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70+ Anthology. African American literature. Novels and short stories. Poetry. Non-fiction. Essays
Passing, The Goophered Grapevine, The Weary Blues, Up from Slavery, The Souls of Black Folk and othersBy Frederick Douglass, Nella Larsen, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Charles W. Chesnutt, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Jean Toomer, Phillis Wheatley, Frances E. W. Harper, James Weldon Johnson, Claude McKay, Countee Cullen, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, William Still, W. E. B. Du BoisNarrated by Mark Bowen, Shawna Wolf, Rick Walz, Jowanna Lewis, Peter CoatesLength50h 19m
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African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Before the high point of enslaved people narratives, African-American literature was dominated by autobiographical spiritual narratives. The genre known as slave narratives in the 19th century were accounts by people who had generally escaped from slavery, about their journeys to freedom and ways they claimed their lives. The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s was a great period of flowering in literature and the arts, influenced both by writers who came North in the Great Migration and those who were immigrants from Jamaica and other Caribbean islands.
The collection includes works by such prominent masters of American literature as Frederick Douglass, Nella Larsen, Charles W. Chesnutt , Paul Laurence Dunbar, Phillis Wheatley, Langston Hughes, Booker T. Washington , W. E. B. Du Bois and many others.
Novels and short stories
Frederick Douglass
THE HEROIC SLAVE
Nella Larsen
QUICKSAND
PASSING
THE WRONG MAN
FREEDOM
SANCTUARY
Alice Dunbar-Nelson
A CARNIVAL JANGLE
VIOLETS
THE WOMAN
TEN MINUTES' MUSING
TITEE
Charles W. Chesnutt
THE GOOPHERED GRAPEVINE
PO' SANDY
SIS' BECKY'S PICKANINNY
THE DOLL
THE WIFE OF HIS YOUTH
Paul Laurence Dunbar
THE SCAPEGOAT
Jean Toomer
BECKY
Poetry
Phillis Wheatley
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM, EARL OF DARTMOUTH
ON VIRTUE
AN HYMN TO THE MORNING
AN HYMN TO THE EVENING
Frances E. W. Harper
BURY ME IN A FREE LAND
SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE
MY MOTHER'S KISS
A GRAIN OF SAND
OUR HERO
THE SPARROW'S FALL
James Weldon Johnson
SENCE YOU WENT AWAY
Paul Laurence Dunbar
THE LESSON
SYMPATHY
WE WEAR THE MASK
Claude McKay
AFTER THE WINTER
IF WE MUST DIE
THE TROPICS IN NEW YORK
Countee Cullen
FOR PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR
INCIDENT
LANGSTON HUGHES
THE WEARY BLUES
JAZZONIA
NEGRO DANCERS
THE CAT AND THE SAXOPHONE (2 A. M.)
YOUNG SINGER
CABARET
TO MIDNIGHT NAN AT LEROY'S
TO A LITTLE LOVER-LASS, DEAD
HARLEM NIGHT CLUB
NUDE YOUNG DANCER
YOUNG PROSTITUTE
TO A BLACK DANCER IN "THE LITTLE SAVOY"
SONG FOR A BANJO DANCE
BLUES FANTASY
LENOX AVENUE: MIDNIGHT
Non-fiction
Frederick Douglass
NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Harriet Jacobs
INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL
Booker T. Washington
UP FROM SLAVERY
William Still
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
Henry Box Brown
James Hambleton Christian
Theophilus Collins
Seth Concklin
William and Ellen Craft
Abram Galloway and Richard Eden
Charles Gilbert
Samuel Green
Jamie Griffin
Harry Grimes
James Hamlet and Others
John Henry Hill
Ann Maria Jackson and Her Seven Children
Jane Johnson
Matilda Mahoney
Mary Frances Melvin
Aunt Hannah Moore
Alfred S. Thornton
Essays
W. E. B. Du Bois
THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK
Charles W. Chesnutt
THE DISFRANCHISEMENT OF THE NEGRO
Paul Laurence Dunbar
REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN NEGROES
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length50 hrs 19 mins
Narrated byMark Bowen, Shawna Wolf, Rick Walz, Jowanna Lewis, Peter Coates
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateDec 20, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
