Philadelphia: John Y. Huber Company, 1891. First edition. Chief Justice Earl Warren’s Copy — Signed Amidst the High... Read More about The Supreme Court of the United States: Its History … and Its Centennial Celebration,...
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New York: January 19, 1940. Van Vechten, Carl. Provenance: The estate of Saul Mauriber, Van Vechten's assistant and executor of Van Vechten's photography estate and the compiler of PORTRAITS: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF CARL VAN VECHTEN (1978). Read More about Portrait Photograph of Ella Fitzgerald
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New York: D. Appleton, 1854. First edition. Foote's own account of his experience as commander of the Perry off the African coast in the early 1850's, where his dogged attempts to suppress the African slave trade (illegal then under American law) became legendary. His impassioned account here did much to..... Read More about Africa and the American Flag
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Boston: Januray 30, 1808. Michael Fortune was a negro poet and his poem appears here directly below a notice thta the Slave Trade ceased in Great Britain and in the U.S.A. on 1/1/ 1808 and it is noted "The following anthem, written by a black, on the occasion, was sung..... Read More about New Year's Anthem, for 1808 (9 quatrains) appearing on p.4, first column of The Columbian...
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Litchfield [CT]: 12th Day of September 1781. Runaway 'Servant & Slave for Life'. An evocative Revolutionary War era court summons written on behalf of Phlimon Sanford, who was seeking compensation from two of his neighbors for allegedly inducing one of his slaves to runaway. Reading in part: "In the name..... Read More about Autograph document signed Andrew Adams ("Andr: Adams Assistant") to the...
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London: T. Cautley Newby, Publisher. 30, Welbeck Street, 1873. First edition. Slavery in Brazil. Written in English by a Portuguese nobleman and set in Brazil, on a slave owning plantation. Homeopathy, Brazilian Independence, the Emancipation of the Slaves and the conditions of the blacks are all subjects touched upon. Read More about Palmitos. A Novel
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Kentucky: 21st of June 1823. Reading in part, “I do hereby certify that Isaac Steward of the county aforersaid this day personally appeared before the undersigned and made oath that he had purchased … two Negroes (A woman & child) and that had Brought them into this sate for his..... Read More about Autograph Statement, signed (“Wesley M Garnett”), concerning Isaac Steward and his slaves
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Boston: J. B. Yerrinton & Son, Printers, 1859. Sermon by Dr. Dewey on John Brown, etc. Read More about The Liberator, Vol. XXIX. No. 52. Friday, December 30, 1859. Whole Number, 1513
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Columbus , Ohio: Follett & Foster, 1858. First edition. Here he tells the tragic history of the Second Seminole War. Read More about The Exiles of Florida: or, the Crimes Committed by our Government against the Maroons, Who Fled...
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New York: Dec 2, 1955. Van Vechten, Carl. Read More about Portrait Photograph of John Birks ('Dizzy') Gillespie
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New York: Dec 2, 1955. Van Vechten, Carl. Reproduced (from this print) in Mauriber's PORTRAITS: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF CARL VAN VECHTEN (1978). Provenance: The estate of Saul Mauriber, Van Vechten's assistant and executor of Van Vechten's photography estate and the compiler of PORTRAITS: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF CARL VAN VECHTEN (1978)..... Read More about Portrait Photograph of John Birks ('Dizzy') Gillespie
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N.p: n.d. [c. 1945]. The Poet of the Virgin Islands in Praise of FDR. This rare poetic broadside comes from an unusual American source: the poet of the Virgin Islands, José P. Gimenez, born on the Island of St. Thomas, (v. French, et. al., Afro-American Poetry & Drama 1760-1975, p...... Read More about Broadside poem, entitled “A Virgin Islands’ Tribute to the Memory of our Beloved President...
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New York: Mark H. Newman, 1844. Stepen Girard' will left money to establish a school for white, male boys and provided that no ecclesiastic, misionary or minister ever be admitted to the grounds. The family challenged the will on the grounds that the conditions were contrary to Pennsylvania law, and..... Read More about A Defense of the Christian Religion and the Religuous Instruction of the Young. Delivered in the...
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[London: Thomas Astley, 1745-7]. Engraving showing "Negro Canoas carying Slaves aboard at Mansrow," extracted from A New Collection of Voyages and Travels (4 vols, London: Thomas Astley, 1745-7). Read More about Prospect of the Coast from El Mina to Mowri, from Barbot & Smith
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888. First edition of Page's second book, Gordon's first. (BAL indicates 1500 copies printed). Inscribed by Page. Inscribed on the title page: "After de War / Thomas Nelson Page." Read More about Befo' de War. Echoes in Negro Dialect
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New York: July 18, 1946. Fine, inscribed portrait, and a rare image of the playwright and historian Shirley Graham (1896-1977). Graham was the author of several plays, including "Elijah's Ravens" (1930), "Tom-Tom" (1932), "Dust to Earth" (1940), and "It's Morning" (1940). Graham was also a serious historian of Afro-American history..... Read More about Portrait photograph of Shirley Graham DuBois, inscribed to Saul Mauriber
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London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1965. First English Edition. Read More about Nigger. An Autobiography…
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New York: Funk & Wagnalls Co, 1892. First Edition. The second in the publisher’s series “American Reformer,” edited by Carlos Martyn; the first was the authors biographry of William Lloyd Garrison. Read More about The Life of Charles Sumner. The Scholar in Politics
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Hackensack, New Jersey: Wednesday Morning, Nov. 3, 1824. Usal Meeker of New-Brige offers a Negro man Lewis, 22 years old for sale: "He is sold for want of employment as the subscriber is about retiring from business." on p. 3. Read More about The Hackensack Star and Bergen Farmer.Vol. 1. No. 51
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N.p. [?Beverly Hills, CA]: 30 September 1978. Haley writes to "Lucy" on the subject of James Earl Jones's performance on the London stage and the actor's upcoming portrayal of Haley in Roots: The Next Generation: "I tell you the truth: nothing about Roots II more pleases me than that my..... Read More about Autograph Letter, signed ("Alex"), regarding James Earl Jones and Roots II
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New York: June 25, 1949. The Original Bloody Mary. She was "Bloody Mary" in the original 1949 production of South Pacific. Although Afro-American, the most memorable roles of the great singer-actress Juanita Hall (1901 - 1968) were as Asians. Read More about Portrait of Juanita Hall as "Bloody Mary" in SOUTH PACIFIC
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[Hampton, Virginia]: "Printed by Colored and Indian students trained in the office of the Hampton Institute" [1888]. The Third Thousand. Read More about Ten Years Work for Indians at Hampton Institute, Virginia
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N.p: 17 July 1941. Fine image of the "Father of the Blues," reproduced in Portraits: The Photography of Carl Van Vechten (1978). Read More about Three-quarter length portrait of W.C. Handy, playing the muted trumpet
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New York: Jan 23, 1954. Hayes (1887- 1977), the famous lyric tenor,was the first African American male concert artist to receive worldwide attention for his art. Read More about Portrait Photograph of Roland Hayes
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New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1929. No. 74 of 175 copies SIGNED BY HEYWARD and the designer JOSEPH SANDFORD. Signed by the Author and Designer. Read More about The Half Pint Flask
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New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1929. No. 50 of 175 copies SIGNED BY HEYWARD and the designer JOSEPH SANDFORD. Signed by the Author and Designer. Read More about The Half Pint Flask
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