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Life of a Slave Girl

Life of a Slave Girl

herself | Memoirs & Biography
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Reader be assured this narrative is no fiction. I am aware that some of my adventures may seem incredible; but they are, nevertheless, strictly true. I have not exaggerated the wrongs inflicted by Slavery; on the contrary, my descriptions fall far short of the facts. I have concealed the names of...

Up from Slavery

Up from Slavery

Booker T Washington | Memoirs & Biography
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The autobiography of a great American who began life as a slave. The reader is given an extraordinary look into a vanished way of life.

The History Of the remarkable Life of John Sheppard, 
Robberies and Escapes

The History Of the remarkable Life of John Sheppard, 
Robberies and Escapes

John Sheppard | Memoirs & Biography
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The History Of the remarkable life of JOHN SHEPPARD, containing a particular account of his many 
Robberies and Escapes

Vergil, a biography (1922)

Vergil, a biography (1922)

Frank, Tenney | Memoirs & Biography
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Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 BC – September 21, 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil /ˈvɜrdʒəl/ in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. A...

Solomon Juneau; a biography (1916)

Solomon Juneau; a biography (1916)

Fox, Isabella. | Memoirs & Biography
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Solomon Laurent Juneau, or Laurent-Salomon Juneau, (August 9, 1793 – November 14, 1856) was a fur trader, land speculator and politician who helped found the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was born in Repentigny, Quebec, Canada to François and (Marie-)Thérèse Galarneau Juneau. His cousin...

Samuel Foote; a biography (1910)

Samuel Foote; a biography (1910)

Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington | Memoirs & Biography
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Samuel Foote (January 1720 – 21 October 1777) was a British dramatist, actor and theatre manager from Cornwall.

Robert Owen : a biography Vol. 2 (1907)

Robert Owen : a biography Vol. 2 (1907)

Podmore, Frank | Memoirs & Biography
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Robert Owen (14 May 1771 – 17 November 1858) was a Welsh social reformer and one of the founders of utopian socialism and the cooperative movement. Owen's philosophy was based on three intellectual pillars: First, no one was responsible for his [] will and his [] own actions because his whole...

Robert Owen, a biography Vol. 1 (1906)

Robert Owen, a biography Vol. 1 (1906)

Podmore, Frank | Memoirs & Biography
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Robert Owen (14 May 1771 – 17 November 1858) was a Welsh social reformer and one of the founders of utopian socialism and the cooperative movement. Owen's philosophy was based on three intellectual pillars: First, no one was responsible for his will and his own actions because his whole...

Theodore Parker: a biography (1880)

Theodore Parker: a biography (1880)

Frothingham, Octavius Brooks | Memoirs & Biography
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Theodore Parker (Lexington, Massachusetts, August 24, 1810 – Florence, Italy, May 10, 1860) was an American Transcendentalist and reforming minister of the Unitarian church. A reformer and abolitionist, his words and quotations which he popularized would later inspire speeches by Abraham Lincoln...

Robert Boyle; a biography (1914)

Robert Boyle; a biography (1914)

Masson, Flora | Memoirs & Biography
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Robert Boyle, FRS, (25 January 1627 – 31 December 1691) was a 17th-century natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor, also noted for his writings in theology. He has been variously described as Irish, English and Anglo-Irish, his father having come to Ireland from England during the...