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library.forgemesh.io E151 — African American History & Literature Shelf
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library.forgemesh.io E151 — African American History & Literature Shelf is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).
Returns a ranked list of up to 50 public-domain books on African American history, autobiography, and culture (shelf E151), with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.
Price / call$0.003
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf: E151 — 466 public-domain books including Up from Slavery: An Autobiography, History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens, Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil. Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.
Output
A ranked list of public-domain books on African American history and literature (up to the requested limit, max 50), including book titles and drill-down routes that can be used to retrieve full text. Representative titles include 'Up from Slavery' by Booker T. Washington, 'History of the Negro Race in America' by George Washington Williams, and 'Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil' by W.E.B. Du Bois.
Example use cases
Researching African American autobiographies
“Can you pull up to 20 public-domain autobiographies and memoirs by African American authors from the E151 history shelf? I'm putting together a reading list.”
Sourcing primary texts on slavery and emancipation
“I need a ranked list of classic public-domain books covering the history of slavery and emancipation in America — show me up to 50 titles from the African American history collection.”
Building a Black history course reading list
“I'm designing a history course on the African American experience from 1619 onward. Can you fetch the full catalog of up to 50 public-domain books from the E151 shelf so I can pick required readings?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/e151When to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, pre-ranked list of public-domain books specifically focused on African American history, autobiography, and culture (Library of Congress classification E151). It is ideal for building reading lists, sourcing primary historical texts, or providing drill-down access to full-text retrieval without any authentication or licensing overhead. Prefer this over a full-text search endpoint when you want a broad browseable catalog rather than passage-level results for a specific query.
Side effects
- Limit parameter exceeds 50 — likely capped or rejected
- Payment of 0.003 USDC not completed — 402 Payment Required returned
- Invalid limit type (non-integer) — schema validation error
- Network or service unavailability — 5xx error
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | Max books to return (default 20, max 50) |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"books": [
{
"year": null,
"title": "Up from Slavery: An Autobiography",
"author": "Washington, Booker T.",
"book_id": 2376,
"subjects": [],
"download_count": 16449
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "E151",
"coverage": {
"target": 61015,
"indexed": 61015
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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