A collection of thirty (30) previously unavailable 19th century texts by African American women writers in a variety of literary genres. "This special collection on the Web, prepared by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture...makes available several dozen works, each text scrupulously reprinted with no posthumous editing, each preface intact. A unique collection of diverse literature (essays, fiction, journals, poetry, autobiographical narratives, etc.), it is also one of the most comprehensive of its kind. The site is well organized, providing search tools that allow the reader to search by title, author, and genre and to link works thematically and at reasonable speed." (Choice Reviews online, supplemental 2000)