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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Grand Jury arraignment of Maryland slave Solomon, with other slaves, murdered his master Heading(African-American, 1815)AuthorPigman, Bean S.HeadlineManuscript indictment of Maryland slaves who murdered their masterDate Published[December 1815] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #2 Letter regarding a dispute between enslaved people in Virginia, 1819. Heading(African-American, 1819)AuthorShelton, ArmisteadHeadline1819 Letter concerning slave disputeDate Published1819 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #3 Letter from Pennsylvania trader visiting New Orleans, sees Sunday Congo Dances with its pre-Jazz Negro music Heading(African-American, 1820)AuthorLukens, JosephHeadlineAfrican slave Congo Dance in antebellum New OrleansDate PublishedJuly 19, 1820 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #4 Original manuscript statement of legal argument on the issue of Negro slave identity Heading(African-American, 1824)AuthorGrundy, Felix and James RucksHeadlineManuscript document on early court case of slave lawDate Publishedca. 1824-1825 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #5 Ornate Engraved Presbyterian Missionary Document Heading(African-American, 1837)AuthorGreen, Rev. AshbelHeadlineOrnate Engraved Presbyterian Missions AppointmentPublisherBoard of Missions of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian ChurchDate PublishedAugust 1837 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #6 Capture of Black Seminole insurgents, near the end of the War in Florida; Autograph Letter Signed Heading(African-American, 1841 - Seminole War)AuthorAxtell, Rev. HenryHeadlineBlack Seminole defeat in the Florida Seminole WarDate PublishedAug. 23, 1841 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #7 Letter to George Washington descendant from his Mt. Vernon overseer Heading(African-American, 1845)AuthorMcFarland, JosephHeadlineSlave overseer of Washington's Mt. VernonDate PublishedNovember 18, 1845 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #8 Autograph Document Signed Announcing Auction of an eight-year-old slave girl Heading(African-American, 1846)AuthorHeadrick, JacobHeadlineSlave child auctioned in Missouri in 1846Date PublishedMay 20, 1846 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #10 Letter mentioning a benefit Fair held by “the colored people” Heading(African-American, 1856)Author[Wall, Eliza?]HeadlineLetter on stationery engraved with Fremont vignetteDate PublishedNovember 20, 1856 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #11 Letter regarding care of enslaved children in Virginia, 1857. Heading(African-American, 1857)AuthorPass, Thomas Y.Headline1857 Letter on care of enslaved childrenDate Published1857 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #12 Promissory note regarding temporary service of enslaved woman in Virginia, 1861. Heading(African-American, 1861)AuthorLynn, Robert F. and Robert V.Headline1861 Promissory note for enslaved womanDate Published1861 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #13 Sharecropping agreement, Pittsylvania County Heading(African-American, 1871)AuthorWomack, Chas A.Headline1871 Sharecropping agreement, VirginiaDate Published1871 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #14 South Carolina farmer’s semi-literate letter, complaining of “negro government”, “social equality” in courts and schools, and gun-wielding, lackadaisical ex-slaves Heading(African-American, 1873)AuthorGrubbs, R.W. (Richard Williamson), Jr.HeadlineWhite South Carolina farmer criticizes Black gains under ReconstructionDate PublishedMarch 24, 1873 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #15 Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs letter about progress in civilizing the American Indians Heading(African-American, 1884)AuthorStevens, Ezra L.HeadlineUnderground Railroad Conductor later helps civilize American IndiansDate PublishedAugust 6, 1884 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #16 Year Book of the Northern California Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Heading(African-American, 1917)HeadlineNAACP pamphlet celebrating Buchanan v. WarleyPublisherNAACP, Northern California BranchDate Published[1917] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #17 Gladiola Garden Heading(African-American, 1944)AuthorNewsome, Effie LeeHeadlineGladiola Garden - Children's Poems from the Harlem RenaissancePublisherThe Associated PublishersDate Published1944 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #18 In the Supreme Court of the United States October Term, 1952. No. 8. Brief on Behalf of American Civil Liberties Union...as Amici Curiae. Oliver Brown...vs. Board of Education of Topeka... Heading(African-American, 1952)AuthorLeskes, Theodore and Sol Rabkin, counselHeadlineBrown vs Board of Education Amicus BriefPublisherBar Press Inc.Date Published1952 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #19 NOTICE! STOP Help Save the Youth of America: DON'T BUY NEGRO RECORDS Heading(African-American, 1965)Headline1965 handbill against black musicPublisherCitizen's Council Of Greater New OrleansDate Published1965 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #20 Photograph of the cast of Mo' Better Blues Heading(African-American, 1990)HeadlinePhotograph of Spike Lee, Denzel Washington, et al.Date Published1990 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #21 Freedom, a Fable: A Curious Interpretation of the Wit of a Negress in Troubled Times. Heading(African-American, 1997)AuthorWalker, Kara ElizabethHeadlineVision of emancipation with pop-upsPublisherPeter Norton Family FoundationDate Published1997 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #28 New England lawyer chides his sister for her anti-slavery bias against Southerners Heading(Anri-Slavery)AuthorGoodridge, SewallHeadlineYankee lawyer in Virginia about anti-slavery prejudiceDate PublishedJan. 13, 1838 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #29 Letter relating to Massachusetts Congressman's views on Abolitionism Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorGrenell, Jr., GeorgeHeadlineMassachusetts Congressman’s views on ending slaveryDate PublishedFeb. 1, 1837 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #30 Autograph Letter Signed by Future Gun Company Magnate foreseeing the end of Abolitionism Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorRickard, L. H.HeadlineConnecticut Democrat condemns Abolitionist scoundrelsDate PublishedAugust 8, 1856 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #31 Ohio Congressman proposes diplomatic resolution of Ohio-Virginia border dispute triggered by arrest of Underground Railroad agents aiding slaves to escape to freedom across the Ohio River Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorVinton, Samuel F., Member of CongressHeadlineOhio Congressman proposes solution to slave controversyDate PublishedDec. 31, 1846 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #57 William Fox Productions parade float, Los Angeles Heading(California - Los Angeles)Headline20th Century Fox 1927 Parade FloatDate Published[1927] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #121 I Wish I Was in Dixie’s Land Sheet Music Heading(Civil War)AuthorEmmett, Dan. D.HeadlineEarly northern printing of “Dixie”, Confederate anthemPublisherFirth, Pond & Co.Date Published1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #297 The Black Gauntlet: A Tale of Plantation Life in South Carolina - inscribed presentation copy AuthorSchoolcraft, Mary HowardHeadlinePlantation Life in South CarolinaPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$168.75StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next