African American authors Autobiography History and criticism 15 Biography 12 American prose literature 10 African Americans 8 African American women 7 Intellectual life 7 Women authors 7 History 5 Women and literature 4 African American women in literature 3 Minority authors 3 Slaves 3 Slaves' writings, American 3 African American women authors 2 African Americans in literature 2 Conversion in literature 2 Historiography 2 Mexican American authors 2 Narration (Rhetoric) 2 Political aspects 2 Race discrimination 2 Race in literature 2 Religion and literature 2 Segregation 2 Self-realization in literature 2 Social conditions 2 Abolitionists 1 African American abolitionists 1