Complete African-American Six Book Treasury of classic narratives, including The Souls of Black Folk, Up From Slavery, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Narrative of Sojourner Truth, and Twelve Years a Slave. This is their story in one volume.The foundational civil rights works on race relations in America, the slave narratives, in their own voices. What is it to serve a master? What is it to know you are free? Read for yourself in this comprehensive collection.From The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois: "Herein lie buried many things which if read with patience may show the strange meaning of being black here at the dawning of the Twentieth Century.... I have sought here to sketch, in vague, uncertain outline, the spiritual world in which ten thousand thousand Americans live and strive."From Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington: "I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed."From the 1845 text Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass: "My mother was named Harriet Bailey." "My father was a white man." "I have had two masters." "...my escape from slavery."From Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs: "Reader be assured this narrative is no fiction. I am aware that some of my adventures may seem incredible; but they are, nevertheless, strictly true."Narrative of Sojourner Truth by Sojourner Truth: Sold for $100, she is the passionate woman on the Smithsonian Institution's list of "100 Most Significant Americans." She was the first black woman to win a case against a white man to regain her son. She was important enough in her own time to meet Abraham Lincoln. This is her story.Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup: Born free, kidnapped into slavery, and made his way back to freedom. "The voices of patriotic representatives boasting of freedom and equality, and the rattling of the poor slave's chains, almost commingled. A slave pen within the very shadow of the Capitol "All students of thought should get this historic set. This edition is provided in a slim volume with full text at an affordable price. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK by W. E. B. Du Bois 2. UP FROM SLAVERY by Booker T. Washington 3. NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS by Frederick Douglass 4. INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL by Harriet Jacobs 5. NARRATIVE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH by Sojourner Truth 6. TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE by Solomon Northup