Solomon Northup Non Fiction Twelve Years a Slave – Solomon Northup (1853) Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup recounts his harrowing abduction, enslavement, and survival, highlighting the horrors of slavery.
Frederick Douglass Non Fiction My Bondage and My Freedom – Frederick Douglass (1855) My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass is a powerful account of slavery, freedom, and a call to end injustice in America.