Star of emancipation.

Subjects: “…Slaves Emancipation United States.…”
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The wrongs of Africa : a tribute to the anti-slavery cause / by Tuckey, Mary B.

Subjects: “…Enslaved persons Emancipation Poetry.…”
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Poem : dedicated by the Board of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society, to the women of Great Britain, in commemoration of their untiring efforts in the cause of British West India emancipation /

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Lyrical liberators : the American antislavery movement in verse, 1831-1865 /

Table of Contents: “…Lovejoy -- Fugitive slaves -- The assault on Senator Charles Sumner -- John Brown and the raid on Harpers Ferry -- Slaves and death -- Slave mothers -- The South -- Equality -- Freedom -- Atonement -- Wartime -- Emancipation, the Proclamation, and the Thirteenth Amendment.…”

Lyrical liberators : the American antislavery movement in verse, 1831-1865 /

Table of Contents: “…Lovejoy -- Fugitive slaves -- The assault on Senator Charles Sumner -- John Brown and the raid on Harpers Ferry -- Slaves and death -- Slave mothers -- The South -- Equality -- Freedom -- Atonement -- Wartime -- Emancipation, the Proclamation, and the Thirteenth Amendment.…”
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Voyage of the Sable Venus and other poems / by Lewis, Robin Coste

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: ; The ship's inventory ; Invocation : blessing the boat ; Catalog I : ancient Greece & ancient Rome ; Catalog 2 : ancient Egypt ; Catalog 3 : the womb of Christianity ; Catalog 4 : Medieval colonial ; Catalog 5 : Emancipation & independence ; Catalog 6 : modern, civil, right ; Catalog 7 : modern post ; Catalog 8 : the present/our town ; Notes -- Frame -- Art & craft -- Lure -- The body in August -- Second line -- Pleasure & understanding -- Félicité…”

Ghost apples : poems / by Coles, Katharine

Table of Contents: “…Hands -- Ghost Heart -- Invisible -- Leaving Middle Age -- Time Flaws -- One Body -- Marriage -- Bodies At 60 -- In My Dream -- Face Of An Angel -- Elegy -- After Suicide -- Dream Of Refuge -- Tired Of The Present, -- Seven At Table -- Confection -- Kensington High -- I Tell Myself -- If Tragedy Unfolds -- WON'T WAIT -- Night -- Small Word -- Dark Sky -- Space -- Fly Me -- In Orbit -- Dome With Stars -- Seeing The Black Hole, -- The News From Here -- Amaze -- The Robot Emancipates Itself -- His New Dream -- Dream Trigger -- Philia -- Mars Attacks, -- Down -- Platonic -- Overheard -- Abide…”
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Biographical sketches and interesting anecdotes of persons of color : to which is added, a selection of pieces in poetry /

Table of Contents: “…Interesting anecdotes: Ebedmeleck's kindness -- The good master and his faithful slave -- Ezekiel Coston -- An anecdote -- The coloured foundling -- Louis Desrouleux -- The grateful Negro -- The faithful Negress -- Coffin -- Job Ben Solomon -- Anthony William Amo -- Beronicius -- James Derham -- The sweep and the tomb stones -- Benjamin Banneker -- Anecdote of two Negroes in France -- Uncle Harry -- Two petitions -- Cully's description of George Washington at the time of his marriage -- Colored population in Philadelphia -- Free people of color -- Colored people of Cincinnati -- The happy Negro -- The hospitable Negro woman -- Emancipation in the West Indies -- Genuine gratitude in a liberated slave -- Important project -- Northern and Southern states contrasted -- Encouraging facts -- A colored infant school -- Irrouba -- Belinda -- An extract of a letter from S.G. -- Negro slave -- Agnes Morris -- Illustration of the effects of slavery on the hearts of those who enforce its cruelties -- Maryland trade -- Stephen Dutton -- "Man does not feel for man" -- Speculation -- Liberality -- The Negro martyr -- The African chief -- The African boy -- The slave-taker -- The two boys -- The little Bostonian -- Extraordinary exertions to obtain liberty -- Abraham -- John Mosely -- Nancy Pitchford -- William Bowen -- Epitaph of a colored person -- Copy of a letter from Solomon Bayley to Daniel Cooledge -- Gratitude of a slave -- Anthony Benezet -- Thomas Shipley -- Shelter of colored orphans in Philadelphia -- Extracts of Governor Ritner's message -- An affecting story -- Sarah Hoar -- Slave trade -- Blessed feelings from an act of justice -- Extraordinary munificence -- Kidnapping -- Temptation resisted and honesty rewarded -- Anecdotes of two Indians from Dyllwin's Reflections -- The good old Indian -- The faith of a poor blind woman -- African schools in New-York -- Letters from Hayti by a late female pupil of the N.Y. …”
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American Negro poetry /

Table of Contents: “…Evans : The rebel ; When in Rome ; The emancipation of George-Hector (a colored turtle) -- Oliver Pitcher : Raison d'Etre -- James P. …”

The Civil War : the final year told by those who lived it /

Table of Contents: “…Sheridan, November 11, 1864 -- A slaveowner's deception: Maryland, November 1864 / Jane Kamper: Statement regarding her emancipation, November 14, 1864 -- "Vox populi, vox dei": New York, November 1864 / Maria Lydig Daly: Diary, November 15, 1864 -- Sherman's March: Georgia, November 1864 / James A. …”
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