title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States
From Interviews with Former Slaves
Georgia Narratives, Part 4 | Work Projects Administration | en | | | | African Americans -- Georgia -- Biography; Slave narratives -- Georgia; Slavery -- Georgia; Slaves -- Georgia -- Biography; Slaves -- Georgia -- Social conditions | 2006-06-01 |
Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy
A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. | Anonymous | en | | Adventures of Capt. Woodward and Five Seamen in the island of Celebes -- An Occurrence at sea -- Loss of H. B. M ship Phœnix, off Cuba -- An account of the Whale Fishery, with anecdotes of the dangers attending it -- Loss of the Brig Tyrrel -- Loss of the Peggy -- Loss of H. B. M. ship Litchfield -- Wreck of the Rothsay Castle Steamer -- Loss of the French ship Droits de L'Homme -- Loss of H. B. M. ship Queen Charlotte -- A Scene on the Atlantic Ocean -- Wreck of the French Frigate Medusa, on the Arguin Bank -- Loss of the Royal George -- Loss of the Æneas, transport -- The Absent Ship -- Loss of the Halsewell, East Indiaman -- An account of Four Russians, abandoned on the Island of East Spitzbergen -- Loss of the Amphitrite, Female Convict Ship -- The Mutineers, a Tale of the Sea -- Fate of Seven Sailors, left on the island of St. Maurice -- Seamen wintering in Spitzbergen -- A Man Overboard -- An Escape through the Cabin-Windows -- Tom Cringle's Log -- Loss of the Nautilus, Sloop of War -- Wreck of a Slave Ship -- The Wrecked Seamen -- Adventures of Philip Ashton -- Explosion of H. B. M. ship Amphion -- Loss of H. B. M. ship La Tribune -- Burning of the Prince, a French East Indiaman -- Wreck of the Schooner Betsey -- Early American Heroism -- Fingal's Cave -- Loss of H. B. M. ship Ramillies -- Preservation of Nine Seamen -- Capt. Ross's Expedition -- Loss of the Catharine, Venus, and Piedmont, transports, and three Merchant Ships -- Wreck of the Ship Sidney -- Loss of the Duke William, transport -- Commodore Barney -- Naval Battles of the United States -- Address to the Ocean. | | Shipwrecks; Mutiny; Pirates; Seafaring life | 2008-07-06 |
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States
From Interviews with Former Slaves
Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 | Work Projects Administration | en | | | | African Americans -- Arkansas -- Biography; Slave narratives -- Arkansas; Slavery -- Arkansas; Slaves -- Arkansas -- Biography; Slaves -- Arkansas -- Social conditions | 2004-03-01 |
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves.
Texas Narratives, Part 2 | Work Projects Administration | en | | | | African Americans -- Texas -- History -- Sources; African Americans -- Texas -- Interviews; Slaves -- Texas -- Biography; Texas -- Biography | 2010-01-14 |
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States
From Interviews with Former Slaves
South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 | Work Projects Administration | en | | | | African Americans -- Biography; African Americans -- Folklore; Slavery -- South Carolina; Slaves -- South Carolina -- Biography; Slaves -- South Carolina -- Social conditions | 2006-07-26 |
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States
From Interviews with Former Slaves
Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 | Work Projects Administration | en | | | | African Americans -- Arkansas -- Biography; Slave narratives -- Arkansas; Slavery -- Arkansas; Slaves -- Arkansas -- Biography; Slaves -- Arkansas -- Social conditions | 2006-10-03 |
Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier
A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the
Natives of the Indian Marches | Pennell, T. L. (Theodore Leighton), 1867-1912 | en | | | | | 2010-05-03 |
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States
From Interviews with Former Slaves
Georgia Narratives, Part 3 | Work Projects Administration | en | | | | African Americans -- Georgia -- Biography; Slave narratives -- Georgia; Slavery -- Georgia; Slaves -- Georgia -- Biography; Slaves -- Georgia -- Social conditions | 2006-06-01 |
The Practical Values of Space Exploration
Report of the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S.
House of Representatives, Eighty-Sixth Congress, Second
Session | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. | en | | | | | 2006-11-24 |
Letters on the Nicobar islands, their natural productions, and the manners, customs, and superstitions of the natives
with an account of an attempt made by the Church of the
United Brethren, to convert them to Christianity | Haensel, Johann Gottfried | en | | | Latrobe, Christian Ignatius, 1758-1836 [Editor] | Moravian Church -- Missions; Nicobar Islands (India) -- Description and travel; Missions -- India -- Nicobar Islands | 2008-10-05 |
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States
From Interviews with Former Slaves
Florida Narratives | Work Projects Administration | en | | | | | 2004-05-01 |
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States
From Interviews with Former Slaves
Mississippi Narratives | Work Projects Administration | en | | | | | 2004-04-01 |
The peace negotiations between the governments of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, and the representatives of the British government, which terminated in the peace concluded at Vereeniging on the 31st May, 1902 | | en | | | Velden, D. E. van [Translator] | South African War, 1899-1902; South Africa -- History | 2008-12-14 |
The Underground Railroad
A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Aut | Still, William | en | | | | Underground Railroad; Fugitive slaves -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography; Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography | 2005-03-05 |
Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific | Speiser, Felix, 1880-1949 | en | | | | Ethnology -- Vanuatu; Vanuatu -- Description and travel | 2008-12-20 |
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2 | Work Projects Administration | en | | | | Slavery -- North Carolina; Slaves -- North Carolina -- Biography; Slave narratives -- North Carolina; Slaves -- North Carolina -- Social conditions; African Americans -- North Carolina -- Biography; North Carolina -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Biography | 2010-02-08 |
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States
From Interviews with Former Slaves
Ohio Narratives | Work Projects Administration | en | | | | | 2004-08-18 |
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States
From Interviews with Former Slaves
Oklahoma Narratives | Work Projects Administration | en | | | | | 2007-03-08 |
The Natives | MacLean, Katherine, 1925- | en | | | | | 2010-10-06 |