| 253 |
(ROBESON, PAUL) |
The Song of Freedom. Film distributor's elaborate brochure. |
London |
[1937] |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 |
805.00 |
| 255 |
(ROBINSON, BILL ["BOJANGLES"]) |
Group of 4 items relating to a performance in Richmond, Virginia. |
Richmond, Virginia |
(1939) |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 |
201.00 |
| 256 |
ROGERS, JOEL AUGUSTUS |
Nature Knows No Color-Line. Research into the Negro Ancestry of the White Race. |
New York |
1952 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 |
115.00 |
| 257 |
SCHUYLER, GEORGE S. |
Black No More. |
New York |
(1931) |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 |
149.00 |
| 258 |
AARON |
The Light and Truth of Slavery. |
Springfield |
1845 |
USD 500.00 - 750.00 |
316.00 |
| 260 |
|
Anti-Slavery Token, "Am I not a Woman and a Sister." |
(Pennsylvania?) |
1838 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 |
258.00 |
| 261 |
(ASSIENTO) |
The Treaty Concluded and Signed at Madrid, on the Fifth of October, N. S. 1750. Between the Ministers Plenipotentiaries of their Brittanick and Catholic Magesties (cover title). |
London |
1750 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 |
1,610.00 |
| 262 |
(BROWN, JOHN) |
The John Brown Reader. Edited by William C. Hueston and J. Finley Wilson. Copious illustrations. |
Washington, D.C. |
1949 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 |
92.00 |
| 263 |
CANNING, HON. GEORGE |
Speech of the Right Hon. George Canning . . . on laying before the House of Commons the papers in Explanation of the Measures Adopted by His Majesty's Government with a View of Ameliorating the Condition of the Negro Slaves in the West Indies, on Wednesda |
London |
1824 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 |
Not Sold |
| 264 |
|
CERTIFICATE OF EMANCIPATION AND MANUMISSION. |
Perry County, Missouri |
1859 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 |
1,380.00 |
| 265 |
CLAVER, PETER |
Peter Claver: A Sketch of his Life and Labors on behalf of the African Slave. |
Boston |
1868 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 |
345.00 |
| 266 |
|
COLEBROOKE, SIR WILLIAM, Governor of Barbadoes. Autograph Letter Signed, asking for "a series of Journals," to be made available to "any Members of the Anti-Slavery Society," and hoping that "some good and intelligent persons" capable of constructing scho |
Nassau |
8 July 1835 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 |
126.00 |
| 267 |
|
Constitution of the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society. Instituted Fourth Month, 30th, 1834. |
Philadelphia |
1834 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 |
345.00 |
| 268 |
|
Declaration of the Sentiments of the People of Hartford, Regarding the Measures of the Abolitionists. |
Hartford |
1835 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 |
230.00 |
| 269 |
DEED OF EMANCIPATION |
For "Lucy, about the age of eleven years." |
Richmond, Virginia |
1803 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 |
1,840.00 |
| 270 |
(EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION) |
The Result of the Fifteenth Amendment and the Rise and Progress of the African Race in America and its Final Accomplishments, and Celebration on May 19th, A.D. 1870. |
Baltimore |
1870 |
USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 |
5,060.00 |
| 271 |
|
Emancipator Extra. Slave Market of America. |
New York |
1836 |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 |
5,290.00 |
| 272 |
FORBES, DAVID R. |
A True Story of the Christiana Riot. |
Quarryville, Pennsylvania |
1898 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 |
460.00 |
| 274 |
HENSON, JOSIAH |
"Truth is Stranger than Fiction." An Autobiography of Rev. Josiah Henson (Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom"). With a Preface by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. |
Boston |
1879 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 |
172.00 |
| 275 |
HOWARD, BENJAMIN C. |
