APUSH Slavery Narrative Resources Guide: Print/eBook Slavery Narratives

Multi-User copy. An autobiography of abolitionist Frederick Douglass which describes his childhood born into slavery and his education by his master's wife. Also discusses his escape to the North, his rise as a speaker against slaver, and his work in the 1840's against segregation.

A collection of primary sources, from the colonial era to the Civil War, that document the struggle of free blacks, slaves, and other Americans to end slavery.

The autobiography of the man who, though born in slavery, educated himself and went on to found Tuskegee Institute.

This introductory volume, part of the In Their Own Voices series, combines the immediacy of individual voices with general historical background. Testimonies by former slaves and rescuers personalize the history: the horror of daily life on the plantation, the anguish of family separation, the danger of escape, the thrill of rescue and sometimes reunion.