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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Letter from a New England minister about to reluctantly become Pastor of a Connecticut church bitterly divided over the issue of slavery Heading(African American, 1839)AuthorBentley, Rev. and Mrs. CharlesHeadlineConnecticut church torn by slavery issueDate PublishedJune 23-24,1839 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #2 Virginia Illustrated: Containing a Visit to the Virginian Canaan, and the Adventures of Porte Crayon and his Cousins Heading(African American, 1857)Author[Strother, David Hunter]HeadlineWith engravings of Antebellum lifePublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1857 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #3 Speech of Hon. Horace Heffren of Washington and Harrison Counties [with] Report of the Minority of the House Committee Heading(African American, 1861)AuthorHeffren, HoraceHeadlineIndiana racist rant, squelched duel and treason trialDate Published1861 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #4 “The Ethics of Slavery…The Bible View of Slavery, Dr. Raphall’s Discourse in the Synagogue” Heading(African American, 1861)AuthorRaphall, Rabbi Morris JacobHeadlineN.Y. Rabbi defends Slavery as Civil War loomsDate PublishedJanuary 5, 1861 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #5 Letter from a 21 year-old Union soldier declaring that some Ohio troops would not fight just to free the slaves Heading(African American, 1862)AuthorStrine, PeterHeadlineA racist anti-war Ohio soldier in the Union ArmyDate PublishedDecember 23, 1862 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #6 Address of the Democratic Members of the General Assembly to the People of Indiana, Setting Forth…the Reasons why more had not been accomplished during its Constitutional Term Heading(African American, 1863)AuthorNiblack, William E., et alHeadlineIndiana Democrats denounce slave EmancipationPublisherElder, Harkness and Bingham [proprietors of the Indiana State Sentinel]Date Published1863 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #7 The Old Guard, A Monthly Journal, Devoted to Literature, Science and Art, and the Principles of 1776 and 1787. Issue of April 1865 Heading(African American, 1865)AuthorBurr, C. Chauncey, editorHeadlineCopperhead journal with rare insert on Lincoln's murderPublisherVan Evrie, Horton & Co,Date PublishedApril 1865 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #8 The Colored Regulars In the United States Army Heading(African American, 1904)AuthorSteward, T.G.HeadlineStory of Black Soldiers in Spanish-American WarPublisherA.M.E. Book ConcernDate Published1904 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #9 Autograph note by the jazz musician brother of Black sports legend Fritz Pollard (who integrated the National Football League) Heading(African American, 1914)AuthorPollard, HughesHeadlineRare early Black Jazz autographProvenanceFrom a Fritz Pollard family archive partially offered in these Galleries in 2015Date Publishedc.1914 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #10 The Empire. Holland's Vaudeville Entertainers Commencing Saturday Next, July 7th...Last Week! Last Week! of the Popular Favourites Paul Stanhope's Breezy Revue Coy... Heading(African American, 1917)AuthorLarkin, JohnHeadlineAfrican American comedian on tour in AustraliaPublisherH. Pole & Co.Date Published[1917] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #11 The Norman Film Mfg. Co....Presents "The Bull-Dogger" Featuring Bill Pickett and the Greatest Array of World Champions Ever Assembled in a Motion Picture Heading(African American, 1921)AuthorPickett, BillHeadlineBill Pickett Rides Again!Date Publishedc. 1921 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #12 49th Annual Session - Missionary Baptist Sunday School and B.T.U. Congress of Kansas Heading(African American, 1940)HeadlineAfrican American Kansas missionary congressPublisherWilliams Photo StudioDate Published1940 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #13 The Negro Ghetto Heading(African American, 1948)AuthorWeaver, Robert C.HeadlineAssociation copy of racial housing study classicPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published1948 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #14 Elliottorian Business Women's Club. L'Eleganza Beaux Arts Ball '73 Heading(African American, 1973)HeadlineFundraising For Black Women's EducationPublisherBolar Printing & Publishing Co.Date Published[1973] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #90 Tracts issued by the Loyal Publication Society of New York, from Feb. 1, 1863, to Feb. 1, 1864 Heading(Civil War - Loyal Publication Society)HeadlineNY Loyal Publication Society tracts, 1863-4PublisherLoyal Publication SocietyDate Published1864-1865 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #91 Constitution and By-Laws of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan, of