Native-Am
Columbus
Bradford
Bradstreet
Taylor
Wheatley
Edwards
Franklin
Paine
Bryant
Hawthorne
Emerson
Poe
Douglass
Thoreau
Melville
Truth
African-Am
Jacobs

African-American Source Book

Stanford African-American Poetry Database

African History Timelines

George Moses Horton

  This one is a book description that includes much of the introduction.

  Biography written by Horton himself in 1845, followed by poems.

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

  A general Harper site

  PAL Harper site

  Classroom suggestions

Joshua McCarter Simpson

  Notes (hard to read)

  Brief bio

  The Emancipation Car (use Stanford database above)

James Monroe Whitfield

  "How Long," brief bio, with music

Black/African Related Resources (UPenn)

African-American Literature and Assorted Links (ASU)

Black History, Culture, and Literature Bibliography (for research)

American Slave Narratives (This is a WPA project featuring interviews
and recollections of former slaves)

Background Essay on African-American Literature

African-American Literature (most complete collection I've found)

Black Literature (Keele University)

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