Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), From the Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson 430
Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806), Correspondence with Thomas Jefferson 437
Prince Hall (1735-1807), Petition to Massachusetts general court 441
Philip Freneau (1752-1832)
On the emigration to america and peopling the western country 445
The indian burying ground 446
On the religion of nature 448
Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784) 449
Preface 451
To the public 451
On the death of the rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 1770. 452
To Maecenas 454
On Being brought from Africa to America 455
To S. M., a young African Painter, on seeing his works 456
To the right honourabe william, Earl of Dartmouth 457
To the university of Cambridge, in New-England 458
To his excellence genera; washington 459
Letter to Samson Occom 461
CONTEXT AND RESPONSE: Thomas Jefferson, From Notes on the State of Virginia 462
John Marrant (1755-1791)
A narrative of the lord's wonderful dealings with john marrant, a black 466
Washington Irving (1783-1859)
Rip Van Winkle 491
CONTEXT AND RESPONSE: James Kirke Paulding, National literature 507
David Walker (1785-1830)
Fromm appeal to the colored citizens of the world 512
Lydia Huntley Sigourney (1791-1865/0
The African mother at her daughter's grave 523
The deaf, dumb and blind girl of the American Asylum at Hartford, Connecticut 524
To a Shred of linen 527
Indian names 529
Science and Religion 531
Niagara 531