the City of Quincy. Together with the Semi-Annual Report of the Doings of the Society to March 6th, 1862 Heading(Civil War)HeadlineSisters of the Good Samaritan ConstitutionPublisherPrinted at the Whig and Republican OfficeDate Published1862 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #92 A Chronological History of the Civil War in America. Illustrated with A.J. Johnson's and J.H. Colton's Steel Plate Maps and Plans of the Southern States and Harbors. A Work for the Millions Heading(Civil War)AuthorFisher, Richard SwainsonHeadlineChronological History of the Civil War in AmericaPublisherJohnson & WardDate Published1863 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #93 Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America Heading(Civil War)AuthorLossing, Benson J.HeadlinePictorial History of the Civil WarDate Published1866-1868 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #94 Richmond Whig Heading(Civil War)HeadlineUnion Occupation newspaper from Richmond, VirginiaPublisherRichmond WhigDate Published1865 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #95 Southern Prisoner's Relief Fund Heading(Civil War)HeadlineRare Civil War broadside printed in LiverpoolPublisherPrinted at "The Albion" OfficeDate Published[c.1864] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #96 Veterans of the War to Whom These Presents May Come: A True Romance of the Rebellion, Is the Title of a Handsomely Printed Volume of Twenty-four Pages, by Major Cyrus S. Haldeman... Heading(Civil War)HeadlineScarce advertisement for Civil War vet bookPublisherCombination Publishing CompanyDate Published[1886] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #124 Chart from the Havana Judicial Slave Depository Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSlaves at a depository in Cuba, 1877Date Published1877 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #125 Chart listing slaves being moved from one jurisdiction to another in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineChart of slaves in Cuba 1864Date Published1864 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #126 Document concerning the search by a female slave in Cuba for a new owner Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban slave asks for new ownerDate Published1879 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #127 Document recording the mortgaging of African slaves in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSlaves in Cuba being mortgaged 1843Date Published1843 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #128 Manumission document from Cuba, 1869 Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban manumission document, 1869Date Published1869 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #129 Manumission expediante file on the investigation of a female slave requesting her freedom Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban slave asks for her freedomDate Published1883 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #130 Ten leaves from a late eighteenth century slave ship manifest log Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineLate 18th c. slave ships in Spanish West IndiesDate Publishedc.1775 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #247 Address of the Cameron and Lincoln Club of the City of Chicago, Ill. To the People of the North West Heading(Presidential, 1861)AuthorJones, Fernando; [and Charles Leib?]HeadlineLincoln presidential campaign rarityDate Published[c. Jan. 20, 1860] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #248 Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, In the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois... Heading(Presidential, 1861)AuthorLincoln, Abraham and Stephen A. DouglasHeadlineLincoln-Douglas Debates 1860PublisherFollett, Foster and CompanyDate Published1860 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #262 Andersonville Diary, Escape, and List of the Dead, with Name, Co., Regiment, Date of Death and No. of Grave in Cemetery AuthorRansom, John L.HeadlineAndersonville Prison DiaryPublisherJohn L. RansomDate Published1881 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #292 Journal of the Senate of Texas. Eleventh Legislature [with] Report of the Select Committee to Investigate Facts in Regard to the Burning of Brenham Heading(Texas)HeadlineTexts on the Burning of Brenham by Union SoldiersPublisherState Gazette; Jo. WalkerDate Published1866 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #306 Carte de Visite of Dr. Solomon Baird Wolfe AuthorWolfe, Solomon BairdHeadlineCarte de visite of Jewish Civil War surgeonDate Publishedc.1865 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #387 Colton's United States, Shewing the Military Stations, Forts &c. AuthorColton, J.H.HeadlineColton's Civil War map of the United States 1861PublisherG.P. PutnamDate Published1861 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next