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The complete list of authors included on this list, with number of texts in parentheses:
Aaron (1)
Adams, John Quincy 1845- (1)
Agamon, J. A. (1)
Allen, Richard, 1760-1831 (9)
Tapisco, Jacob (1)
Joyce, John (1)
Matthias, Peter (1)
Allen, William G. 1820- (1)
Anderson, Osborne P. (Osborne Perry), 1830-1872 (1)
Anderson, Robert Ball 1843-1930 (1)
Anderson, Robert, 1819- (4)
Anderson, William H. (1)
Anderson, William J., 1811- (1)
Armstrong, Josiah Haynes (1)
Arnett, Benjamin William, 1838-1906 (6)
Asher, J. (Jeremiah), 1812-1865 (1)
Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806 (21)
Baquaqua, Mahommah Gardo. (1)
Bassett, Ebenezer Don Carlos 1833-1908 (1)
Baysmore, Joseph 1823- (3)
Beman, Jehiel C. (1)
Bell, James Madison 1826-1902 (5)
Bibb, Henry 1815- (4)
Binga, A. (Anthony), 1843-1919. (2)
Black, Leonard (1)
Blackson, Lorenzo D. (Lorenzo Dow), 1817- (1)
Blair, Norvel, 1825- (1)
Blyden, Edward Wilmot, 1832-1912 (6)
Boyd, Francis A., 1844-1872 (2)
Brinch, Boyrereau (1)
Brown, Hallie Q. (Hallie Quinn), 1845-1949 (3)
Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816- (1)
Brown, Solomon G., 1829?-1906 (3)
Brown, William J., 1814-1885. (1)
Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884. (8)
Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898 (1)
Bruner, Peter 1845-1938 (2)
Cain, Richard Harvey 1825-1887 (2)
Campbell, Israel (1)
Campbell, Robert (2)
Campbell, Tunis G. (Tunis Gulic), 1812-1891 (2)
Cannon, Noah Calwell W. 1796?-1850 (3)
Cannon, Noah Calwell W. 1796?-1850
Cannon, Noah Calwell W. 1796?-1850
Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, 1823-1893 (1)
Catto, Octavius V., 1839-1871. (1)
Catto, William T. (1)
Charlton, Lewis 1814- (1)
Chavis, John, 1763-1838 (1)
Chesney, Pharaoh Jackson, 1781?- (1)
Chester, Thomas Morris (2)
Clamorgan, Cyprian, 1830-1902 (1)
Clark, Peter Humphries, 1829-1925. (1)
Clarke, Lewis Garrard, 1812-1897 (1)
Coker, Daniel, 1780-1846 (1)
Collins, George (1)
Cooper, Uriah. (1)
Cornish, Samuel E. (Samuel Eli), 1795?-1858. (1)
Corr, Joseph M., 1806-1835 (1)
Councill, W. H. (William Hooper), 1848-1909 (8)
Cromwell, John Wesley, 1846-1927 (3)
Crosby, James (1)
Crummell, Alexander, 1819-1898 (11)
Cuffe, Paul, 1759-1817 (1)
Cuffe, Paul, 1795 or 1796- (1)
Delaney, Lucy A. (Lucy Ann), 1828?- (1)
Delany, Martin Robison, 1812-1885 (3)
Dorr, David F. (1)
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 (5)
Douglass, H. Ford (1)
Douglass, William, 1805-1862 (2)
Drumgoold, Kate (1)
Easton, H. (Hosea), 1798- (2)
Eato, Timothy (1)
Eldridge, Elleanor 1784-1845? (7)
Elizabeth, 1765?-1866 (1)
Elliott, Robert Brown 1842-1884 (5)
Evans, Samuel (1)
Ferebee, L. R. (London R.), 1849- (1)
Foote, Julia A. J., 1823-1900. (1)
Forten, James, 1766-1842 (2)
Frederick, Francis, approximately 1805-approximately 1882 (2)
