This unique collection consists of the most influential narratives of former slaves and the stories of people who have helped them. With their powerful & unflinching stories, they changed people's convictions and shook the very foundation of slavery:Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass12 Years a Slave by Solomon NorthupThe Underground RailroadThe Willie Lynch Letter: The Making of Slave!Confessions of Nat TurnerNarrative of Sojourner TruthIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, by Harriet JacobsHarriet: The Moses of Her PeopleHistory of Mary PrinceRunning a Thousand Miles for Freedom, by William and Ellen CraftThirty Years a Slave: From Bondage to Freedom, by Louis HughesNarrative of the Life of J. D. Green, a Runaway SlaveUp From Slavery by Booker T. WashingtonNarrative of Olaudah EquianoBehind The Scenes - 30 Years a Slave & 4 Years in the White House, by Elizabeth KeckleyFather Henson's Story of His Own LifeFifty Years in Chains, by Charles BallTwenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman, by Austin StewardNarrative of the Life of Henry BibbNarrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive SlaveStory of Mattie J. JacksonA Slave Girl's Story, by Kate DrumgooldFrom the Darkness Cometh the Light, by Lucy A. DelaneyNarrative of the Life of Moses GrandyNarrative of Joanna; An Emancipated Slave, of SurinamNarrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Who Escaped in a 3x2 Feet BoxMemoir and Poems of Phillis WheatleyBuried Alive For a Quarter of a Century - Life of William WalkerPictures of Slavery in Church and StateDying Speech of Stephen Smith Who Was Executed for BurglaryLife of Joseph MountainCharge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive SlaveLynch Law in All Its PhasesDuty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave ActCaptain CanotPearl Incident: Personal Memoir of Daniel DraytonHistory of Abolition of African Slave-TradeHistory of American Abolitionism