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Heading(African American, 1718)AuthorPeck, Benj.HeadlineScarce early New York Colonial slave sale documentDate PublishedJune 3, 1718 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold View details 4 Letter notifying a Maryland grandee that his brother would be legally permitted to bring his slaves into the state Heading(African American, 1821)AuthorBarney, JohnHeadlineRich man's brother allowed to bring his slaves to MarylandPublisherMaryland House of DelegatesDate PublishedFeb. 1, 1821 Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold View details 5 Letter from woman who had emigrated to the South about her loving care from an elderly Black nurse who showed her sisterly affection "like a white person" Heading(African American, 1821)AuthorMaxcy, R.[uth?]HeadlineNew England emigrant lauds Southern Black nurseDate PublishedApril 19, 1821 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold View details 6 Letter from Pennsylvania informer about fugitive slave from Virginia Heading(African American, 1836)AuthorGriffith, Samuel HarveyHeadlineVirginia fugitive slave tracked to PennsylvaniaDate PublishedJuly 14, 1836 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold View details 7 Letter by Senator Sumner recalling Wisconsin's stand against the Fugitive Slave Act Heading(African American, 1859)AuthorSumner, CharlesHeadlineLetter from anti-slavery Senator SumnerDate PublishedDec. 4, 1859 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold View details 8 The Loyalty and Devotion of Colored Americans in the Revolution and War of 1812 Heading(African American, 1861)HeadlineSupport in enlisting Blacks into Union Army, 1861PublisherR.F. WallcutDate Published1861 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 9 Letter to Mississippi plantation owner after the Union occupation of Natchez Heading(African American, 1863)AuthorShaw, W.M.HeadlineFate of Natchez slave plantations after Union occupationDate PublishedAug. 20, 1863 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold View details 10 Letter a young Oberlin Abolitionist about the politics behind White command of a Black Ohio Regiment in the Civil War Heading(African American, 1863)AuthorShurtleff, G.W.HeadlineWhite Abolitionist General of a Black Civil War RegimentDate PublishedNov. 10, 1863 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold View details 11 Circular soliciting financial contributions to defend members of the Ku Klux Klan being prosecuted under the "Ku Klux Acts of Congress" Heading(African American, 1871)HeadlineRaising money to fight anti-KKK lawsDate Publishedc.1871 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,875StatusSold View details 12 Sample ballot for Indiana election to amend the State Constitution to legalize Black suffrage Heading(African American, 1880)HeadlineRare sample ballot for Indiana legalization of Black votingDate Publishedca. January 1880 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold View details 14 “The Negro and the White”, anthology in Quaker periodical “The World Tomorrow / A Journal Looking toward a Christian World” Heading(African American, 1922)AuthorDuBois, W.E.B.; Jessie Fauset, et alHeadlineAnthology on Black-White relations after World War IDate PublishedMarch 1922 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 15 Negro Musicians and Their Music Heading(African American, 1936)AuthorCuney-Hare, MaudHeadlineClassic book by the first African American musicologistPublisherAssociate PublishersDate Published1936 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 16 A Date with a Dish: A Cook Book of American Negro Recipes Heading(African American, 1948 - Cookery)AuthorDe Knight, FredaHeadlineSigned by radio stars Amos N' AndyPublisherHermitage PressDate Published[1948] Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 18 Five items relating to African American culture and politics in the 1970s Heading(African American, 1971-1973)HeadlineBlack power movements in early 1970sDate Published1971-1973 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 23 A Glimpse at the United States and the Northern States of America, with The Canadas Comprising Their Rivers, Lakes, and Falls During the Autumn of 1852; Including Some Account of an Emigrant Ship / With illustrations sketched and zincographed by the author Heading(Anti-slavery, 1853)AuthorPatten, EdmundHeadlineAnti-slavery British artist’s American tour finely boundPublisherEffingham WilsonDate Published1853 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 24 Letter written one week after Fort Sumter from the anti-slavery, pro-Union community of Northfield, Minnesota Heading(Anti-Slavery, 1861)AuthorSmith, John A.HeadlineLetter from anti-slavery oasis in Minnesota 1861Date PublishedApril 21, 1861 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 94 Labor contract for an emancipated African slave Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban contract with emancipated black slave 1871Date PublishedJanuary 1, 1871 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold View details 95 Printed decree of the provisional rebel government in Camagüey, Cuba, announcing the abolition of slavery in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineRebel decree abolishing slavery in Cuba 1869Date PublishedFebruary 26, 1869 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold View details 222 The Union Pacific Railway (Eastern Division) or (Kansas Pacific Railway.) Economy to the Government Author[Perry, John D. et al.]HeadlineGovernment savings with transcontinental railwayPublisherGibson Brothers, PrintersDate Published1868 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next