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African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1822-1909 presents 396
pamphlets from the Rare Book and Special Collections Division,
published from 1822 through 1909, by African-American authors
and others who wrote about slavery, African colonization,
Emancipation, Reconstruction, and related topics. The materials
range from personal accounts and public orations to
organizational reports and legislative speeches. Among the
authors represented are Frederick Douglass, Kelly Miller,
Charles Sumner, Mary Church Terrell, and Booker T. Washington.
From Slavery to Freedom was made possible by a major gift from
the Citigroup Foundation and complements African American
Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection,
1818-1907. The mission of the Library of Congress is to make its
resources available and useful to Congress and the Americ