Report on the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges in the case of Red Scott. December Term, 1856. |
Washington |
1857 |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 |
1,610.00 |
| 276 |
(LEGAL TRANSCRIPT) |
Group of 4 notebooks from an attorney or court, the transcript of testimony in the case of a runaway slave accused of murder. |
[Providence, Rhode Island] |
1853--1855 |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 |
1,265.00 |
| 277 |
(LIST OF SLAVES) |
Turpin and Yarborough of Richmond Virginia's list of slaves bought between the years 1851 and 1860. |
Richmond, Virginia |
1860 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 |
1,035.00 |
| 278 |
LOVEJOY, JOSEPH C. and OWEN |
Memoir of the Rev Elijah P. Lovejoy who was Murdered in Defense of the Liberty of the Press, at Alton, Illinois, Nov. 7, 1837 . . . Introduction by John Quincy Adams. |
New York |
1838 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 |
103.00 |
| 279 |
MANNING, EDWARD |
Six Months on a Slaver, a True Narrative. |
New York |
1879 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 |
258.00 |
| 280 |
(PHILADEPHIA BLACKS) |
The Present State and Condition of the Free People of Color of Philadelphia, and Adjoining Districts as Exhibited by the Report of a Committee of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. Read First Month. (Jan.) 5th, 1838. |
Philadelphia |
1838 |
USD 500.00 - 750.00 |
632.00 |
| 281 |
(PHILADELPHIA BLACKS) |
Statistics of the Colored people of Philadelphia, Taken by Benjamin C. Bacon and published by order of the Board of Education of "The Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery." |
Philadelphia |
1856 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 |
546.00 |
| 282 |
|
Printed list of slaves for sale from Johnson, Snyder and Adams, of Richmond. |
Richmond, Virginia |
20 September 1860 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 |
3,910.00 |
| 283 |
|
Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Convention, Assembled to Organize a State Anti-Slavery Society at Harrisburg, On the 31st of January and 1st, 2nd and 3d of February 1837. |
Philadelphia |
1837 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 |
161.00 |
| 284 |
[PURVIS, ROBERT] |
Appeal of Forty Thousand Citizens, Threatened by Disenfranchisement, to the People of Pennsylvania. |
Philadelphia |
1838 |
USD 600.00 - 900.00 |
805.00 |
| 285 |
|
Reading the Emancipation Proclamation. |
Hartford |
1864 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 |
1,150.00 |
| 286 |
(SAMPLER) |
The Converted Negro's Hymn. Needlepoint abolitionist sampler; silk thread on linen. Seven 4-line stanzas in center, surrounded by intertwined flower within a single line border. At the top on either side are two vases of flowers; on either side of text ar |
Np |
1843 |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 |
4,140.00 |
| 287 |
SHARP, GRANVILLE |
The Just Limitation of Slavery in the Laws of God, Compared with the unbounded Claims of the African Traders and British American Slaveholders . . . With a Copious Appendix. |
London |
1776 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 |
402.00 |
| 289 |
(SLAVE DOCUMENT) |
Bill of sale for Negro Woman named Lily. |
[Oklahoma] |
19 February 1859 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 |
1,265.00 |
| 290 |
(SLAVE DOCUMENT) |
Partly-printed-and-handwritten official government registration of slave "Gabriel, property of captain Estrella, single, laborer, son of Eusebia" on the island of Puerto Rico in 1872. |
Puerto Rico |
1872 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 |
345.00 |
| 291 |
(SLAVE NARRATIVE.) Brown, William Wells |
The American Fugitive in Europe. Sketches of Places and People Abroad. |
Boston |
1855 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 |
632.00 |
| 292 |
(SLAVE NARRATIVE.) Brown, William Wells |
Narrative of William Wells Brown, A Fugitive. Written by Himself. |
Boston |
1847 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 |
1,840.00 |
| 293 |
