Books like The life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African

The life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African by Olaudah Equiano reads as earnest, reflective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass · 1845

Both explore slavery & freedom

83% genome match

Sold as a Slave

Olaudah Equiano · 2007

Both explore slavery & freedom

76% genome match

Twelve years a slave

Solomon Northup · 1853

Both explore slavery & freedom

83% genome match

Behind the scenes. By Elizabeth Keckley. Or, Thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House.

Elizabeth Keckley · 1868

Both explore slavery & abolition

70% genome match

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin · 1791

Same memoir feel

64% genome match

The bondwoman's narrative

Hannah Crafts · 2002

Both explore slavery & freedom

67% genome match

Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom, or, The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery

William Craft · 1860

Both explore slavery & freedom

67% genome match

The autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. · 1998

Same nonfiction feel

64% genome match

The Biography of Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua

Robin C. Law · 2001

Both explore slavery & freedom

65% genome match

A New England girlhood

Lucy Larcom · 1889

Same memoir feel

64% genome match

To Be a Slave (Plus)

Julius Lester · 1968

Both explore slavery & freedom

60% genome match

Harriet Tubman, conductor on the Underground Railroad

Ann Lane Petry · 1955

Both explore slavery & freedom

60% genome match