The following is a list of notable early authors:
- Abbott, Anderson Ruffin (The Canadian Encyclopedia).
- Anderson, Osborne P. (blackpast.org).
- Baquaqua, Mahommah Gardon (blackpast.org).
- Bibb, Henry (Dictionary of Canadian Biography).
- Clarke, Lewis (blackpast.org).
- Clarke, Milton (University of Kentucky Libraries).
- Delany, Martin Robison (blackpast.org).
- Drew, Benjamin (familysearch.org).
- George, David (Dictionary of Canadian Biography).
- Gibbs, Mifflin (Dictionary of Canadian Biography).
- Henson, Jim (Charley Chance) (“Runaway Journeys: Migration Resources”).
- Henson, Josiah (The Canadian Encyclopedia).
- Howe, Samuel Gridley (Encyclopaedia Britannica).
- Johnson, William H. (biography.com).
- King, Boston (Dictionary of Canadian Biography).
- Lance, Buffalo Child Long (The Canadian Encyclopedia).
- Lewis, Israel [Text: The Youth’s Guard Against Crime, 1844] (archive.org).
- Loguen, Jermain Wesley (blackpast.org).
- Marrant, John (Dictionary of Canadian Biography).
- Roper, Moses (“A Chronology of Moses Roper’s Life”).
- Shadd, Alfred Schmitz (Dictionary of Canadian Biography).
- Shadd, Mary Ann (Dictionary of Canadian Biography).
- Smallwood, Thomas [Text: A Narrative of Thomas Smallwood] (Documenting the American South).
- Steward, Austin (blackpast.org).
- Still, William (encyclopedia.com).
- Troy, William (Routes to Freedom).
- Ward, Samuel Ringgold (Dictionary of Canadian Biography).
The following authors do not yet have online biographies:
- Robertson, John William.
- Wormeny, Lavinia.