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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 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 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #2 Early letter from mother of important Union spy Heading(African American, 1834)AuthorVan Lew, ElizaHeadlineMother of famed Civil War spy meets rich free Black in FloridaDate PublishedFebruary 26,1834 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #3 Letter from Moravian missionary to Jamaica revealing racist prejudices he brought from America Heading(African American, 1842)AuthorHolland, Rev. Francis RaymondHeadlineSouthern racist missionary among freed Blacks in JamaicaDate PublishedJan. 22, 1842 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #4 Letter from a whaling ship seaman, a free Black leader of the African American community of New Bedford Heading(African American, 1845)AuthorBrown, William H.HeadlineFree Blacks among the whalers of New BedfordDate PublishedNovember 11, 1845 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #5 Letter of a wealthy family of Virginia Quakers who intended to free their slaves Heading(African American, 1846)AuthorCrenshaw, Nathaniel C.; and Margaret M. Crew;HeadlineVirginia Quakers as benevolent slave-ownersDate PublishedAugust 13-14, 1846 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #6 Letter to Scottish business partner about getting rid of a mentally ill slave woman in an asylum Heading(African American, 1857)AuthorGilmour, JohnHeadlineSlave woman committed to a Virginia asylumDate PublishedMarch 7, 1857 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #7 Letter about an escaped slave recaptured by his master and a near-rescue by indignant soldiers Heading(African American, 1862)AuthorCarter, Zeno AllenHeadlineEscaped slave seized by his master in Civil War WashingtonDate PublishedJuly 19, 1862 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #8 Letter from a young teacher about a cousin and an Abolitionist neighbor who had enlisted in the Union Army. Heading(African American, 1862)AuthorEmmons, Fanny M. [Francis Matilda]HeadlineMassachusetts Abolitionist enlists in Union ArmyDate PublishedOct. 12, [1862] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #9 Letter from slave-owning heiress about legal problems with newly-emancipated slaves in Washington, D.C. Heading(African American, 1862)AuthorHilleary, Eleanor B.M.HeadlineLetter about slaves freed during the Civil WarDate PublishedJuly 21, 1862 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #10 Aunt Sally; Or, The Cross the Way of Freedom Heading(African American, 1863)AuthorWilliams, SallyHeadlineThe slave narrative of Sally WilliamsPublisherAmerican Reform Tract and Book SocietyDate Published1863 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #11 Letter admiring John Rogers’ “Wounded Scout” sculpture depicting ex-slave supporting wounded Union soldier Heading(African American, 1864)AuthorFanny [Cooper?]HeadlineMost popular slave sculpture of Civil WarDate PublishedJuly 15, 1864 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold 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 Heading(African American, 1864)HeadlineTexas slave case during the Civil WarDate Published1864 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #13 Manuscript Quartermaster Report and printed document relating to "Colored Troops" of the Union Army during the Civil War. Heading(African American, 1864-1865)HeadlineTwo items relating to Black troops in the Civil WarDate Publishedca.1864 and 1865 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold 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” Heading(African American, 1866)AuthorWinfield, John QuincyHeadlineConfederate writes about the end to “Old Virginia”Date PublishedJune 3, 1866 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold 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 Heading(African American, 1874)AuthorMellish, David B.HeadlineNY Congressman pleads for Black Civil RightsPublisherUS Government Printing OfficeDate Published1874 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #16 Galaxy of Stars: Minstrels Heading(African American, 1890s - blackface portrayal)HeadlineBlackface minstrels disembark from a trainPublisherRiverside Printing CompanyDate Publishedc.1890s View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #17 Three non-fiction magazine articles by poet Paul Laurence Dunbar Heading(African American, 1900)AuthorDunbar, Paul LaurenceHeadlineBlack Poet’s rare magazine non-fictionDate Published1900-1901 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #18 Two early volumes on Black economic gains and difficulties Heading(African American, 1912-1936)Headline1st two economic classics by Black scholarsPublisherColumbia University PressDate Published1912-1936 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #19 Letter from clergyman who headed an early Civil Rights organization Heading(African American, 1916)AuthorGunner, Rev. ByronHeadlineEarly Civil Rights pioneer among the 1900s Black eliteDate PublishedNovember 7, 1916 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #20 Women of Achievement. Written for the Fireside Schools Under the auspices of the Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society Heading(African American, 1919AuthorBrawley, BenjaminHeadlineHistory of prominent African American womenPublisher[Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society]Date Published[1919] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #21 Three early magazine articles by the Father of the Harlem Renaissance Heading(African American, 1926-1931)AuthorLocke, AlainHeadlineDean of the Harlem Renaissance on Art and DramaDate Published1926-1931 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #22 Selections from The Poetic Mediations of Marcus Garvey Heading(African American, 1927)AuthorGarvey, MarcusHeadlineRare prison poetry by Marcus GarveyPublisherAmy Jacques GarveyDate Publishedca. 1927 View details Estimate$900 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #23 Broadway Program for Run Little Chillun, a Negro Folk Drama Heading(African American, 1933)AuthorJohnson, HallHeadlineNew York premier program for Negro Folk DramaPublisherLyric TheaterDate PublishedMarch 1933 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #24 National Urban League promotion for its magazine Opportunity, with supporting letter from the largest Black-owned business in America Heading(African American, 1934)HeadlineLargest Black business promotes Urban League magazineDate Published1934 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #25 The Legal Status of the Negro Heading(African American, 1940)AuthorMangum, Charles S., Jr.HeadlineClassic 1940 book on legal discrimination against BlacksPublisherUniversity of North Carolina PressDate Published1940 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #26 War, Racism, the Movement: As We See It Heading(African American, 1968)AuthorTyner, JarvisHeadlineJarvis Tyner anti-Vietnam war speechPublisherW.E.B Du Bois Clubs of AmericaDate Published1968 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #27 The Mother Waddles Cook Book Heading(African American, 1970)AuthorWaddles, CharleszettaHeadlineFirst Edition of Waddles' Soul Food Cook BookPublisherPerpetual Soul Saving Mission For All Nations, Inc.Date Published1970 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #28 Muhammad Speaks Presents People's Questions to Angela Davis Heading(African American, 1972)AuthorDavis, AngelaHeadlineInterview w/ imprisoned Angela Davis c. 1970PublisherNew York Committee to Free Angela DavisDate Published[1972] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #29 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #136 Manuscript listing Asian and African rebel slaves in Cuba (Cimarrones), and descriptions of three who were caught Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineManuscript list of rebel slaves in Cuba 1857Date Published1857 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold 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. Heading(Texas)AuthorTegener, Frederick and John P. StroopeHeadlineGerman-American Abolitionist in Confederate TexasDate PublishedJune 16, 1859 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold 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 AuthorPluchonneau aîné et Hippolyte MaillardHeadlineFrench examination of Africans & slavery 1842Publisher[Imprimerie de Maulde et Renou]Date Published1842 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #442 Storming Fort Wagner Heading(Civil War)AuthorKurz & AllisonHeadlineBlack regiment storming Confederate fortPublisherKurz & Allison, Art PublishersDate Published1890 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,625StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next