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*''Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction'', Hallie Q. Brown, New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 1988 (FS Library book [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/639894 973 D3hom]). [[Image:{{SlaveNarrative}}]]  
*''Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction'', Hallie Q. Brown, New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 1988 (FS Library book [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/639894 973 D3hom]). [[Image:{{SlaveNarrative}}]]  
*''Pride of Family: Four Generations of American Women of Color'', Carole Ione, New York, New York: C. Ione, 1991 (FS Library book 921.73 Io6p).  
*''Pride of Family: Four Generations of American Women of Color'', Carole Ione, New York, New York: C. Ione, 1991. Find this title through [https://search.worldcat.org/title/866444508 WorldCat].  
*''Black Biographical Dictionaries 1790-1950'', Randal K. Burkett, Nancy Hall Burkett, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., eds., Alexandria, Virginia: Chadwyck-Healey, Inc., [198-] (FS Library book 973 F2bbd).  
*''Black Biographical Dictionaries 1790-1950'', Randal K. Burkett, Nancy Hall Burkett, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., eds., Alexandria, Virginia: Chadwyck-Healey, Inc., [198-] ([https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/509200 FS Library book 973 F2bbd]).  
*''African American Biographies: profiles of 558 Current Men and Women'', Walter L. Hawkins, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 1992 (FS Library book 973 F26h).  
*''African American Biographies: profiles of 558 Current Men and Women'', Walter L. Hawkins, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 1992 ([https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/712546 FS Library book 973 F26h]).  
*Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia, Darlene Clark Hine, Brooklyn, New York: Carlson Pub., 1993 (FS Library book 973 F26b).  
*Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia, Darlene Clark Hine, Brooklyn, New York: Carlson Pub., 1993 (FS Library book [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/678182 973 F26b]).  
*''Notable Black American Women'', Jessie Carney Smith, ed., Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, 1992 (FS Library book 973 D36nbw).
*''Notable Black American Women'', Jessie Carney Smith, ed., Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, 1992 ([https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2280662 FS Library book 973 D36nbw]).


'''Slave Narratives.''' In the 1930s over 3,500 typescript interviews of formerly enslaved persons were compiled by the WPA. See:  
'''Slave Narratives.''' In the 1930s over 3,500 typescript interviews of formerly enslaved persons were compiled by the WPA. See:  


:*Library of Congress' free site that indexes 2,300 narratives in ''[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project]''.  
:*Library of Congress' free site that indexes 2,300 narratives in ''[https://www.loc.gov/collections/?q=slave+narratives+from+the+federal+writers%27+project,+1936-1938 Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project]''.  
:*Ancestry.com's ($) subscription site of 3,500 slave narratives in ''[http://www.ancestry.com/search/DB.aspx?dbid=4342 Slave Narratives]'', or free at selected libraries in ''[http://www.ancestry.com/search/DB.aspx?dbid=4342 Slave Narratives]''.
:*Born in slavery slave narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 - [https://search.worldcat.org/title/47265597 World Cat]
:*Howard E. Potts, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36284310 A Comprehensive Name Index for the American Slave]'' (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997)(FS Library book 973 F22p).  
:*Howard E. Potts, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36284310 A Comprehensive Name Index for the American Slave]'' (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997)(FS Library book 973 F22p).  
:*University of North Carolina's free site ''[http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/ North American Slave Narratives]''.
:*University of North Carolina's free site ''[http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/ North American Slave Narratives]''.
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*http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/aframer/bios/  
*http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/aframer/bios/  
*http://womenshistory.about.com/od/africanamerican/a/black_women.htm  
*http://womenshistory.about.com/od/africanamerican/a/black_women.htm  
*http://www.multcolib.org/homework/biohc.html


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