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THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA By Norman Coombs CONTENTS Preface Acknowledgments The Human Cradle West African Empires The Culture of West Africa The Slave Trade Caribbean Interlude The Shape of American Slavery North American and South American Slavery Slavery and the Formation of Character Slave Response Slavery and the American Revolution Slave Insurrections Growing Racism Black Moderates and Militants White Liberals Growth of Extremism Blue, Gray, and Black Reconstruction and Its Failure The New Racism Fighting Jim Crow Making the World Safe for Democracy Urban Riots The Klan Revival The Debate Over Means and Ends Booker T. Washington: The Trumpet of Conciliation W. E. B. DuBois: The Trumpet of Confrontation Marcus Garvey: The Trumpet of Pride A. Philip Randolph: The Trumpet of Mobilization Immigration and Migration Harlem: "The Promised Land" The Negro Renaissance Black Nationalism Hard Times Again The Second World War The U.S. and the U.N. Schools and Courts The Civil Rights Movement Civil Disorders Black Power Epilogue

WHERE THE TWAIN MEET By Mary Gaunt CONTENTS PREFACE WHERE THE TWAIN MEET CHAPTER I BRITAIN'S FIRST TROPICAL COLONY CHAPTER II THE WHITE BONDSMEN CHAPTER III JAMAICA'S FIRST HISTORIAN CHAPTER IV THE CASTLES ON THE GUINEA COAST CHAPTER V THE MIDDLE PASSAGE CHAPTER VI THE PLANTATION CHAPTER VII SLAVE REBELLIONS CHAPTER VIII THE MAROONS CHAPTER IX THE FOOTPRINTS OF THE YEARS CHAPTER X THE MAKING OF CHRISTIANS CHAPTER XI THE FREEING OF THE SLAVE CHAPTER XII JAMAICA AS I SAW IT

