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Introduction
Jenifer Kurtz
1. Author Introduction-- Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
Wendy Kurant
2. From The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Part 1
Benjamin Franklin
3. Author Introduction-Washington Irving (1783–1859)
4. Rip Van Winkle
Washington Irving
5. Author Introduction-J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur (1735-1813)
6. From Letters from an American Farmer -- Letter IX "Thoughts on Slavery"
J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur
7. Author Introduction-Phyllis Wheatley (ca. 1753-1784)
8. On Being Brought from Africa to America
Phillis Wheatley
9. To the Univeristy of Cambridge, in New England
10. Author Introduction-Olaudah Equiano (ca. 1745-1797)
11. From The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, : Or, Gustavus Vassa, the African,Written by Himself
Olaudah Equiano
12. Author Introduction-Tecumseh (1768–1813)
13. Speech of Tecumseh to Governor Harrison
Tecumseh
14. Author Introduction-Sarah Moore Grimke (1792-1873)
15. The Condition of Women in the United States (1837) By Sarah Moore Grimke
Sarah Moore Grimke
16. Author Introduction-Philip Freneau (1752-1832)
17. On the Emigration to America
Philip Freneau
18. The Indian Burying Ground
19. Great Native American Chiefs | Obwandiyag (aka Pontiac) · Online Exhibits
Speech at Detroit (c. 1763)
Pontiac
20. Author Introduction-Sojouner Truth (1797 - 1883)
Address to the First Annual Meeting of the American Equal Rights Association (1867)
Sojourner Truth
21. Author Introduction-Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
22. Excerpts from Nature
Ralph Waldo Emerson
23. Author Introduction-Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
24. Excerpts from Walden
Henry David Thoreau
25. American Feminism: Margaret Fuller House, 71 Cherry Street
Katie MacDonald
Woman in the Nineteenth Century (1843)
Margaret Fuller
Meditations by Margaret Fuller
Flaxman by Margaret Fuller
26. Author Introduction -- Herman Melville (1819-1891)
“Benito Cereno” (1855)
Herman Melville
27. Author Introduction-Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1846)
28. Wakefield
Nathaniel Hawthorne
29. Author Introduction-Edgar Allen Poe (1809–1849)
30. The Fall of the House of Usher
Edgar Allan Poe
31. The Raven
32. Author Introduction: Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)
Timothy Robbins et al
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, American Slave (1845), Chapter II
Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, American Slave (1845), Chapter VII
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, American Slave (1845), Chapter X
33. Author Introduction: Harriet Jacobs (1813-1897)
from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) -- Chapter 1: "Childhood"
Harriet Ann Jacobs
from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) -- Chapter 4 "The Slave Who Dared to Feel Like a Man"
from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) -- Chapter 10 "A Perilous Passage in the Slave Girl's Life"
from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) -- Chapter 21 "The Loophole of Retreat"
34. Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Fighter for Social Justice – Pieces of History
From Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), Chapter III: The Husband and Father
Harriet Beecher Stowe
From Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), Chapter XXX: The Slave Warehouse
From Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), Chapter XXXI: The Middle Passage
35. Author Introduction-Walt Whitman (1819 – 1892)
36. Song of Myself (1892) By Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
37. Author Introduction-Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
38. Tell All the Truth (ca. 1858-1865) By Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
39. There's A Certain Slant of Light (ca 1858-1865) By Emily Dickinson
40. Success is Counted Sweetest (ca.1858-1865) By Emily Dickinson
41. Much Madness Is Divinest Sense (ca. 1858-1865) By Emily Dickinson
Glossary of Literary Terms
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