Slavery (Bookshelf)

Slavery is the social status of specific persons, known as slaves, who have been stripped of individual rights, and are the property of another person or household. Slaves are people who are held against their will since either their capture, their purchase, or their birth, and are deprived of their individual freedom for the purpose of exploitation of their labour and in some cases their sexual abuse. Historically, slavery has generally occurred as a means of securing the labour of the slave, without the right of the slave to refuse, leave or receive anything in return for his labour. As such slavery is one form of unfree labour. Chattel slavery is the absolute legal ownership of a person or persons, including the legal right to buy and sell them. While slavery has been a prominent feature of many civilizations throughout human history, it has over the past few centuries gained a repugnant aura.

—Excerpted from Slavery on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.

More content is needed. Searching "Slave" as title word gives rich results. Robert Marquardt

Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)

• Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter 

American Anti-Slavery Society

Wikipedia: American Anti-Slavery Society

• The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus  (English)
• The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4  (English)
• The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4  (English)
• The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4  (English)
• The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 4 of 4  (English)
• The Fugitive Slave Law and Its Victims
  Anti-Slavery Tracts No. 18  (English)

Anonymous

• The Anti-Slavery Alphabet  (English)

Benezet, Anthony 1713-1789

• Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce, and the General Disposition of Its Inhabitants. An Inquiry into the Rise and Progress of the Slave Trade, Its Nature and Lamentable Effects 

Benwell, John

• An Englishman's Travels in America His Observations of Life and Manners in the Free and Slave States  (English)

Bibb, Henry 1815-1854

• Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself 

Brawley, Benjamin

• A Social History of the American Negro
  Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia 

Brown, William Wells 1816?-1884

• The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave 

Chancel, Ausone de

• Cham et Japhet, ou De l'émigration des nègres chez les blancs considérée comme moyen providentiel de régénérer la race nègre et de civiliser l'Afrique intérieure. 

Clarkson, Thomas 1760-1846

• An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African Translated from a Latin Dissertation, Which Was Honoured with the First Prize in the University of Cambridge, for the Year 1785, with Additions 

• The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808), Volume 1  Volume 2 

• The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament (1839) 

• Thoughts on the Necessity of Improving the Condition of the Slaves in the British Colonies With a View to Their Ultimate Emancipation; and on the Practicability, the Safety, and the Advantages of the Latter Measure. 

Craft, William

• Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; or, the escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery 

Cushing, Caleb 1800-1879

• Speech of Mr. Cushing, of Massachusetts, on the Right of Petition, as Connected with Petitions for the Abolition of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the District of Columbia. In The House Of Representatives, January 25, 1836. 

Douglass, Frederick 1817?-1895

• My Bondage and My Freedom 
• Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass, a Slave 
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 

Garrison, William Lloyd 1805-1879

• The Abolition Of Slavery The Right Of The Government Under The War Power  (as editor)

Green, Jacob D.

• Narrative of the Life of J.D. Green, a Runaway Slave, from Kentucky Containing an Account of His Three Escapes, in 1839, 1846, and 1848 

Grimke, Archibald H. 1849-1930

• William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist 

Hume, John F.

• The Abolitionists
  Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights 

Steward, Austin

• Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman
  Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West 

Still, William

• The Underground Railroad
  A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. 

Stowe, Harriet Beecher 1811-1896

• Uncle Tom's Cabin 
• Uncle Tom's Cabin, Young Folks' Edition 

Thompson, L. S.

• The Story of Mattie J. Jackson
  Her Parentage—Experience of Eighteen years in Slavery—Incidents during the War—Her Escape from Slavery 

Various

Much of the material in The Journal of Negro History covers the history of slavery and its consequences in America and elsewhere:

• Volume 1, January 1916 

Volume 2, 1917  (A DP 10K title)

• Volume 3, 1918 
• Volume 4, 1919 

Walker, David 1785-1830

• Walker's Appeal, with a Brief Sketch of His Life And Also Garnet's Address to the Slaves of the United States of America 

Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

• Anti-Slavery, Labor and Reform, Complete 

Wilson, Harriet E. 1828?-1870?

• Our nig, or, sketches from the life of a free black, in a two-story white house, North showing that slavery's shadows fall even there 

Woodward, A.

• A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin
  or, An Essay on Slavery 

Work Projects Administration

Background information at the Library of Congress

Arkansas Narratives
Part 3 

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves.

• Arkansas, Part 1 
• Arkansas, Part 2 
• Arkansas, Part 3 
• Arkansas, Part 5 
• Arkansas, Part 6 
• Arkansas, Part 7 
• Florida 
• Georgia, Part 1 
• Georgia, Part 3 
• Georgia, Part 4 
• Indiana 
• Kansas 
• Kentucky 
• Maryland 
• Mississippi 
• Ohio 

Oklahoma  (A DP 10K title)

• South Carolina, Part 1 
• South Carolina, Part 2 
• Tennessee 
• Administrative Files: Selected Records Bearing on the History of the Slave Narratives