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Publisher SeriesPenguin African American Classics

God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse by James Weldon Johnson

Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave: Containing His History of 25 Years in Bondage, and His Providential Escape (Penguin Classics) by John Thompson

The Portable Charles W. Chesnutt (Penguin Classics) by Charles W. Chesnutt

Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

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God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse by James Weldon Johnson 391 copies, 7 reviews	Order:
Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper 385 copies, 3 reviews	Order:
The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave: Containing His History of 25 Years in Bondage, and His Providential Escape (Penguin Classics) by John Thompson 15 copies, 1 review	Order:
The Portable Charles W. Chesnutt (Penguin Classics) by Charles W. Chesnutt 41 copies	Order:
Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup 4,039 copies, 117 reviews	Order:

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