Voices Out of Slavery

23 First-Hand Accounts of American Slavery

VOICES OUT OF SLAVERY is a collection of twenty-three slave narratives dating from the early 1700s to the 1860s.  All of these first-hand accounts of slavery provide valuable insight into the everyday lives of slaves, as well as incredible and disturbing descriptions of kidnappings, torture, and inhumane treatment.  While often disturbing, many of the narratives also include themes of overcoming slavery, gaining freedom, and inspiring others to combat the evils of slavery.

• NARRATIVE OF LOUIS ASA-ASA
• NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF HENRY BIBB
• CLOTEL, William Wells Brown
• MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD’S SLAVERY DAYS, Annie L. Burton
• RUNNING A THOUSAND MILES FOR FREEDOM, William and Ellen Craft
• A NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF REV. NOAH DAVIS, A COLORED MAN
• FROM THE DARKNESS COMETH THE LIGHT, Lucy A. Delaney
• NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS
• A SLAVE GIRL'S STORY, Kate Drumgoold
• NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF OLAUDA EQUIANO
• NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF MOSES GRANDY
• NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF J.D. GREEN
• THE LIFE OF UKAWSAW GRONNIOSAW
• THIRTY YEARS A SLAVE, Louis Hughes
• THE STORY OF MATTIE J. JACKSON
• INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL, Harriet Jacobs
• BEHIND THE SCENES, Elizabeth Keckley
• THE NARRATIVE OF LUNSFORD LANE
• THE FUGITIVE BLACKSMITH, James W.C. Pennington
• THE HISTORY OF MARY PRINCE, A WEST INDIAN SLAVE
• A NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF VENTURE SMITH
• THE NARRATIVE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH
• UP FROM SLAVERY, Booker T. Washington