Martin R. Delany’s Blake (c. 1860) tells the story of Henry Blake’s escape from a southern plantation and his travels in the U.S., Canada, Africa, and Cuba

"My Three Years in America" from Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff. German politician and the ambassador to the United States from 1908 to 1917 (1862 - 1939).

"A true story more incredible than fiction." —Kevin Baker, author of Striver's Row In George Appo's world, child pickpockets swarmed the crowded streets, addi