Gaines, W. J. (Wesley John), 1840-1912 (2)
Gallego, Peter, 1816- (1)
Garlick, Charles A. 1827- ? (1)
Garnet, Henry Highland (2)
Gibbs, Jonathan C. (Jonathan Clarkson), 1831-1874 (1)
Gibbs, Mifflin Wistar (1)
Goler, W. H. (William Harvey), 1846-1939 (2)
Green, A. R. (Augustus R.) (4)
Green, Alfred M. (1)
Green, Elisha Winfield (1)
Green, John Patterson, 1845-1940 (3)
Green, William (1)
Greener, Richard Theodore (2)
Grimes, William 1784-1865 (2)
Grimes, William W., 1824- (1)
Hall, Prince, 1748-1807 (2)
Hall, Samuel, 1818- (1)
Hamilton, William, 1773-1836 (3)
Hammon, Briton (1)
Hammon, Jupiter, 1711-approximately 1800 (5)
Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911. (17)
Harrison, Samuel 1818-1900 (2)
Hayden, Lewis, 1815-1889 (3)
Hayden, William, 1785- (1)
Haynes, Lemuel, 1753-1833 (8)
Henry, George, 1819- (3)
Henry, Thomas W. 1794-1877 (1)
Holley, J. W. (James W.), 1848- (1)
Holly, James Theodore, 1829-1911 (1)
Holly, Joseph C. (Joseph Cephas), 1825-1854 (1)
Holsey, Lucius Henry, Bishop, 1842-1920. (2)
Hood, James Walker 1831-1918 (2)
Horton, George Moses, 1798?-approximately 1880. (1)
Hughes, Benjamin F., active 1831-1835 (2)
Hughes, Louis 1832- (1)
Jackson, Andrew, 1814- (2)
Jackson, Mattie J. (1)
Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897 (1)
James, Thomas 1804-1891 (2)
Jamison, Monroe Franklin, 1848-1918 (1)
Jenifer, John Thomas, 1835-1913 (1)
Johnson, Edward A. (Edward Austin), 1860-1944 (1)
Johnson, Harvey, 1843-1923. (4)
Johnson, Isaac 1844-1905 (1)
Johnson, R. M. (1)
Johnson, William D. (William Decker), 1842-1909 (1)
Jones, Absalom, 1746-1818 (2)
Jones, John G. 1816-1879 (2)
Jones, Joseph (1)
Jones, Thomas H. (10)
Kelly, Edmund, 1818- (1)
Lane, Isaac 1834-1937 (1)
Lane, Lunsford, 1803-approximately 1863. (4)
Langston, John Mercer, 1829-1897 (10)
Lawrence, George (1)
Lee, Jarena, 1783- (4)
Lee, Samuel J. (1)
Lee, William Mack, 1835- (4)
Lewis, J. Vance (Joseph Vance) (1)
Lewis, John W., Eld. (1)
Lewis, R. B. (Robert Benjamin) (1)
Loguen, Jermain Wesley (1)
Love, Emanuel King, 1850-1900 (2)
Lowery, I. E. (Irving E.), 1850-1929 (1)
Lynch, James 1839-1872 (1)
Lynch, John Roy, 1847-1939 (1)
Magee, J. H. (James Henry), 1839-1912 (3)
Mallory, William, 1826- (1)
Malvin, John 1795-1880 (1)
Marrs, Elijah P., 1840- (1)
Mars, James, 1790- (9)
Martin, J. Sella (John Sella), 1832- (1)
Mason, Isaac, 1822- (1)
Matthews, William E. (3)
McCray, S. J. (1)
McPherson, Christopher 1763?- (1)
Meachum, John B., 1789-1854 (1)
Menard, John Willis 1828-1893 (3)
Mix, Edward, Mrs., 1832-1884 (2)
Montgomery, Isaiah T. (Isaiah Thornton), 1847-1924 (2)
Moore, John Jamison, 1818-1893 (1)
Morgan, Joseph H. 1843- (1)
Nell, William C. (William Cooper), 1816-1874 (1)
Nicholson, Alfred William, 1861- (1)
Nickless, Samuel (1)
Norton, Jacob (1)
Offley, G. W. (Greensbury Washington), 1808-1896 (4)
