Memoirs
128 books
Memoirs
693
Lucy Ann Delaney - From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom
In From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom Delaney tells the story of how she was born into slavery of her mother--a freeborn black woman who had been kidnapped and sold on the blocks--but escaped...
59 minutes
Memoirs
788
Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris - Old Rail Fence Corners
Old Rail Fence Corners is an historical treasure trove containing the stories of the first significant waves of European-American settlers in the now state of Minnesota (United States of America). This book has direct...
11 hours 48 minutes
Memoirs
696
Thomas Dallam - Dallam's Travels with an Organ to the Grand Signieur, 1599-1600
Queen Elizabeth the First of England, the Grand Turk at Constantinople, and an organ builder named Thomas Dallam—quite a trio. In 1599, Elizabeth commanded master organ builder Dallam to construct and deliver to the...
3 hours 51 minutes
Memoirs
845
Annie L. Burton - Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days
This is a short and simple, yet poignant autobiography of Annie Burton, who recounts her early carefree childhood as a slave on a southern plantation while the Civil War raged around her, and after the Emancipation...
1 hour 40 minutes
Memoirs
867
Charles Anderson Dana - Recollections of the Civil War
Recollections of the Civil War records the events that took place during the American Civil war. It forms one of the most remarkable volumes of historical, political, and personal reminiscences which have been given...
8 hours 12 minutes
