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Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Governor of British Barbados to anti-slavery London Bishop condemning corrupt slave-owners View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(African American, 1788)AuthorParry, DavidHeadlineInhumane treatment of slaves on British BarbadosDate PublishedJuly 29, 1788 Lot #3 Receipt for a bond to cover the cost of private prosecution of John Powers Cailiff and Nancy Califf, accused of Negro Stealing View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(African American, 1811)AuthorPowers, Roger; and Levi GlassHeadlineAccusation of Negro Stealing in early 19th century GeorgiaDate PublishedOct. 11, 1811 Lot #4 Letter to missionary’s wife in China describing mistreatment of a fugitive slave View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1852)AuthorDunlap, B.J. [Barbara Jarvis]HeadlineLetter sent to China about the torture of an American slaveDate PublishedNov. 1, 1852 Lot #5 Memoir of Pierre Toussaint, Born a Slave in St. Domingo. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(African American, 1854)HeadlinePierre Toussaint: Philanthropist, Hairdresser, Ex-SlavePublisherCrosby, Nichols, and CompanyDate Published1854 Lot #6 Letter mentioning a benefit Fair held by “the colored people” View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1856)Author[Wall, Eliza?]HeadlineColored People's Fair after Fremont's defeatDate PublishedNovember 20, 1856 Lot #7 Letter from Alabama slave-owner about trading inherited slaves View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(African American, 1859)AuthorGarber, Dr. Alexander MenziesHeadlineSlave swapping on North Carolina plantationDate PublishedDec. 15, 1859 Lot #8 Official letter certifying the enlistment of Joseph D. Champion for one year’s service in the US Navy View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1864)AuthorHowe, William Greene, US Army Captain and Provost MarshalHeadlineBlack shoemaker enlists in the Union Navy during Civil WarPublisherProvost Marshal's recruiting officeDate PublishedAug. 30, 1864 Lot #9 Letter from Freedmen’s Bureau entrepreneur about South Carolina freed slaves celebrating war’s end and Emancipation View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1865)AuthorDodge, J. G.HeadlineCarpetbagger organized freed slaves' celebrationPublisherOffice of the Superintendent of FreedmenDate PublishedApril 12, 1865 Lot #10 Letter about the end of the Freedman's Bureau View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(African American, 1868)AuthorMoore, Colonel StephenHeadlineLast days of the Freedmen’s Bureau in North CarolinaPublisherBureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned LandsDate PublishedDec. 11, 1868 Lot #11 The Colored Cadet at West Point: Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U.S.A. First Graduate of Color from the U.S. Military Academy View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1878)AuthorFlipper, Henry OssianHeadlineFirst African-American at West PointPublisherHomer Lee & Co.Date Published1878 Lot #12 Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs letter about progress in civilizing the American Indians View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(African American, 1884)AuthorStevens, Ezra L.HeadlineIndian bureau clerk led DC Underground RRDate PublishedAugust 6, 1884 Lot #13 Free At Last View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(African American, 1896)AuthorCollins, Mrs. Jane S.HeadlineEarly novel on Black civil rightsPublisherMurdoch, Kerr & Co.Date Published1896 Lot #14 The Higher Education of the Colored People of the South View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1896)AuthorWayland, H.L.HeadlineSigned by H.L. WaylandDate Published1896 Lot #15 The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1927)AuthorJohnson, James WeldonHeadlineJames Weldon Johnson's novel, un-anonymizedPublisherGarden City Publishing Co.Date Published1927 Lot #16 Native Son View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(African American, 1940)AuthorWright, RichardHeadlineWright's Native Soon, 1st ed. and inscribedPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1940 Lot #17 The Need of Unity and Cooperation Among American Negroes View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1946)AuthorBarrett, SamuelHeadlineBarrett's Call for Black American UnityPublisherVoice Publishing CompanyDate Published1946 Lot #18 The Souls of Black Folk, Essays and Sketches View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(African American, 1953)AuthorDu Bois, W. E. BurghardtHeadlineDu Bois, The Souls of Black Folk Signed 1953PublisherThe Blue Heron PressDate Published1953 Lot #19 Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$9,375StatusSold Heading(African American, 1967)AuthorKing, Martin Luther, Jr.HeadlineInscribed & signed by Martin Luther King, Jr.PublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1967] Lot #20 My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(African American, 1969)AuthorKing, Coretta ScottHeadlineSigned by Coretta Scott KingPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published[1969] Lot #21 Walking with the Wind, A Memoir of the Movement View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1998)AuthorLewis, JohnHeadlineWalking with the Wind Inscribed by John LewisPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[1998] Lot #22 Between the World and Me View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(African American, 2015)AuthorCoates, Ta-NehisiHeadlineSigned by Ta-Nehisi CoatesPublisherSpiegel & GrauDate Published[2015] Lot #29 An Examination of the Mosaic Laws of Servitude View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorJay, WilliamHeadlineNoted Abolitionist on slavery among the ancient JewsPublisherM. W. DoddDate Published1854 Lot #30 Letter from Abolitionist Congressman hailing Universal Freedom View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorLovejoy, OwenHeadlineCongressman who championed Emancipation ProclamationDate PublishedDecember 8, 1862 Lot #31 Letter by Boston anti-slavery orator to passionate young Abolitionist View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorPhillips, WendellHeadlineRadical anti-slavery crusader’s advice to a young AbolitionistDate Published[c.1857] Lot #32 Early letter by America’s richest anti-slavery crusader and John Brown benefactor View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorSmith, GerritHeadlineAbolitionist Gerrit Smith praises pro-slavery politician?Date PublishedDecember 25, 1838 Lot #33 U.S. Senate documents political future of non-slave California and New Mexico territories View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Anti-Slavery)HeadlineCalifornia/New Mexico in national debate over slaveryDate Published1848-1849 Lot #34 Voices of the True-Hearted View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorWhittier, John G.; Henry Longfellow; William Lloyd Garrison et alHeadlineLiterary anthology with anti-slavery poetry and proseDate Published[1846] Lot #76 Three letters from Alabama plantation agent who was a founder of Madera County View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorBorden, Dr. Joseph, [Borden & Buck]HeadlineSlave agent, later a founding father of Madera CountyDate Published1860 Lot #132 The Perils of Pearl Street, Including a Taste of the Dangers of Wall Street, by a Late Merchant View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Author[Greene, Asa]HeadlineEarly cautionary novella about Wall StreetPublisherPublished by Betts & Anstice, and Peter HillDate Published1834 Lot #206 Jamaica: Enslaved and Free View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPeck, GeorgeHeadlineJamaica as a model for Abolition, 1846PublisherPublished by Lane & TippettDate Published1846 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next