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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 #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 #146 Sheet with lithographed (or engraved?) facsimile signatures of 48 American patriots, 43 of whom are signers of the Declaration of Independence of the United States, with outline portraits of each View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Declaration of Independence)HeadlineFacsimiles of Declaration signatures with portraitsDate Publishedc. early to mid 19th century 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 #440 The Coming Wave View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Chromolithography - Charles Armstrong)HeadlineThe Coming Wave chromolithograph advertisementPublisherLee & Shepard, PublishersDate Published1873 Lot #441 Illustrated Chart of our American Republic View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Chromolithography - Temperance Movement)HeadlinePost Civil War Temperance movement lithographDate Published1873 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 Lot #444 Grand Canyon of Arizona from Hermit Rim Road View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Grand Canyon)AuthorMoran, ThomasHeadlineMoran's elephant folio chromo of Grand CanyonDate Published1912 Lot #446 Four color lithographs from Das Illustrirte Mississippithal... vom Wasserfalle zu St. Anthony an bis zum Golf von Mexico View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorHenry, Lewis, artistHeadlineFour color lithographs after Henry LewisDate Published1854-58 Lot #456 Keyport, New Jersey, 1894 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(New Jersey - Keyport)HeadlineRare view of Keyport, New Jersey, 1894PublisherNational View Co.Date Published1864 Lot #465 Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort and Hygeia Hotel, Va. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Virginia)AuthorSachse, E., & Co.HeadlineRare bird's-eye view of Fort Monroe, VA 1861PublisherPubl. & Sold by C. BohnDate Published1861 Lot #466 In Memory of the Genl. George Washington and His Lady, from the original picture painted by Trumbull, 1804, in Possession of the Washington Family View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Washington, George)AuthorTrumbull, John, artistHeadlineChromolithograph memorial to George WashingtonPublisherPublished by M.H. Campbell & J.R. JohnsonDate Published1859 Lot #467 Five 19th century proof sheets and advertising samples for cigar labels View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Cigar Box Labels)HeadlineFive cigar label proof sheets and samplesDate PublishedLate 19th century Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next