The lives of black women in America before the Civil War ended. Slave narratives, notable African American women including Phillis Wheatley, Sojourner Truth, Sally Hemings and Harriet Tubman, bibliographies, and much more black history.
Women abolitionists -- profiles of women abolitionists, including African American abolitionists and white women who worked for abolition.
Mary Ann Shadd Cary biography - a profile of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, African American teacher, journalist, and law school graduate who lived for some years in Canada.
Lydia Maria Child, who wrote one of the first American anti-slavery books, here discusses slavery with Gov. Wise and Mrs. Mason of Virginia and also writes to John Brown.
A biography of Henriette Delille, founder of an African American religious order in New Orleans in the 19th century.
Profile of Old Elizabeth, early African Methodist Episcopal preacher, emancipated slave, and African American woman writer.
Text of the 1863 autobiography of an African American ex-slave and preacher, called Old Elizabeth.
Quotes by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
From your About Guide to Women's History, a biography, net resources, information about her children (with Thomas Jefferson?), and more.
A profile of Harriet Beecher Stowe, 19th century author.
A four-part in-depth biography of Harriet Tubman, highlighting the four phases of her life: her life in slavery, her years as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, her service in the U.S. Civil War, and her later years working for reform and telling her story.
Famous 19th century abolitionist and women's rights supporter: biography and links from your About Guide to Women's History.
A biography of Phillis Wheatley and an analysis of her poetry. Phillis Wheatley was a slave in Massachusetts at the time of the Revolutionary War who was educated by her owners and became a poet and sensation for a few years.
Critics have differed on the contribution of Phillis Wheatley's poetry to America's literary tradition. Most critics agree that the fact that a slave could write and publish poetry at that time and place is itself noteworthy in history. Critics through the decades have also been split on the quality and importance of her poems.
From About's Guide to African American history, a reproduction of the biography of ex-slave Harriet Jacobs. The editor was
Lydia Maria Child.
Study of girls in American history. One unit on a slave girl in Virginia. Good reading lists for children and general info too.
The condition of African American women in slavery, and how to improve the lot of black women in the present generation (1880s).
Christina Accomando, in a 1998
African American Review article, looks at how Harriet Jacobs'
Life of a Slave Girl helps in looking at antebellum legal reasoning. An extensive analysis of the book that has become a prototypical slave narrative.
A rare letter from a slave, inquiring about her daughter, whom her new master is willing to buy to reunite with her mother.
These letters from house slaves to the Campbell family, were written 1837-38 while David Campbell was Virginia's governor.
Travelers to America in 1820-1842 describe the relationship of race and sex as they observe American customs and practices.
