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African American Women Writers of the 19th Century: MLA-Style Citations for PDF Links

African American Women Writers of the 19th Century guide includes a digital collection of published works by 19th-century black women writers, biographies for each author, citations and much more

MLA-Style Citations

The New York Public Library and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture welcomes students and scholars of all disciplines and backgrounds to cite the Schomburg in their writings. To facilitate accurate attribution of these resources, we have prepared the following MLA-Style citations for these digital works.

Albert, Octavia. House Of Bondage, Or, Charlotte Brooks And Other Slaves. The New York Public Library,1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_1_The_house_of_bondage_or_Charlotte_Brooks_and_other_slaves.pdf

Anonymous. Memoir Of Old Elizabeth, A Coloured Woman. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_2_Memoir_of_Old_Elizabeth_a_coloured_woman.pdf

Bibb, Eloise. Poems. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_3_Poems_Bibb.pdf

Broughton, Virginia. Twenty Year's Experience Of A Missionary. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_4_Twenty_years_experience_of_a_missionary.pdf

Brown, Hallie. Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_4_Twenty_years_experience_of_a_missionary.pdf

Brown, Josephine. Biography Of An American Bondman. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_6_Biography_of_an_American_bondman.pdf

Burton, Annie. Memories Of Childhood's Slavery Days. The New York: New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_7_Memories_of_childhoods_slavery_days.pdf

Bush-Banks, Olivia. Driftwood. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_8_Driftwood.pdf

Delany, Lucy. From The Darkness Cometh The Light, Or, Struggles For Freedom. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_9_From_the_darkness_cometh_the_light_or_Struggles_for_freedom.pdf

Dunbar-Nelson, Alice. The Goodness Of St. Rocque, And Other Stories: A Machine-Readable Transcription. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_11_The_goodness_of_St_Rocque_and_other_stories.pdf

Dunbar-Nelson, AliceViolets And Other Tales. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_10_Violets_and_other_tales.pdf

 

Foote, Julia. A Brand Plucked From The Fire. An Autobiographical Sketch, By Mrs. Julia A. J. Foote. The New York City, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_12_A_brand_plucked_from_the_fire_An_autobiographical_sketch_by_Mrs_Julia_A_J_Foote.pdf

Fordham, Mary. Magnolia Leaves: Poems. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_13_Magnolia_leaves_Poems.pdf

Harper, Frances. Iola Leroy, Or, Shadows Uplifted. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_14_Iola_Leroy_or_Shadows_uplifted.pdf

Heard, Josephine. Morning Glories. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_15_Morning_glories.pdf

Hopkins, Pauline. Contending Forces : A Romance Illustrative Of Negro Life North And South. The New York Publish Library., 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_16_Contending_forces_a_romance_illustrative_of_negro_life_north_and_south.pdf

Jacobs, Harriet. Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_17_Incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl.pdf

Johnson, Amelia. The Hazeley Family. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_18_The_Hazeley_family.pdf

Johnson, Maggie. Virginia Dreams: Lyrics For The Idle Hour, Tales Of The Time Told In Rhyme. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_19_Virginia_dreams.pdf

 

Keckley, Elizabeth. Behind the Scenes, or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House. The New York Public Library, 1997.s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_20_Behind_the_scenes_or_Thirty_years_a_slave_and_four_years_in_the_White_House.pdf

Lee, Jarena. Religious Experience and Journal of Mrs. Jarena Lee, Giving an Account of Her Call to Preach the Gospel, Revised and Corrected from the Original Manuscript Written by Herself. The New York Public Library, 1997.s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_21_Religious_experience_and_journal_of_Mrs_Jarena_Lee_giving_an_account_of_her_call_to_preach_the_gospel_revised_and_corrected_from_the_

original_manuscript_written_by_herself.pdf

Mattison, Hiram.  Louisa Picquet, the Octoroon: A tale of Southern Slave Life. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_22_Louisa_Picquet_the_Octoroon_A_tale_of_southern_slave_life.pdf.

Memoir of Old Elizabeth, a Coloured Woman. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_2_Memoir_of_Old_Elizabeth_a_coloured_woman.pdf

Menken, Adah Isaacs. Infelicia. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_23_Infelicia.pdf

Mossell, N. F. The Work of the Afro-American WomanThe New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_24_THE_WORK_OF_THE_AFRO-AMERICAN_WOMAN.pdf

 

 

 

Plato, Ann. Essays Including Biographies and Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Poetry. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_25_Essays_including_biographies_and_miscellaneous_pieces_in_prose_and_poetry.pdf

Prince, Mary. The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave. Related by HerselfThe New York Public Library, 1997.s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_26_The_History_of_Mary_Prince_a_West_Indian_slave.pdf

Prince, Nancy. A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_27_A_Narrative_of_the_life_and_travels_of_Mrs_Nancy_Prince.pdf

Ray, H. Cordelia. Poems. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_28_Poems_Ray.pdf

Rollin, Frank A. Life and Public Services of Martin R. Delany. The New York Public Library, 1997.s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_29Life_and_public_services_of_Martin_R_Delany.pdf

Smith, Amanda.  An Autobiography: The Story of the Lord's Dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the Colored Evangelist. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_30_An_autobiography_the_story_of_the_Lords_dealings_with_Mrs_Amanda_Smith_the_Colored_evangelist.pdf

Smith, Effie Waller. Songs of the MonthsThe New York Public Library, 1997.  s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_32_Songs_of_the_months.pdf

Smith, Effie Waller. Rhymes from the Cumberland. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_31_Rhymes_from_the_Cumberland.pdf

Stewart, Maria. Productions of Mrs. Maria W. Stewart Presented to the First AfricaThe New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_33_Productions_of_Mrs_Maria_W_Stewart_presented_to_the_First_Africa_Baptist_Church_and_Society_of_the_City_of_Boston.pdf

Taylor, Susie King. Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops Late 1st S.C. Volunteers. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_34_Reminiscences_of_my_life_in_camp_with_the_33rd_United_States_Colored_Troops_late_1st_S_C_Volunteers.pdf

Thompson, Clara Ann.  Songs from the Wayside. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_35_Songs_from_the_wayside.pdf

Thompson, Priscilla Jane. Ethiope Lays. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_36_Ethiope_Lays.pdf

Thompson, Priscilla Jane. Gleanings of Quiet HoursThe New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_37_Gleanings_of_quiet_hours.pdf

Truth, Sojourner. Narrative of Sojourner Truth; a Bondswoman of Olden Time, Emancipated by the New York Legislature in the Early Part of the Present Century; With a History of Her Labors and Correspondence Drawn from her "Book of Life." The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_38_Narrative_of_Sojourner_Truth_a_bondswoman_of_olden_time_emancipated_by_the_New_York_Legislature_in_the_early_part_of_the_present_century

_with_a_history_of_her_labors_and_correspondence_drawn_from_her_Book_of_life.pdf

Tucker, Mary E.  Loew's Bridge: A Broadway Idyl. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_39_Loews_bridge_A_Broadway_idyl.pdf

Tucker, Mary E. (Lambert). PoemsThe New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_40_Poems_Tucker.pdf

 

Veney, Bethany. The Narrative of Bethany Veney, Slave WomanThe New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_41_The_Narrative_of_Bethany_Veney_slave_woman.pdf

Wheatley, Phillis. Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. The New York Public Library, 1997. s3.amazonaws.com/nypl-aaww/SCAAWW_book_42_Poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral.pdf