(SLAVE NARRATIVE.) (Hamlet, James) |
The Fugitive Slave Bill: Its History and Unconstitutionality; with an Account of the Seizure and Enslavement of James Hamlet and his Subsequent Restoration to Liberty (cover title). |
New York |
1850 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 |
805.00 |
| 294 |
(SLAVE NARRATIVE.) [Jacobs, Harriet Ann] |
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written by Herself. Edited by Lydia Maria Child. 306 pages. |
Boston |
1861 |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 |
862.00 |
| 295 |
(SLAVE NARRATIVE.) Jefferson, Isaac |
Memoirs of a Monticello Slave. As Dictated to Charles Campbell in the 1840's by Isaac, one of Thomas Jefferson's Slaves. Edited by Rayford Logan. Portrait frontispiece from early photograph. |
Charlottesville, Virginia |
1951 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 |
632.00 |
| 296 |
(SLAVE NARRATIVE.) Keckley, Elizabeth |
Behind the Scenes, or Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House. |
New York |
1868 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 |
747.00 |
| 297 |
(SLAVE NARRATIVE.) Prince, Nancy |
A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince, Written by Herself. |
Boston |
1853 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 |
287.00 |
| 298 |
(SLAVE NARRATIVE.) Randolph, Rev. Peter |
From Slave Cabin to the Pulpit. |
Boston |
1893 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 |
373.00 |
| 299 |
|
Slave Pass For "Aunt Jemima Johnston." Three-inch diameter, with "Aunt Jemina Johnston, Born 1799, Nicholas Plantation, Warrenton, Virginia," on obverse; crude folk art representation of the plantation on reverse; weight, 7 ounces of pure pewter. |
Np [Virginia] |
circa 1825--1830 |
USD 7.00 - 500.00 |
12,650.00 |
| 300 |
(SLAVERY) |
Land and Negroes for Sale. Broadside advertising sale of land and slaves in Madison County. |
Madison County [Tennessee?] |
1855 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 |
1,725.00 |
| 301 |
(SLAVERY) |
Negroes for Sale! Broadside advertising sale of 6 slaves in Madison County, Tennessee. |
Madison County |
1857 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 |
3,220.00 |
| 302 |
(SLAVERY) |
Valuable Property for Sale. Broadside advertising sale of 100 acres of land in Tennessee, and a slave named Jim. |
Madison County |
1854 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 |
1,610.00 |
| 304 |
|
Copper and wrought iron water dipper. |
North Carolina |
circa 1830--1840 |
USD 800.00 - 1.00 |
575.00 |
| 305 |
|
Keys and Locking Devices for Slave Shackles. |
North Carolina |
circa late 18th-early 19th century |
USD 1.00 - 500.00 |
Not Sold |
| 307 |
|
Wrought Iron Wrist Shackles. |
North Carolina |
circa 1830s |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 |
1,610.00 |
| 308 |
STANFORD, REV. P. THOMAS |
The Tragedy of the Negro in America: A Condensed History of the Enslavement, Sufferings, Emancipation, Present Condition and Progress of the Negro Race. |
Boston |
1898 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 |
431.00 |
| 309 |
[STARNES, EBENEZER] |
The Slaveholder Abroad; Billy Buck's First Visit with his Master, to England. A Series of Letters from Dr. Pleasant to Major Joseph Jones of Georgia. |
Philadelphia |
1860 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 |
862.00 |
| 310 |
STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER |
Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly. |
Boston |
1852 |
USD 1.00 - 500.00 |
920.00 |
| 311 |
(STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER) |
Justice. |
Rhode Island |
1852 |
USD 1.00 - 0.00 |
3,680.00 |
| 313 |
(TEMPERANCE) |
Partly-printed Document licensing a Georgia saloon-keeper. |
Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia |
1846 |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 |
546.00 |
| 314 |
TORREY, JESSIE |
A Portraiture of Domestic Slavery in The United States, with Selections on the Practicability of Restoring the Moral Rights of the Slave without impairing the Legal Privileges of the Possession, And A Project of A Colonial Asylum for Free Persons of Colou |
