Biographical Reference Compilations
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American National Biography, Oxford University Press, New York, 2002.
American Reformers: An H.W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary, New York, 1985.
Appletons’ Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888
Appleton, New American Cyclopaedia, and Annuals, 27 vols. 8vo.
Blake, Biographical Dictionary, 8vo, 1856.
Blake, Rev. J. L. A General Biographical Dictionary: Comprising a Summary Account of the Most Distinguished Persons of all Ages, Nations and Professions: Including More than One Thousand Articles of American Biography. New York: A. V. Blake, 1840.
Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1936.
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Dupuy, Trevor N., Curt Johnson, & David L. Bongard, eds. The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography. New York, HarperCollins, 1992.
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Rodriguez, Junius P., ed. Slavery in the United States: A Social, Political, and Historical Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2007.
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Schneider, Dorothy, & Carl J. Schneider. An Eyewitness History: Slavery in America, From Colonial Times to the Civil War. Facts On File, 2000.
Spradling, Mary Mace. In Black and White: Afro-Americans in print: A Guide to Afro-Americans who have Made Contributions to the United States of America from 1619-1969. Kalamazoo, MI: Kalamazoo Library System, 1971.
White’s Conspectus of American Biography: A Tabulated Record of American History and Biography. 2d ed. New York: James T. White, 1937.
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