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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Grand Jury arraignment of Maryland slave Solomon, with other slaves, murdered his master View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1815)AuthorPigman, Bean S.HeadlineManuscript indictment of Maryland slaves who murdered their masterDate Published[December 1815] Lot #2 Letter regarding a dispute between enslaved people in Virginia, 1819. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1819)AuthorShelton, ArmisteadHeadline1819 Letter concerning slave disputeDate Published1819 Lot #3 Letter from Pennsylvania trader visiting New Orleans, sees Sunday Congo Dances with its pre-Jazz Negro music View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1820)AuthorLukens, JosephHeadlineAfrican slave Congo Dance in antebellum New OrleansDate PublishedJuly 19, 1820 Lot #4 Original manuscript statement of legal argument on the issue of Negro slave identity View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1824)AuthorGrundy, Felix and James RucksHeadlineManuscript document on early court case of slave lawDate Publishedca. 1824-1825 Lot #5 Ornate Engraved Presbyterian Missionary Document View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1837)AuthorGreen, Rev. AshbelHeadlineOrnate Engraved Presbyterian Missions AppointmentPublisherBoard of Missions of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian ChurchDate PublishedAugust 1837 Lot #6 Capture of Black Seminole insurgents, near the end of the War in Florida; Autograph Letter Signed View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1841 - Seminole War)AuthorAxtell, Rev. HenryHeadlineBlack Seminole defeat in the Florida Seminole WarDate PublishedAug. 23, 1841 Lot #7 Letter to George Washington descendant from his Mt. Vernon overseer View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1845)AuthorMcFarland, JosephHeadlineSlave overseer of Washington's Mt. VernonDate PublishedNovember 18, 1845 Lot #8 Autograph Document Signed Announcing Auction of an eight-year-old slave girl View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1846)AuthorHeadrick, JacobHeadlineSlave child auctioned in Missouri in 1846Date PublishedMay 20, 1846 Lot #10 Letter mentioning a benefit Fair held by “the colored people” View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1856)Author[Wall, Eliza?]HeadlineLetter on stationery engraved with Fremont vignetteDate PublishedNovember 20, 1856 Lot #11 Letter regarding care of enslaved children in Virginia, 1857. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1857)AuthorPass, Thomas Y.Headline1857 Letter on care of enslaved childrenDate Published1857 Lot #12 Promissory note regarding temporary service of enslaved woman in Virginia, 1861. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1861)AuthorLynn, Robert F. and Robert V.Headline1861 Promissory note for enslaved womanDate Published1861 Lot #13 Sharecropping agreement, Pittsylvania County View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1871)AuthorWomack, Chas A.Headline1871 Sharecropping agreement, VirginiaDate Published1871 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1873)AuthorGrubbs, R.W. (Richard Williamson), Jr.HeadlineWhite South Carolina farmer criticizes Black gains under ReconstructionDate PublishedMarch 24, 1873 Lot #15 Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs letter about progress in civilizing the American Indians View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1884)AuthorStevens, Ezra L.HeadlineUnderground Railroad Conductor later helps civilize American IndiansDate PublishedAugust 6, 1884 Lot #16 Year Book of the Northern California Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1917)HeadlineNAACP pamphlet celebrating Buchanan v. WarleyPublisherNAACP, Northern California BranchDate Published[1917] Lot #17 Gladiola Garden View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1944)AuthorNewsome, Effie LeeHeadlineGladiola Garden - Children's Poems from the Harlem RenaissancePublisherThe Associated PublishersDate Published1944 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... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1952)AuthorLeskes, Theodore and Sol Rabkin, counselHeadlineBrown vs Board of Education Amicus BriefPublisherBar Press Inc.Date Published1952 Lot #19 NOTICE! STOP Help Save the Youth of America: DON'T BUY NEGRO RECORDS View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1965)Headline1965 handbill against black musicPublisherCitizen's Council Of Greater New OrleansDate Published1965 Lot #20 Photograph of the cast of Mo' Better Blues View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1990)HeadlinePhotograph of Spike Lee, Denzel Washington, et al.Date Published1990 Lot #21 Freedom, a Fable: A Curious Interpretation of the Wit of a Negress in Troubled Times. View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1997)AuthorWalker, Kara ElizabethHeadlineVision of emancipation with pop-upsPublisherPeter Norton Family FoundationDate Published1997 Lot #28 New England lawyer chides his sister for her anti-slavery bias against Southerners View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Anri-Slavery)AuthorGoodridge, SewallHeadlineYankee lawyer in Virginia about anti-slavery prejudiceDate PublishedJan. 13, 1838 Lot #29 Letter relating to Massachusetts Congressman's views on Abolitionism View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorGrenell, Jr., GeorgeHeadlineMassachusetts Congressman’s views on ending slaveryDate PublishedFeb. 1, 1837 Lot #30 Autograph Letter Signed by Future Gun Company Magnate foreseeing the end of Abolitionism View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorRickard, L. H.HeadlineConnecticut Democrat condemns Abolitionist scoundrelsDate PublishedAugust 8, 1856 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorVinton, Samuel F., Member of CongressHeadlineOhio Congressman proposes solution to slave controversyDate PublishedDec. 31, 1846 Lot #57 William Fox Productions parade float, Los Angeles View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Los Angeles)Headline20th Century Fox 1927 Parade FloatDate Published[1927] Lot #121 I Wish I Was in Dixie’s Land Sheet Music View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorEmmett, Dan. D.HeadlineEarly northern printing of “Dixie”, Confederate anthemPublisherFirth, Pond & Co.Date Published1860 Lot #297 The Black Gauntlet: A Tale of Plantation Life in South Carolina - inscribed presentation copy View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$168.75StatusSold AuthorSchoolcraft, Mary HowardHeadlinePlantation Life in South CarolinaPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1860 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next