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The following resources are available at the FamilySearch Library:  
The following resources are available at the FamilySearch Library:  


*''Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction'', Hallie Q. Brown, New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 1988 (FS Catalog book {{FSC|639894|item|disp=973 D3hom}}; {{WorldCat|228659487|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; '''''Online at:''''' {{FSDB|48735}}
*''Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction'', Hallie Q. Brown, New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 1988 (FS Catalog book {{FSC|639894|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 D3hom}}; {{WorldCat|228659487|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; '''''Online at:''''' {{FSDB|48735}}.


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*''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].  
*''Pride of Family: Four Generations of American Women of Color'', Carole Ione, New York, New York: C. Ione, 1991.  Find this title {{WorldCat|866444508|item|disp=at various libraries (WorldCat)}}.  
*''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]).  
*''Black Biographical Dictionaries 1790-1950'', Randal K. Burkett, Nancy Hall Burkett, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., eds., Alexandria, Virginia: Chadwyck-Healey, Inc., [198-]. {{FSC|509200|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 F2bbd}}.  
*''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]).  
*''African American Biographies: profiles of 558 Current Men and Women'', Walter L. Hawkins, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 1992. {{FSC|712546|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 F26h}}.  
*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]).  
*Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia, Darlene Clark Hine, Brooklyn, New York: Carlson Pub., 1993. {{FSC|678182|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 F26b}}.  
*''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]).
*''Notable Black American Women'', Jessie Carney Smith, ed., Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, 1992. {{FSC|2280662|item|disp=FS Catalog 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 ''[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]''.  
:*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]''.  
:*Born in slavery slave narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 - [https://search.worldcat.org/title/47265597 World Cat]
:*Born in slavery slave narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938. {{WorldCat|47265597|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}
:*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).  
:*''A Comprehensive Name Index for the American Slave'' Howard E. Potts, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997. {{FSC|731705|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 F22p). {{WorldCat|36284310|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}.  
:*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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