170+ Anthology. African American literature. Novels and short stories. Poetry. Non-fiction. Essays - Opening credits
121Lenox Avenue: Midnight
2The Heroic Slave - Opening Credits
122Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - Opening Credits
3The Heroic Slave. Part 1
123Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Introductory Essays
4The Heroic Slave. Part 2
124Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Chapter 1
5The Heroic Slave. Part 3
125Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Chapter 2
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6The Heroic Slave. Part 4
126Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Chapter 3
7Passing - Opening Credits
127Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Chapter 4
8Part 1 Encounter. Chapter 1
128Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Chapter 5
9Part 1 Encounter. Chapter 2
129Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Chapter 6
10Part 1 Encounter. Chapter 3
130Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Chapter 7
11Part 1 Encounter. Chapter 4
131Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Chapter 8
12Part 2 Re-encounter. Chapter 1
132Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Chapter 9
13Part 2 Re-encounter. Chapter 2
133Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Chapter 10
14Part 2 Re-encounter. Chapter 3
134Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Chapter 11
15Part 2 Re-encounter. Chapter 4
135Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Appendix
16Part 3 Finale. Chapter 1
136Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - Opening credits
17Part 3 Finale. Chapter 2
137Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Harriet Ann Jacobs
18Part 3 Finale. Chapter 3
138Preface By The Author
19Part 3 Finale. Chapter 4
139Chapter 1. Childhood
20Quicksand - Opening Credits
140Chapter 2. The New Master And Mistress.
21Quicksand. 1
141Chapter 3. The Slaves' New Year's Day.
22Quicksand. 2
142Chapter 4. The Slave Who Dared To Feel Like A Man.
23Quicksand. 3
143Chapter 5. The Trials Of Girlhood.
24Quicksand. 4
144Chapter 6. The Jealous Mistress.
25Quicksand. 5
145Chapter 7. The Lover.
26Quicksand. 6
146Chapter 8. What Slaves Are Taught To Think Of The North.
27Quicksand. 7
147Chapter 9. Sketches Of Neighboring Slaveholders.
28Quicksand. 8
148Chapter 10. A Perilous Passage In The Slave Girl's Life.
29Quicksand. 9
149Chapter 11. The New Tie To Life.
30Quicksand.10
150Chapter 12. Fear Of Insurrection.
31Quicksand.11
151Chapter 13. The Church And Slavery.
32Quicksand.12
152Chapter 14. Another Link To Life.
33Quicksand.13
153Chapter 15. Continued Persecutions.
34Quicksand.14
154Chapter 16. Scenes At The Plantation.
35Quicksand.15
155Chapter 17. The Flight.
36Quicksand.16
156Chapter 18. Months Of Peril.
37Quicksand.17
157Chapter 19. The Children Sold.
38Quicksand.18
158Chapter 20. New Perils.
39Quicksand.19
159Chapter 21. The Loophole Of Retreat.
40Quicksand.20
160Chapter 22. Christmas Festivities.
41Quicksand.21
161Chapter 23. Still In Prison.
42Quicksand.22
162Chapter 24. The Candidate For Congress.
43Quicksand.23
163Chapter 25. Competition In Cunning.
44Quicksand.24
164Chapter 26. Important Era In My Brother's Life.
45Quicksand.25
165Chapter 27. New Destination For The Children.
46The Wrong Man - Opening Credits
166Chapter 28. Aunt Nancy.
47The Wrong Man
167Chapter 29. Preparations For Escape.
48Freedom - Opening Credits
168Chapter 30. Northward Bound.
49Freedom
169Chapter 31. Incidents In Philadelphia.
50Sanctuary - Opening Credits
170Chapter 32. The Meeting Of Mother And Daughter.
51Sanctuary. 1
171Chapter 33. A Home Found.
52Sanctuary. 2
172Chapter 34. The Old Enemy Again.
53Sanctuary. 3
173Chapter 35. Prejudice Against Color.
54Sanctuary. 4
174Chapter 36. The Hairbreadth Escape.
55A Carnival Jangle - Opening Credits
175Chapter 37. A Visit To England
56A Carnival Jangle
176Chapter 38. Renewed Invitations To Go South.
57Violets - Opening Credits
177Chapter 39. The Confession.
58Violets
178Chapter 40. The Fugitive Slave Law.
