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Uncle Tom's Cabin is the most popular, influential and controversial book written by an American. Stowe's rich, panoramic novel passionately ... More

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MORE than two hundred years have elapsed since the first cargo of slaves was landed on the banks of the James River, in the colony of Virginia, from ... More

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Set in Washington DC in the 1950s, an elderly black Baptist minister from Georgia visits a Senator on his deathbed. Their conversation and the ... More

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The first American novel to sell over a million copies. By calling attention to the issue of slavery, Stowe's timeless and moving novel holds a ... More

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Aimed at young readers, this adventure-themed collection of adapted classic books will entertain youngsters with characters and storylines that seek ... More

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The first American novel to sell over a million copies. By calling attention to the issue of slavery, it has become a part of our country's literary ... More

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Truthful Pictures examines novels and sermons written in the antebellum south pre-Civil War, in particular those written after the 1851 publication ... More

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Originally published in 1923, Cane is a literary masterpiece of the Harlem Renaissance. The growing interest in African-American literature that ... More

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Black Boy is a firsthand account of what it was like to come of age in the South during the Jim Crow era. Richard Wright's story is an emotional ... More

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During slavery times, the law states that slaves could not gather together in groups. For Simmy and his family, that means they must worship in ... More

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What if, on your sister's wedding day, you were given to her - as her slave? When wealthy plantation owner Cornelius Allen marries off his daughter ... More

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Title: Aunt Phillis's cabin, or, Southern life as it is.Author: Mary Henderson EastmanPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph ... More

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The library of America is dedicated to publishing America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative ... More

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While best known for the immensely popular and controversial novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe is also the author of an extensive body ... More

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This powerful story of slavery tells the tale of 13-year-old Jesse, snatched from the docks of New Orleans and thrown aboard a slave ship to play his ... More

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Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California ... More

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The town poor farm has always been orphan Jip's home. When Overseer Flint brings Put, the madman, to the farm, Jip finds friendship for the first ... More

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'Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird.' Lawyer Atticus Finch gives this advice to his ... More

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Set in the deep south that provided the backdrop for all of Faulkner's finest fiction, Intruder in the Dust is the novel that marks the final phase ... More

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Originally published in 1900, this groundbreaking novel by a distinguished African-American author recounts the drama of a brother and sister who ... More

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In this classic of American political fiction, first published in 1880, a white author s portrayal of the experiences of emancipated slaves shows how ... More

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Ten wonderful stories by pioneer of African-American fiction: "The Goophered Grapevine," "Po' Sandy," "Sis' Becky's Pickaninny," "The Wife of His ... More

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High John the Conqueror sometimes called simply High John or John is a slave trickster who always outwits Old Master. Much like Greek slave Aesop's ... More

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