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African American women
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Clotelle
William Wells Brown

The House Behind the Cedars
Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt

Our Nig
Harriet E. Wilson

Clotel
William Wells Brown

Clotelle: A Tale of the Southern States
William Wells Brown

Iola Leroy
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel
W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

Aunt Phillis's Cabin
Mary H. (Mary Henderson) Eastman

From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom
Lucy A. (Lucy Ann) Delaney

Mary S. Peake: The Colored Teacher at Fortress Monroe
Lewis C. (Lewis Conger) Lockwood

Behind the Scenes
Elizabeth Keckley

The Hazeley Family
A. E. (Amelia E.) Johnson

Three Little Women: A Story for Girls
Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie) Jackson

Women of Achievement Written for the Fireside Schools
Benjamin Griffith Brawley

Three Little Women's Success: A Story for Girls
Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie) Jackson

Miss Heck's Thanksgiving Party
Ida Hamilton Munsell

Autobiography of a Female Slave
Martha Griffith Browne

A Report Concerning the Colored Women of the South
Elizabeth Christophers Kimball Hobson, Charlotte Everett Hopkins

A Voice from the South By a Black Woman of the South
Anna J. (Anna Julia) Cooper

Rachel: A Play in Three Acts
Angelina Weld Grimké

The sound and the fury
William Faulkner

Mamba's daughters
DuBose Heyward

The blacker the berry
Wallace Thurman