Classicly Books
The Mysteries of Udolpho
Ann RadcliffeThe Mysteries of Udolpho, by Ann Radcliffe, was published in four volumes on 8 May 1794 by G. G. and J. Robinson of London. The firm paid her £500 for the manuscript. The contract is housed at the Uni..
A Black Adonis
Linn Boyd PorterA Black Adonis is a novel by Linn Boyd Porter. Excerpts from the preface of the book:I do not know how better to use the space that the printer always leaves me in this part of the book than to r..
Aunt Phillis's Cabin
Mary H. EastmanAunt Phillis's Cabin by Mary Henderson Eastman is a plantation fiction novel, and is perhaps the most read anti-Tom novel in American literature. It was published by Lippincott, Grambo & Co. of Ph..
Black Rebellion
Thomas Wentworth HigginsonBlack Rebellion by Thomas Wentworth Higginson is a fascinating account of five slave insurrections, among them the story of the Maroons, escaped slaves in the West Indies and South America who success..
Clotel, or The President's Daughter
William Wells BrownClotel; or, The President's Daughter is an 1853 novel by United States author and playwright William Wells Brown about Clotel and her sister, fictional slave daughters of Thomas Jefferson. Brown, who ..
Education of the Negro
Charles Dudley WarnerExcerpts from the book Education of the Negro written by Charles Dudley Warner.At the close of the war for the Union about five millions of negroes were added to the citizenship of the Unite..
Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus
Rufus Estes"Rufus Estes' Good Things to Eat: The First Cookbook by an African-American Chef" includes nearly 600 mouth-watering recipes: chicken gumbo, chestnut stuffing with truffles, cherry dumplings, southern..
Historical Lectures and Essays
Charles KingsleyHistorical Lectures and Essays is a collected work of essays by Charles Kingsley contains the essays including below The First Discovery Of AmericaCyrus, The Servant Of-The LordAncient Civil..