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Selected Essays in Black History

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Sojourner Truth, the Libyan Sibyl by Harriet Beecher Stowe Reconstruction by Frederick Douglass An Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage by Frederick Douglas The Negro Exodus by James B. Runnion My Escape from Slavery by Frederick Douglass The Goophered Grapevine by Charles W. Chesnutt Po’ Sandy by Charles W. Chesnutt Dave’s Neckliss by Charles W. Chesnutt The Awakening of the Negro by Booker T. Washington The Story of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Charles Dudley Warner Strivings of the Negro People by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois The Wife of His Youth by Charles W. Chesnutt The Bouquet by Charles W. Chesnutt

The Case of the Negro by Booker T. Washington Hot-Foot Hannibal by Charles W. Chesnutt A Negro Schoolmaster in the New South by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois The Capture of a Slaver by J. Taylor Wood Mr. Charles W. Chesnutt’s Stories by W. D. Howells Paths of Hope for the Negro by Jerome Dowd Signs of Progress Among the Negroes by Booker T. Washington The March of Progress by Charles W. Chesnutt The Freedmen’s Bureau by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois Of the Training of Black Men by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois The Fruits of Industrial Training by Booker T. Washington The Negro in the Regular Army by Oswald Garrison Villard Baxter’s Procrustes by Charles W. Chesnutt The Heart of the Race Problem by Quincy Ewing Negro Suffrage in a Democracy by Ray Stannard Baker

 

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Sojourner Truth, the Libyan Sibyl by Harriet Beecher Stowe Reconstruction by Frederick Douglass An Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage by Frederick Douglas The Negro Exodus by James B. Runnion My Escape from Slavery by Frederick Douglass The Goophered Grapevine by Charles W. Chesnutt Po’ Sandy by Charles W. Chesnutt Dave’s Neckliss by Charles W. Chesnutt The Awakening of the Negro by Booker T. Washington The Story of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Charles Dudley Warner Strivings of the Negro People by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois The Wife of His Youth by Charles W. Chesnutt The Bouquet by Charles W. Chesnutt

The Case of the Negro by Booker T. Washington Hot-Foot Hannibal by Charles W. Chesnutt A Negro Schoolmaster in the New South by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois The Capture of a Slaver by J. Taylor Wood Mr. Charles W. Chesnutt’s Stories by W. D. Howells Paths of Hope for the Negro by Jerome Dowd Signs of Progress Among the Negroes by Booker T. Washington The March of Progress by Charles W. Chesnutt The Freedmen’s Bureau by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois Of the Training of Black Men by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois The Fruits of Industrial Training by Booker T. Washington The Negro in the Regular Army by Oswald Garrison Villard Baxter’s Procrustes by Charles W. Chesnutt The Heart of the Race Problem by Quincy Ewing Negro Suffrage in a Democracy by Ray Stannard Baker

 

Contents

Sojourner Truth, the Libyan Sibyl by Harriet Beecher Stowe Reconstruction by Frederick Douglass An Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage by Frederick Douglas The Negro Exodus by James B. Runnion My Escape from Slavery by Frederick Douglass The Goophered Grapevine by Charles W. Chesnutt Po’ Sandy by Charles W. Chesnutt Dave’s Neckliss by Charles W. Chesnutt The Awakening of the Negro by Booker T. Washington The Story of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Charles Dudley Warner Strivings of the Negro People by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois The Wife of His Youth by Charles W. Chesnutt The Bouquet by Charles W. Chesnutt

The Case of the Negro by Booker T. Washington Hot-Foot Hannibal by Charles W. Chesnutt A Negro Schoolmaster in the New South by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois The Capture of a Slaver by J. Taylor Wood Mr. Charles W. Chesnutt’s Stories by W. D. Howells Paths of Hope for the Negro by Jerome Dowd Signs of Progress Among the Negroes by Booker T. Washington The March of Progress by Charles W. Chesnutt The Freedmen’s Bureau by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois Of the Training of Black Men by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois The Fruits of Industrial Training by Booker T. Washington The Negro in the Regular Army by Oswald Garrison Villard Baxter’s Procrustes by Charles W. Chesnutt The Heart of the Race Problem by Quincy Ewing Negro Suffrage in a Democracy by Ray Stannard Baker

  • Sojourner Truth, the Libyan Sibyl

  • by Harriet Beecher Stowe

  • Reconstruction

  • by Frederick Douglass

  • An Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage

  • by Frederick Douglas

  • The Negro Exodus

  • by James B. Runnion

  • My Escape from Slavery

  • by Frederick Douglass

  • The Goophered Grapevine

  • by Charles W. Chesnutt

  • Po’ Sandy

  • by Charles W. Chesnutt

  • Dave’s Neckliss

  • by Charles W. Chesnutt

  • The Awakening of the Negro

  • by Booker T. Washington

  • The Story of Uncle Tom’s Cabin

  • by Charles Dudley Warner

  • Strivings of the Negro People

  • by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois

  • The Wife of His Youth

  • by Charles W. Chesnutt

  • The Bouquet

  • by Charles W. Chesnutt

  • The Case of the Negro

  • by Booker T. Washington

  • Hot-Foot Hannibal

  • by Charles W. Chesnutt

  • A Negro Schoolmaster in the New South

  • by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois

  • The Capture of a Slaver

  • by J. Taylor Wood

  • Mr. Charles W. Chesnutt’s Stories

  • by W. D. Howells

  • Paths of Hope for the Negro

  • by Jerome Dowd

  • Signs of Progress Among the Negroes

  • by Booker T. Washington

  • The March of Progress

  • by Charles W. Chesnutt

  • The Freedmen’s Bureau

  • by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois

  • Of the Training of Black Men

  • by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois

  • The Fruits of Industrial Training

  • by Booker T. Washington

  • The Negro in the Regular Army

  • by Oswald Garrison Villard

  • Baxter’s Procrustes

  • by Charles W. Chesnutt

  • The Heart of the Race Problem

  • by Quincy Ewing

  • Negro Suffrage in a Democracy

  • by Ray Stannard Baker

 

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Selected Essays in Black Historyby W. D. Howells

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