Oson, Jacob, 1765 or 1766-1828 (1)
Parker, Allen, approximately 1835- (1)
Parker, Henry, 1835- (1)
Parrott, Russell, 1791-1824 (3)
Paul, Nathaniel, 1792 or 1793-1839 (1)
Payne, Daniel Alexander 1811-1893 (8)
Pennington, James W. C. (5)
Peterson, Daniel H. (1)
Pinchback, Pinckney Benton Stewart, 1837-1921 (5)
Plato, Ann (1)
Potter, Eliza (1)
Prince, Nancy, 1799- (4)
Prout, John W. (1)
Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898 (3)
Rainey, Joseph H., 1832-1887 (4)
Randolph, Paschal Beverly, 1825-1875 (23)
Randolph, Peter, 1825?-1897 (2)
Ray, Charles B. (Charles Bennett), 1807-1886 (2)
Ray, H. Cordelia (Henrietta Cordelia), 1852?-1916 (3)
Revels, Hiram R. (Hiram Rhoades), 1827-1901 (2)
Richardson, Jacob D., -1844 (1)
Roberts, James, 1753- (1)
Robinson, Magnus L. (1)
Robinson, William H., 1848- (3)
Ruggles, David, 1810-1849 (2)
Rush, Christopher, 1777-1873 (3)
Russell, Daniel James, 1846- (1)
Said, Nicholas, 1836-1882 (1)
Saunders, Prince, -1839 (2)
Settle, Josiah Thomas, 1850-1915 (1)
Shuften, John T., 1840- (1)
Sidney, Joseph (2)
Simms, James M. (James Meriles) (1)
Singleton, William Henry, 1835-1938 (1)
Sipkins, Henry (1)
Small, John Bryan (3)
Smallwood, Thomas, 1801- (1)
Smith, David, 1784- and Payne, Daniel Alexander, 1811-1893 (1)
Smith, James L. (James Lindsay) (2)
Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865 (4)
Smith, Venture, 1729?-1805 (1)
Steward, Austin, 1794-1860 (1)
Steward, S. Maria 1847-1918 (1)
Steward, T. G. (Theophilus Gould), 1843-1924 (5)
Steward, William, 1840- (1)
Stewart, Maria W., 1803-1879 (2)
Still, James, 1812-1885 (1)
Still, William, 1821-1902 (4)
Straker, D. Augustus (David Augustus), -1908 (7)
Stroyer, Jacob, 1849-1908 (6)
Tanner, Benj. T. (Benjamin Tucker), 1835-1923 (8)
Taylor, Marshall W. (Marshall William), 1846-1887 (6)
Taylor, Susie King 1848-1912 (2)
Thompson, Charles, 1833- (1)
Thompson, John, 1812-1860 (1)
Thompson, Mary W. (2)
Thompson, Patrick H., 1866- (1)
Tilmon, Levin, 1807-1863 (2)
Truth, Sojourner, 1799-1883 (6)
Tubbee, Okah, 1810 or 1811- (2)
Turner, Henry McNeal, 1834-1915 (11)
Veney, Bethany (2)
Voorhis, Robert, 1769 or 1770- (1)
Walker, David, 1785-1830 (3)
Walls, Josiah T. (Josiah Thomas), 1842-1905 (4)
Ward, Samuel Ringgold, 1817- (1)
Watkins, William, approximately 1800-1858. (1)
Webb, William, 1836- (1)
Whipper, William J., 1852-1906 (1)
Whipper, William, 1804?-1876 (2)
White, George, 1764- (1)
Whitfield, James Monroe, 1822-1871 (1)
Whitman, A. A. (Albery Allson), 1851-1901 (1)
Wilkerson, Major James (1)
Williams, George Washington, 1849-1891 (2)
Williams, Isaac D., 1821?- (1)
Williams, James, 1825- (1)
Williams, Peter, 1780?-1840 (2)
Williams, Samuel, 1813- (1)
Willson, Joseph (1)
Wilson, Harriet E., 1825-1900 (1)
Wright, Jacob P. (1)
Wright, Theodore S. (Theodore Sedgwick), 1797-1847 (2)