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Previous|1|Next Image Lot Item Title Time Left Your Bids 1 Letter about American exile's business dispute Heading(African American, 1799)AuthorBelin de Villeneuve, PaulHeadlineLetter by Haitian master of famous “Faithful Slave”Date PublishedMay 24, 1799 Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold View details 2 British Navy Captain writes Spanish Governor of Cuba about American Naval deserters Heading(African American, 1833)AuthorM’Quhae, Peter [Commander of His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop Fly]HeadlineAmerican sailors seized by the British in CubaDate PublishedMay 1, 1833 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 4 Mortgage document for sale for $700 of a slave family Heading(African American, 1844)AuthorSnell, JohnHeadlineSale of entire slave family in AlabamaDate PublishedMay 29, 1844 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold View details 5 Letter by a New York merchant on a business trip to Louisiana approves of slavery Heading(African American, 1847)AuthorEastwood, WilliamHeadlineNY merchant writes while a slave was whippedDate PublishedFeb. 24, 1847 Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold View details 6 Selections from the Writings and Speeches of William Lloyd Garrison… Heading(African American, 1852)AuthorGarrison, William LloydHeadlineInscribed by America's leading AbolitionistPublisherB. F. WallcutDate Published1852 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold View details 7 An Examination of the Mosaic Laws of Servitude Heading(African American, 1854)AuthorJay, WilliamHeadlineNoted Abolitionist on slavery among ancient JewsPublisherM. W. DoddDate Published1854 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 8 Two imprints relating to birth of the Republican Party and anti-slavery cause of presidential nominee John Fremont Heading(African American, 1856)HeadlineThe new Republican Party embraces anti-slaveryDate Published1856 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 9 Letter from a US Navy Captain describing his voyage to the West Indies, including the strange slave island of Sombrero. Heading(African American, 1859)AuthorDove, Benjamin M., Captain, USS ReliefHeadlineSlave miners on a guano-rich West Indian islandDate PublishedSept. 17, 1859 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 10 Letter praising executed radical Abolitionist John Brown as “the Man of the Century” Heading(African American, 1860)AuthorLesley, John PeterHeadlineGeologist lauds the treasonous John BrownDate PublishedMarch 28, 1860 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold View details 11 Officers of the National Freedman’s Relief Association, organized in New York, February 22, 1862 Heading(African American, 1862)HeadlineFirst society formed to aid freed slaves in SouthDate PublishedFebruary 22 - July 26, 1862 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,250StatusSold View details 12 Legal letter about a woman slave-owner's compensation for 2 ex-slaves, emancipated in Washington Heading(African American, 1862)AuthorDuvall, George W. (for Eleanor B. Hilleary)HeadlineHeiress seeks compensation emancipated slavesDate PublishedMay 6, 1862 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 13 Maritime manuscript ledger of Baker, Wells & Co. Lumber Yard, New York Heading(African American, 1863)Author[Getty, Captain]HeadlineCivil War NY employer of Blacks ledgerDate Published1862-1863, 1868-1869 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 14 Freedmen’s Bureau officer's manuscript account of the allegation of a white man’s assault on a Black teenage girl Heading(African American, 1866)AuthorHogarty, William P. [2nd Lt., 21st Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps]HeadlineFreedmen's Bureau investigates assault on Black girlPublisherUS Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned LandsDate PublishedJuly 5, 1866 Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$3,750StatusSold View details 15 Letter about a northerner’s success overseeing a postwar Mississippi plantation after slavery Heading(African American, 1866)Author[Phelps, William G.?]HeadlineOhio lawyer overseer on Reconstruction plantationDate PublishedJune 26, 1866 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold View details 16 Letter of a New York farmer while visiting President Grant’s Washington Heading(African American, 1872)AuthorWhite, J.HeadlineRacist letter by NY Democrat during 1872 electionDate PublishedJuly 22, 1872 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 17 Galaxy of Stars: Minstrels Heading(African American, 1890s - blackface portrayal)HeadlineBlackface minstrels disembark from a trainPublisherRiverside Printing CompanyDate Publishedc.1890s Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold View details 18 Black America, A Negro Oddity, March and Two-Step. Heading(African American, 1895)AuthorZickel, Harry H.HeadlineScarce music of first Black extravaganzaPublisherW.C.BroadwellDate Published1895 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 19 Three programs for notable African American music concerts Heading(African American, 1941-1957)Headline3 noteworthy African American music concertsDate Published1941-1957 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 20 Surveyor - George Washington High School yearbook, 1944-1945 Heading(African American, 1945)Author[Angelou, Maya]HeadlineFamed Black poet as high school teenDate Published1945 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 21 Racial Aspects of Reconversion: A Memorandum Prepared for the President of the United States by the National Urban League, New York City, August 27, 1945 Heading(African American, 1945)HeadlineUrban League addresses Truman on equalityPublisherNational Urban LeagueDate Published1945 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 22 It's Fun to be Black Heading(African American, 1973)AuthorBrowning, Alice C.Headline"It's Fun to be Black" despite heartbreak & painPublisherBrowning PublicationsDate Published1973 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 23 Four works by Derrick A. Bell, Jr. relating to what is now "Critical Race Theory" Heading(African American, 1975-1998 - Critical Race Theory)AuthorBell, DerrickHeadlineDerrick Bell on Critical Race Theory, signedDate PublishedVarious dates Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 24 Of Minnie the Moocher & Me Heading(African American, 1976)AuthorCalloway, Cab and Bryant RollinsHeadlineInscribed and signed by Cab CallowayPublisherThomas Y. CrowellDate Published1976 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 26 Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times Heading(Ali, Muhammad)AuthorHauser, Thomas with the Cooperation of Muhammad AliHeadlineSigned by Muhammad AliPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[1991] Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 78 Manuscript Expediente regarding an inheritance and a young boy born free in Puerto Rico who was taken to Cuba where he was sold as a slave Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlinePuerto Rican boy sold into Cuban slaveryDate Publishedc.1878 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 79 Manuscript Expediente regarding permission to act as a "bounty hunter" of rebellious slaves in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineBounty hunter of rebellious slaves in Cuba 1879Date Published1879 Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold View details 80 Manuscript Expediente [legal proceeding] regarding slaves "hidden" on a plantation in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSlaves flee Cuban plantation due to choleraDate Published1870 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 81 Manuscript listings of slaves sold in Cuba, both of African and Asian origin Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineChinese & Black slaves sold in CubaDate Published1854-1855 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold View details 82 Modela de Cedulas para los esclavos Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineListing of Cuban slaveowners c.1850Date Publishedc.1850s Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold View details 402 Battle between the Monitor and Merrimac Heading(Civil War)AuthorKurz & AllisonHeadlineMonitor & Merrimac clash in Kurz & Allison lithoPublisherKurz & AllisonDate Published1889 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next