Understanding 19th-century slave narratives

Bearing witness: the fugitive slave narrative and its traditions

Nat Turner (1800-1831): The confessions of Nat Turner, the leader of the late insurrection in Southampton, Va.

Lunsford Lane (1803-?): The narrative of Lunsford Lane, formerly of Raleigh, N.C.

William Wells Brown: Narrative of William W. Brown, a fugitive slave, written by himself (1847?)

Henry "Box" Brown: narrative of Henry Box Brown, who escaped from slavery enclosed in a box 3 feet long and 2 wide; written from a Statement of facts made by himself, with remarks upon the remedy for slavery by Charles Stearns

James W.C. Pennington: the fugitive blacksmith; or, Events in the history of James W.C. Pennington, pastor of a Presbyterian Church, New York, formerly a slave in the state of Maryland, United States

William and Ellen Craft: running a thousand miles for freedom; or, The escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery.