Black History

Black History Synopsis

This collection brings together some of the most important writings by black authors from pre- and post-Civil War America. It includes several significant slave narratives those of Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Booker T. Washington, and Olaudah Equiano as well as The Souls of Black Folk and Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, two books written in the wake of reconstruction. It paints a vivid, often grim, picture of the experiences of black slaves, and of the racism that persisted after slavery was abolished.Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.