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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Statement of reimbursed expenses paid in May 1780 to Ruggles, Constable of New Milford for transporting a Mulatto girl to Dover View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(African American, 1779)AuthorRuggles, Samuel; Noble Fine, Jeremiah Boardman, et alHeadlineRevolutionary War document about a mulatto womanDate PublishedDecember 9 -31, 1779, and January 20, 1780 Lot #2 Early letter from mother of important Union spy View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1834)AuthorVan Lew, ElizaHeadlineMother of famed Civil War spy meets rich free Black in FloridaDate PublishedFebruary 26,1834 Lot #3 Letter from Moravian missionary to Jamaica revealing racist prejudices he brought from America View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1842)AuthorHolland, Rev. Francis RaymondHeadlineSouthern racist missionary among freed Blacks in JamaicaDate PublishedJan. 22, 1842 Lot #4 Letter from a whaling ship seaman, a free Black leader of the African American community of New Bedford View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(African American, 1845)AuthorBrown, William H.HeadlineFree Blacks among the whalers of New BedfordDate PublishedNovember 11, 1845 Lot #5 Letter of a wealthy family of Virginia Quakers who intended to free their slaves View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1846)AuthorCrenshaw, Nathaniel C.; and Margaret M. Crew;HeadlineVirginia Quakers as benevolent slave-ownersDate PublishedAugust 13-14, 1846 Lot #6 Letter to Scottish business partner about getting rid of a mentally ill slave woman in an asylum View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1857)AuthorGilmour, JohnHeadlineSlave woman committed to a Virginia asylumDate PublishedMarch 7, 1857 Lot #7 Letter about an escaped slave recaptured by his master and a near-rescue by indignant soldiers View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(African American, 1862)AuthorCarter, Zeno AllenHeadlineEscaped slave seized by his master in Civil War WashingtonDate PublishedJuly 19, 1862 Lot #8 Letter from a young teacher about a cousin and an Abolitionist neighbor who had enlisted in the Union Army. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1862)AuthorEmmons, Fanny M. [Francis Matilda]HeadlineMassachusetts Abolitionist enlists in Union ArmyDate PublishedOct. 12, [1862] Lot #9 Letter from slave-owning heiress about legal problems with newly-emancipated slaves in Washington, D.C. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1862)AuthorHilleary, Eleanor B.M.HeadlineLetter about slaves freed during the Civil WarDate PublishedJuly 21, 1862 Lot #10 Aunt Sally; Or, The Cross the Way of Freedom View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1863)AuthorWilliams, SallyHeadlineThe slave narrative of Sally WilliamsPublisherAmerican Reform Tract and Book SocietyDate Published1863 Lot #11 Letter admiring John Rogers’ “Wounded Scout” sculpture depicting ex-slave supporting wounded Union soldier View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1864)AuthorFanny [Cooper?]HeadlineMost popular slave sculpture of Civil WarDate PublishedJuly 15, 1864 Lot #12 Manuscript record of court proceedings regarding a free Black in Texas who petitioned to be bound as a slave to an “owner and mistress”, one Sephrony Kerr, only to be stymied by a former owner who claimed he was never free View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(African American, 1864)HeadlineTexas slave case during the Civil WarDate Published1864 Lot #13 Manuscript Quartermaster Report and printed document relating to "Colored Troops" of the Union Army during the Civil War. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1864-1865)HeadlineTwo items relating to Black troops in the Civil WarDate Publishedca.1864 and 1865 Lot #14 Postwar letter from a Doctor and ex-Confederate Cavalry Captain, writes of property taken over by ex-slaves and the general state of depressed spirits in the “old Virginia” which was “no more” View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1866)AuthorWinfield, John QuincyHeadlineConfederate writes about the end to “Old Virginia”Date PublishedJune 3, 1866 Lot #15 The Money of the United States / Equal Rights / Speeches of David B. Mellish of New York…in the House of Representatives, January 10, 1874 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1874)AuthorMellish, David B.HeadlineNY Congressman pleads for Black Civil RightsPublisherUS Government Printing OfficeDate Published1874 Lot #16 Galaxy of Stars: Minstrels View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1890s - blackface portrayal)HeadlineBlackface minstrels disembark from a trainPublisherRiverside Printing CompanyDate Publishedc.1890s Lot #17 Three non-fiction magazine articles by poet Paul Laurence Dunbar View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(African American, 1900)AuthorDunbar, Paul LaurenceHeadlineBlack Poet’s rare magazine non-fictionDate Published1900-1901 Lot #18 Two early volumes on Black economic gains and difficulties View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(African American, 1912-1936)Headline1st two economic classics by Black scholarsPublisherColumbia University PressDate Published1912-1936 Lot #19 Letter from clergyman who headed an early Civil Rights organization View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(African American, 1916)AuthorGunner, Rev. ByronHeadlineEarly Civil Rights pioneer among the 1900s Black eliteDate PublishedNovember 7, 1916 Lot #20 Women of Achievement. Written for the Fireside Schools Under the auspices of the Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1919AuthorBrawley, BenjaminHeadlineHistory of prominent African American womenPublisher[Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society]Date Published[1919] Lot #21 Three early magazine articles by the Father of the Harlem Renaissance View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1926-1931)AuthorLocke, AlainHeadlineDean of the Harlem Renaissance on Art and DramaDate Published1926-1931 Lot #22 Selections from The Poetic Mediations of Marcus Garvey View details Estimate$900 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(African American, 1927)AuthorGarvey, MarcusHeadlineRare prison poetry by Marcus GarveyPublisherAmy Jacques GarveyDate Publishedca. 