FATHER HENSON'S STORY OF HIS OWN LIFE. CONTENTS CHAPTER I. MY BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD. 1 Earliest memories.—Born in Maryland.—My father's first appearance.—Attempted outrage on my mother.—My father's fight with an overseer.—One hundred stripes and his ear cut off.—Throws away his banjo and becomes morose.—Sold South. CHAPTER II. MY FIRST GREAT TRIAL. 8 Origin of my name.—A kind master.—He is drowned.—My mother's prayers.—A slave auction.—Torn from my mother.—Severe sickness.—A cruel master.—Sold again and restored to my mother. CHAPTER III. MY BOYHOOD AND YOUTH. 16 Early employment.—Slave-life.—Food, lodging, clothing.—Amusements.—Gleams of sunshine.—My knight-errantry.—Become an overseer and general superintendent. [Pg viii]CHAPTER IV. MY CONVERSION. 25 A good man.—Hear a sermon for the first time.—Its effects upon me.—Prayer and communion.—Its first fruits. CHAPTER V. MAIMED FOR LIFE. 31 Taking care of my drunken master.—His fight with an overseer.—Rescue him.—Am terribly beaten by the overseer.—My master seeks redress at law, but fails.—Sufferings then and since.—Retain my post as superintendent. CHAPTER VI. A RESPONSIBLE JOURNEY. 42 My marriage.—Marriage of my master.—His ruin.—Comes to me for aid.—A great enterprise undertaken.—Long and successful journey.—Incidents by the way.—Struggle between inclination and duty.—Duty triumphant. CHAPTER VII. A NEW HOME. 55 Become a Methodist preacher.—My poor companions sold.—My agony.—Sent for again.—Interview with a kind Methodist preacher.—Visit free soil and begin my struggle for freedom. [Pg ix]CHAPTER VIII. RETURN TO MARYLAND. 66 Reception from my old master.—A slave again.—Appeal to an old friend.—Buy my freedom.—Cheated and betrayed.—Back to Kentucky, and a slave again. CHAPTER IX. TAKEN SOUTH, AWAY FROM WIFE AND CHILDREN. 79 Start for New Orleans.—Study navigation on the Mississippi.—The captain struck blind.—Find some of my old companions.—The lower depths. CHAPTER X. A TERRIBLE TEMPTATION. 86 Sigh for death.—A murder in my heart.—The axe raised.—Conscience speaks and I am saved.—God be praised! CHAPTER XI. PROVIDENTIAL DELIVERANCE. 93 Offered for sale.—Examined by purchasers.—Plead with my young master in vain.—Man's extremity, God's opportunity.—Good for evil.—Return North.—My increased value.—Resolve to be a slave no longer. CHAPTER XII. ESCAPE FROM BONDAGE. 102 [Pg x]Solitary Musings.—Preparations for flight.—A long good-night to master.—A dark night on the river.—Night journeys in Indiana.—On the brink of starvation.—A kind woman.—A new style of drinking cup.—Reach Cincinnati. CHAPTER XIII. JOURNEY TO CANADA. 113 Good Samaritans.—Alone in the wilderness.—Meet some Indians.—Reach Sandusky.—Another friend.—All aboard.—Buffalo.—A "free nigger."—Frenzy of joy on reaching Canada. CHAPTER XIV. NEW SCENES AND A NEW HOME. 128 A poor man in a strange land.—Begin to acquire property.—Resume preaching.—Boys go to school.—What gave me a desire to learn to read.—A day of prayer in the woods. CHAPTER XV. LIFE IN CANADA. 138 Condition of the blacks in Canada.—A tour of exploration.—Appeal to the Legislature.—Improvements. CHAPTER XVI. CONDUCTING SLAVES TO CANADA. 144 Sympathy for the slaves.—James Lightfoot.—My first mission to the South.—A Kentucky company of fugitives.—Safe at home.[Pg xi] CHAPTER XVII. SECOND JOURNEY ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. 150 A shower of stars.—Kentuckians.—A stratagem.—A providence.—Conducted across the Miami River by a cow.—Arrival at Cincinnati.—One of the party taken ill.—We leave him to die.—Meet a "friend."—A poor white man.—A strange impression.—Once more in Canada. CHAPTER XVIII. HOME AT DAWN. 165 Condition in Canada.—Efforts in behalf of my people.—Rev. Mr. Wilson.—A convention of blacks.—Manual-labor school. CHAPTER XIX. LUMBERING OPERATIONS. 173 Industrial project.—Find some able friends in Boston.—Procure funds and construct a saw-mill.—Sales of lumber in Boston.—Incident in the Custom House. CHAPTER XX. VISIT TO ENGLAND. 179 Debt on the institution.—A new pecuniary enterprise.—Letters of recommendation to England.—Personal difficulties.—Called an impostor.—Triumphant victory over these troubles. CHAPTER XXI. THE WORLD'S FAIR IN LONDON. 187 My contribution to the great exhibition.—Difficulty [Pg xii]with the American superintendent.—Happy release.—The great crowd.—A call from the Queen.—Medal awarded to me. CHAPTER XXII. VISITS TO THE RAGGED SCHOOLS. 194 Speech at Sunday School Anniversary.—Interview with Lord Grey.—Interview with the Archbishop of Canterbury, and dinner with Lord John Russell, the great events of my life. CHAPTER XXIII. CLOSING UP MY LONDON AGENCY. 203 My narrative published.—Letter from home apprising me of the sickness of my wife.—Departure from London.—Arrival at home.—Meeting with my family.—The great sorrow of my life, the death of my wife. CHAPTER XXIV. CLOSING CHAPTER. 209 Containing an accurate account of the past and present condition of the fugitive slaves in Canada, with some remarks on their future prospects.

BLACK REBELLION: FIVE SLAVE REVOLTS By Thomas Wentworth Higginson CONTENTS AUTHOR'S NOTE: THE MAROONS OF JAMAICA THE MAROONS OF SURINAM. GABRIEL'S DEFEAT DENMARK VESEY NAT TURNER'S INSURRECTION APPENDIX OF AUTHORITIES

THIRTY YEARS A SLAVE From Bondage to Freedom AUTOBIOGRAPHY By Louis Hughes CONTENTS PREFACE. CHAPTER I. LIFE ON A COTTON PLANTATION. CHAPTER II. SOCIAL AND OTHER ASPECTS OF SLAVERY. CHAPTER III. SLAVERY AND THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. CHAPTER IV. REBELLION WEAKENING; SLAVES' HOPES STRENGTHENING.