Philadelphia |
1817 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 |
575.00 |
| 316 |
VICTOR, MRS. METTA V. |
Maum Guinea and her Plantation "Children" or, Holiday Week on a Louisiana Estate. A Slave Romance. |
New York |
(1861) |
USD 300.00 - 400.00 |
210.00 |
| 317 |
|
Group of 10 pamphlets dealing with slavery and the Fugitive Slave Law. |
Vp |
1847--1854 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 |
402.00 |
| 318 |
TAYLOR, MARSHALL W. "MAJOR." |
The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World. |
Worcester, Massachusetts |
(1928) |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 |
115.00 |
| 320 |
TOLSON, MELVIN B. |
Harlem Gallery. |
New York |
1965 |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 |
345.00 |
| 321 |
(TOLSON, MELVIN B.) Flasch, Joy |
Melvin B. Tolson. |
New York |
1972 |
USD 100.00 - 150.00 |
149.00 |
| 322 |
|
The Urbanite. Images of the American Negro. |
New York |
March--June 1961 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 |
460.00 |
| 323 |
(VAN DER ZEE, JAMES) |
James Van Der Zee. |
Np |
(1973) |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 |
373.00 |
| 325 |
VAN VECHTEN |
Portrait Photograph of Dorothy Wesley Porter. |
New York |
(1951) |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 |
287.00 |
| 326 |
VAN VECHTEN |
Two Real Photo Postcards of ballet dancer Katherine Dunham. Addressed to Walter Goldwater, bookseller-founder of University Place Book Shop. Silver prints with Van Vechten's blindstamp. Typed and initialed on versos. |
New York |
November; December 1941 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 |
373.00 |
| 327 |
VAN VECHTEN |
Two Photographs of Ethel Waters, one Inscribed to Langston Hughes by Van Vechten on verso. Matte finish. |
New York |
(30 April 1934) |
USD 1.00 - 500.00 |
1,610.00 |
| 328 |
WALLACE, GEORGE C. |
Typed Letter Signed, on State of Alabama, Governor's Office letterhead; 30 June 1964. |
Montgomery, Alabama |
1964 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 |
126.00 |
| 329 |
WARING, ROBERT LEWIS |
As We See It. |
Washington, D.C. |
1910 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 |
Not Sold |
| 330 |
WASHINGTON, BOOKER T. |
Portrait Photograph Signed and Dated, showing him seated in a formal pose. By Rookwood Studios, New York |
Np |
1909 |
USD 2.00 - 0.00 |
4,600.00 |
| 331 |
WASHINGTON, BOOKER T. |
Frederick Douglass. |
Philadelphia |
(1907) |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 |
1,725.00 |
| 332 |
WASHINGTON, BOOKER T. |
Working With The Hands. |
New York |
1904 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 |
517.00 |
| 334 |
(WASHINGTON, BOOKER T.) |
"Onward." Photo-lithographed poster. Bottom center: Booker T. Washington with Lincoln and Frederick Douglass on his upper left and right; on either side: vignettes of Lincoln's log-cabin birth-place, view of Tuskegee, Frederick Douglass "learning to read, |
[Tuskegee?] |
1903 |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 |
258.00 |
| 335 |
WASHINGTON, ELLA MAE. |
Color in Dress for Dark-Skinned Peoples. |
(Iowa City, Iowa) |
1949 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 |
460.00 |
| 336 |
WHEATLEY, PHILLIS |
Poems on Various Subjects. |
London |
1773 |
USD 3.00 - 300.00 |
4,830.00 |
| 338 |
(WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, Editor) |
The North Star: The Poetry of Freedom, by Some of Her Friends. |
Philadelphia |
1840 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 |
161.00 |
| 339 |
WORMLEY, BEATRICE F.; and CARTER, CHARLES B. |
Anthology of Negro Poetry. |
(Newark, New Jersey) |
circa 1938 |
USD 350.00 - 500.00 |
230.00 |
| 340 |
WRIGHT, RICHARD |
Bright and Morning Star. |
New York |
1938 |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 |
92.00 |
| 341 |
YOUNGBLOOD, MADELINE A. |
School Girl Days, A Memory Book. |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia |
1919--1921 |
USD 250.00 - 350.00 |
1,035.00 |