1927 Lot #23 Broadway Program for Run Little Chillun, a Negro Folk Drama View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1933)AuthorJohnson, HallHeadlineNew York premier program for Negro Folk DramaPublisherLyric TheaterDate PublishedMarch 1933 Lot #24 National Urban League promotion for its magazine Opportunity, with supporting letter from the largest Black-owned business in America View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1934)HeadlineLargest Black business promotes Urban League magazineDate Published1934 Lot #25 The Legal Status of the Negro View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1940)AuthorMangum, Charles S., Jr.HeadlineClassic 1940 book on legal discrimination against BlacksPublisherUniversity of North Carolina PressDate Published1940 Lot #26 War, Racism, the Movement: As We See It View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1968)AuthorTyner, JarvisHeadlineJarvis Tyner anti-Vietnam war speechPublisherW.E.B Du Bois Clubs of AmericaDate Published1968 Lot #27 The Mother Waddles Cook Book View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(African American, 1970)AuthorWaddles, CharleszettaHeadlineFirst Edition of Waddles' Soul Food Cook BookPublisherPerpetual Soul Saving Mission For All Nations, Inc.Date Published1970 Lot #28 Muhammad Speaks Presents People's Questions to Angela Davis View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1972)AuthorDavis, AngelaHeadlineInterview w/ imprisoned Angela Davis c. 1970PublisherNew York Committee to Free Angela DavisDate Published[1972] Lot #29 It's Fun to be Black View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1973)AuthorBrowning, Alice C.Headline"It's Fun to be Black" despite heartbreak & painPublisherBrowning PublicationsDate Published1973 Lot #122 The Tried Recipe Cook Book View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Cookery - Southern)HeadlineSouthern Cook Book from Lithonia, GeorgiaPublisherThe Needlework and Improvement Clubs of LithoniaDate Published[1926] Lot #123 Culinary Art. A Southern California Cook Book View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Cookery)HeadlineTurn of the 20th-century So-Cal Cook BookPublisherThe Woman's Aid Society of the First Methodist Episcopal ChurchDate Published1900 Lot #124 The Lodi Woman's Club Cook Book View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Cookery)HeadlineLodi, California Woman's Club Cook BookPublisherThe Woman's Club of Lodi, CaliforniaDate Published[1929] Lot #125 Monticola Club Cook Book View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Cookery)HeadlineScarce Northern California Cook Book from 1915PublisherThe Monticola ClubDate Published[1915] Lot #126 The Woman's Auxiliary to B.P.O.E. No. 142 Cook Book View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Cookery)HeadlineWoman's Auxiliary to the B.P.O.E. Cook BookPublisherThe Woman's Auxiliary to B.P.O.E. No. 142Date Published[1926] Lot #136 Manuscript listing Asian and African rebel slaves in Cuba (Cimarrones), and descriptions of three who were caught View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineManuscript list of rebel slaves in Cuba 1857Date Published1857 Lot #164 Wo Fat Limited, The Oldest Chop Sui House in Hawaii - Chinese Hawaiian Recipe booklet View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Hawaii - Chinese Cookery)HeadlineScarce Chinese-Hawaiian recipe bookDate Publishedc. 1943 Lot #165 Hawaiian Cook Book. Compiled by the Ladies' Society of Central Union Church View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Hawaii - Cookery)Author[Ladies' Society of Central Union Church]HeadlineTurn of the 20th-century Hawaiian cookbookPublisherHawaiian Gazette Company Print.Date Published1896 Lot #206 El Cocinero y Cocinera Mexicanos, con reposteria y refrescos, experimentado por personas inteligentes antes de darse a la prensa View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico - Cookery)HeadlineScarce Mexico cookbook, 1851PublisherImpreso por Luis HerediaDate Published1851 Lot #300 Sworn statement that a horse “estrayed” by another man, was their property, “appraised at thirty dollars Spanish”, describing the animal in detail, including a simple drawing of the brand on the Bay mare’s right hip. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Texas)AuthorTegener, Frederick and John P. StroopeHeadlineGerman-American Abolitionist in Confederate TexasDate PublishedJune 16, 1859 Lot #391 Physiologie des Nègres dans leur pays: Précédee d'un aperçu de l'état des Noirs en esclavage dans les colonies; d'un exposé de la traite et de considérations sur l'Affranchissement View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorPluchonneau aîné et Hippolyte MaillardHeadlineFrench examination of Africans & slavery 1842Publisher[Imprimerie de Maulde et Renou]Date Published1842 Lot #442 Storming Fort Wagner View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorKurz & AllisonHeadlineBlack regiment storming Confederate fortPublisherKurz & Allison, Art PublishersDate Published1890 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next