59The Woman - Opening Credits
179Chapter 41. Free At Last.
60The Woman
180Up from Slavery - Opening Credit
61Ten Minutes' Musing - Opening Credits
181Up from Slavery. Chapter 1
62Ten Minutes' Musing
182Up from Slavery. Chapter 2
63Titee - Opening Credits
183Up from Slavery. Chapter 3
64Titee
184Up from Slavery. Chapter 4
65The Goophered Grapevine - Opening Credits
185Up from Slavery. Chapter 5
66The Goophered Grapevine
186Up from Slavery. Chapter 6
67Po' Sandy - Opening Credits
187Up from Slavery. Chapter 7
68Po' Sandy
188Up from Slavery. Chapter 8
69Sis' Becky's Pickaninny - Opening Credits
189Up from Slavery. Chapter 9
70Sis' Becky's Pickaninny
190Up from Slavery. Chapter 10
71The Doll - Opening Credits
191Up from Slavery. Chapter 11
72The Doll
192Up from Slavery. Chapter 12
73The Wife Of His Youth - Opening Credits
193Up from Slavery. Chapter 13
74The Wife Of His Youth. 1
194Up from Slavery. Chapter 14
75The Wife Of His Youth. 2
195Up from Slavery. Chapter 15
76The Wife Of His Youth. 3
196Up from Slavery. Chapter 16
77The Scapegoat - Opening Credits
197Up from Slavery. Chapter 17
78The Scapegoat
198Up from Slavery - Closing Credit
79Becky - Opening Credits
199Henry Box Brown
80Becky
200James Hambleton Christian
81Phillis Wheatley
201Theophilus Collins
82To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth
202Seth Concklin
83On Virtue
203William And Ellen Craft
84An Hymn To the Morning
204Abram Galloway And Richard Eden
85An Hymn To the Evening
205Charles Gilbert
86Frances E. W. Harper
206Samuel Green
87Bury Me in a Free Land
207Jamie Griffin
88Songs for the People
208Harry Grimes
89My Mother's Kiss
209James Hamlet And Others
90A Grain of Sand
210John Henry Hill
91Our Hero
211Ann Maria Jackson And Her Seven Children
92The Sparrow's Fall
212Jane Johnson
93James Weldon Johnson
213Matilda Mahoney
94Sence You Went Away
214Mary Frances Melvin
95Paul Laurence Dunbar
215Aunt Hannah Moore
96The Lesson
216Alfred S. Thornton
97Sympathy
217The Underground Railroad - Closing Credits
98We Wear the Mask
218The Souls of Black Folk-Opening Credits
99Claude McKay
219The Forethought
100After the Winter
220Chapter 1. Of Our Spiritual Strivings
101If We Must Die
221Chapter 2. Of the Dawn of Freedom
102The Tropics in New York
222Chapter 3. Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others
103Countee Cullen
223Chapter 4. Of the Meaning of Progress
104For Paul Laurence Dunbar
224Chapter 5. Of the Wings of Atalanta
105Incident
225Chapter 6. Of the Training of Black Men
106Langston Hughes
226Chapter 7. Of the Black Belt
107The Weary Blues
227Chapter 8. Of the Quest of the Golden Fleece
108Jazzonia
228Chapter 9. Of the Sons of Master and Man
109Negro Dancers
229Chapter 10. Of the Faith of the Fathers
110The Cat And The Saxophone (2 A. M.)
230Chapter 11. Of the Passing of the First-Born
111Young Singer
231Chapter 12. Of Alexander Crummell
112Cabaret
232Chapter 13. Of the Coming of John
113To Midnight Nan At Leroy's
233Chapter 14. Of the Sorrow Songs
114To A Little Lover-Lass, Dead
234The Afterthought
115Harlem Night Club
235The Disfranchisement Of The Negro - Opening Credits
116Nude Young Dancer
236The Disfranchisement Of The Negro
117Young Prostitute
237Representative American Negroes - Opening Credits
118To A Black Dancer In "The Little Savoy"
238Representative American Negroes
119Song For A Banjo Dance
23970+ Anthology. African American literature. Novels and short stories. Poetry. Non-fiction. Essays - Closing credits
120Blues Fantasy
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