What made the 19th century an interesting but tumultuous time? What technological, cultural and social changes influenced life then? Explore those issues in this story collection.
Image depicting page 31 from the book, Olaudah Equiano: The Interesting Narrative.
In 1704, Britain imposed “Penal Laws” which governed the conduct of Irish Catholics. Over the decades, those restrictive laws substantiall...
John Wilkes Booth accepted an invitation to perform the lead role in a benefit play - The Apostate, by Richard Lalor Sheil (an Irishman) - on Saturday...
This facsimile of Poe's manusript - for the detective story The Murders in the Rue Morgue - is part of the Susan Jaffe Tane collection at Cornell Univ...
Rufus Griswold, purporting to be Poe's friend, wrote a very unflattering and damaging obituary after Poe's death.
This issue of the Southern Literary Messenger - dated December, 1835 - contains Poe's story M.S. Found in a Bottle. (See "Selected Prose Article...
Bookcover image of Polina Suslova's memoirs.
The Russian language bookcover image of Poor Folk, by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published in 1846.
Image of the preface page from The Underground Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, written by William Still. Click on the ima...
Image of the 2nd page of the preface from The Underground Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters written by William Still. Click ...
Frederick Douglass, a widower after Anna Murray Douglass died, married Helen Pitts (a white woman) in 1884. At the time, many people did not ap...
From the first biography of Frederick Douglass, this image depicts the author's comments about his subject. Click on the image for a better view.
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