom

My Bondage and My Freedom
Twelve Years a Slave

Twelve Years a Slave
Black Reconstruction in America: Toward a History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860-1880

Black Reconstruction in America: Toward a History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860-1880
A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons

A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Ardency: A Chronicle Of The Amistad Rebels

Ardency: A Chronicle Of The Amistad Rebels
Freedom: Volume 3, Series 1: The Wartime Genesis of Free Labour: The Lower South: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867

Freedom: Volume 3, Series 1: The Wartime Genesis of Free Labour: The Lower South: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867
Freedom: Volume 2, Series 1: The Wartime Genesis of Free Labor: The Upper South: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867

Freedom: Volume 2, Series 1: The Wartime Genesis of Free Labor: The Upper South: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867
Rebels and Runaways: Slave Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Florida

Rebels and Runaways: Slave Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Florida
Help Me To Find My People: The African American Search For Family Lost In Slavery

Help Me To Find My People: The African American Search For Family Lost In Slavery
My Father’s Name: A Black Virginia Family After the Civil War

My Father’s Name: A Black Virginia Family After the Civil War
Black Gotham: A Family History Of African-Americans In Nineteenth Century New York City

Black Gotham: A Family History Of African-Americans In Nineteenth Century New York City
African or American?: Black Identity and Political Activism in New York City, 1784-1861

African or American?: Black Identity and Political Activism in New York City, 1784-1861
Uncle Tom’s Story of His Life: An Autobiography of the Reverend Josiah Henson

Uncle Tom’s Story of His Life: An Autobiography of the Reverend Josiah Henson
A Fragile Freedom

A Fragile Freedom
Andrew Johnson: The American Presidents Series: The 17Th President, 1865-1869

Andrew Johnson: The American Presidents Series: The 17Th President, 1865-1869
Swing the Sickle for the Harvest Is Ripe: Gender and Slavery in Antebellum Georgia

Swing the Sickle for the Harvest Is Ripe: Gender and Slavery in Antebellum Georgia
Am I Not A Man? The Dred Scott Story

Am I Not A Man? The Dred Scott Story
The Hemingses Of Monticello: An American Family

The Hemingses Of Monticello: An American Family
Moses And The Monster And Miss Anne

Moses And The Monster And Miss Anne
Slavery in Florida: Territorial Days to Emancipation

Slavery in Florida: Territorial Days to Emancipation
Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale Of Love And Deception Across The Color Line

Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale Of Love And Deception Across The Color Line
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II

Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in U.S. History

Inheriting the Trade: A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in U.S. History
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
All Bound Up Together: The Woman Question in African American Public Culture, 1830-1900

All Bound Up Together: The Woman Question in African American Public Culture, 1830-1900
The White Pacific: U.S. Imperialism and Black Slavery in the South Seas After the Civil War

The White Pacific: U.S. Imperialism and Black Slavery in the South Seas After the Civil War
Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America

Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America
The Deepest South: The United States, Brazil, and the African Slave Trade

The Deepest South: The United States, Brazil, and the African Slave Trade
Self-Taught: African American Education in Slavery and Freedom (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)

Self-Taught: African American Education in Slavery and Freedom (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)
Boston’s Abolitionists

Boston’s Abolitionists
The House Servant’s Directory: An African American Butler’s 1827 Guide

The House Servant’s Directory: An African American Butler’s 1827 Guide
The River Flows On: Black Resistance, Culture, and Identity Formation in Early America

The River Flows On: Black Resistance, Culture, and Identity Formation in Early America
Israel on the Appomattox: A Southern Experiment in Black Freedom from the 1790s Through the Civil War

Israel on the Appomattox: A Southern Experiment in Black Freedom from the 1790s Through the Civil War
Stroud’s Slave Laws

Stroud’s Slave Laws
The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story Of Sally Miller And Her Fight For Freedom in Old New Orleans

The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story Of Sally Miller And Her Fight For Freedom in Old New Orleans
Bandits & Bibles: Convict Literature in Nineteenth-Century America

Bandits & Bibles: Convict Literature in Nineteenth-Century America
Stories of Freedom in Black New York

Stories of Freedom in Black New York
When I Was a Slave: Memoirs from the Slave Narrative Collection (Dover Thrift Editions)

When I Was a Slave: Memoirs from the Slave Narrative Collection (Dover Thrift Editions)
Creating an Old South: Middle Florida’s Plantation Frontier before the Civil War

Creating an Old South: Middle Florida’s Plantation Frontier before the Civil War
The Militant South, 1800-1861

The Militant South, 1800-1861
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal: The Struggle to Tell the Controversial True Story

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal: The Struggle to Tell the Controversial True Story
Allies for Freedom & Blacks on John Brown (Revised)

Allies for Freedom & Blacks on John Brown (Revised)
Exodus!: Religion, Race, and Nation in Early Nineteenth-Century Black America

Exodus!: Religion, Race, and Nation in Early Nineteenth-Century Black America
Proud Shoes: The Story of an American Family

Proud Shoes: The Story of an American Family
Runaway Slaves: Rebels on the Plantation

Runaway Slaves: Rebels on the Plantation
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom

Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom
Democracy Betrayed: The Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 and Its Legacy

Democracy Betrayed: The Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 and Its Legacy
Thomas Jefferson And Sally Hemings: An American Controversy

Thomas Jefferson And Sally Hemings: An American Controversy
Black Reconstruction In America, 1860-1880

Black Reconstruction In America, 1860-1880
Black Mutiny: The Revolt on the Schooner Amistad

Black Mutiny: The Revolt on the Schooner Amistad
The Exiles of Florida

The Exiles of Florida
Lest We Forget: The Passage from Africa to Slavery and Emancipation: A Three-Dimensional Interactive Book with Photographs and Documents from the Black Holocaust Exhibit

Lest We Forget: The Passage from Africa to Slavery and Emancipation: A Three-Dimensional Interactive Book with Photographs and Documents from the Black Holocaust Exhibit
Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America

Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America
The Black West: A Documentary and Pictorial History of the African American Role in the Westward Expansion of the United States

The Black West: A Documentary and Pictorial History of the African American Role in the Westward Expansion of the United States
David Walker’s Appeal

David Walker’s Appeal
The Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation
Slaves No More

Slaves No More
Slaves Without Masters (Revised)

Slaves Without Masters (Revised)
Black Abolitionists (Revised)

Black Abolitionists (Revised)
Standing at Armageddon: The United States, 1877-1919

Standing at Armageddon: The United States, 1877-1919
Reconstruction after the Civil War

Reconstruction after the Civil War
Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market

Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market
Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad

Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad
Freedom by Any Means: True Stories of Cunning and Courage on the Underground Railroad

Freedom by Any Means: True Stories of Cunning and Courage on the Underground Railroad