New York: May 31, 1946. She Broke the Color Barrier in American Opera. In 1946, the year Van... Read More about Portrait photograph of soprano Camilla Williams
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Boston: T. R. Marvin, 1845. The American Missionary Society was amongst the leading advocates in the fight to denounce slavery. This text gives an informative insight into one of the most influencial anti-slavery organization, in additin to an historical statement of previous proceedings. Read More about Report of the Committee on Anti-Slavery Memorials
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New York: Published by Leavitt, Lord & Co. Boston: Crocker & Brewster, stereotyped by Conner and Cooke, 1835. Third edition. American Anti-Slavery Societies. Examining the American Colonization Society and considering the “influence of the society on the condition of Free persons of Color; … on Africa [and the] Suppression of..... Read More about An Inquiry into the Character and Tendency of the American Colonization, and American...
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Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co, 1854. First edition. Printed mostly from the "Phonographic report of Messrs. Yerrinton and Leighton" No Slavery in Nebraska! A strong speech on the issue of whether slavery be permitted in Nebraska or not. The author gives a history of slavery, especially as relates to..... Read More about The Nebraska Question. Some Thoughts on the New Assault upon Freedom in America, and the General...
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Boston: William Carter and Brother, 1863. Second edition (?). Parsons (1797-1882) was a professor in the Harvard Law School. Secession came as a rude shock to his belief that the work of the constitutional fathers was "near to the perfection of republican government." Here, he argues that he can "discern..... Read More about Slavery. Its Origin, Influence, and Destiny
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Brattleboro: Printed for the Author, 1826. First edition. An early American anti-slavery lecture prepared for the Independence Day celebrations of the Windham County Bible Society who requested it's publication. Phelps gives a brief synopsis of the history and development of man, his influence and also the progress introducing the Bible..... Read More about A Lecture Delivered at Marlborough, VT. July 4th, 1826
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Philadelphia: Printed by John Richards, 1839. First edition. The Quakers’ long and honorable opposition to slavery — from as early as the 17th century — is well documented. Read More about An Address to the Quarterly, Monthly and Preparative Meetings, and The Members Thereof, Composing...
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Washington, D.C: Buell & Blanchard, 1852. This is the great abolitionist’s first major speech (a Boston edition appeared in the same year) in the Senate, attacking the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. ”Sumner entered the Senate on Dec. 1, 1851. By that time, the compromise measures of 1850 had been..... Read More about Freedom National; Slavery Sectional. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, on His...
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Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1851. First Edition. Reprinted from the North American Review, October, 1851. The author carefully issues that include “how far and how fast is the institution of slavery susceptible of change and amelioration - what are the prospects of its being removed - and..... Read More about Slavery In The United States: Its Evils, Alleviations And Remedies
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New York: R. G. Williams, 1836. First Edition. Deals exclusively with the effects of the British Abolition Act on the colonies in the West Indies. Read More about The Anti-Slavery Record Vol. 11. No. X1
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New York: John A. Gray, 1860. In 1860, abolitionist, Gerrit Smith, brought a libel suit against several prominent northern Democrats of the “Vigilant Association,” for publishing accusations that Smith had full knowledge of John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry beforehand and that he was a member of what became known..... Read More about Gerrit Smith and the Vigilant Association of the City of New-York
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Boston: Congregational Board of Publications, 1857. First edition. Contains three abolitionist essays: (1) Rev. R.B. Thurston, The Error and the Duty in regard to Slavery; (2) Rev. A.C. Baldwin, Friendly Letters to a Christian Slaveholder; (3) Timothy Williston, Is American Slavery an Institution Which Christianity Sanctions and Will Perpetuate? Read More about Liberty or Slavery; the Great National Question. Three Prize Essays on American Slavery
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Boston: Press of T. R. Marvin, 1845. Read More about Report of the Committee on Anti-Slavery Memorials, September, 1845. With a Historical Statement...
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Boston: A. T. Hotchkiss & W. P. Fetridge, 1853. Reprints the famous debate between Webster (“most famous American oration of the nineteenth century” — Howes) and Hayne over protective tariffs, in which issues of wide-ranging significance (States’ rights, slavery, the Constitution, etc.), were debated with the kind forensic brilliance rarely..... Read More about Speeches of Hayne and Webster in the United States Senate, on the Resolution of Mr. Foot,...
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New York: Negro Labor News Service, P.O. Box #66 College Station, Nov. 30, 1929. An early newsletter issued by Crosswaith (1892-1965), an African American political activist and socialist (sometimes referred to as the "Negro Debs"), beginning: "The question of Negro labor and its place in the official labor movement of..... Read More about Negro Labor News Service ... When Will it End?
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1917. Read More about Negro Education. A Study of the Private and Higher Schools for Colored People in the United...
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New York: Random House, 1975. First Edition, second printing. Read More about The Greatest. My Own Story
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New York: The American Anti-Slavery Society, 1857. Compendium of anti-slavery sentiments first published by the Anti-Slavery Society in 1837, then revised and enlarged and republished numerous times over the next two decades. The last 10 pages deal with the anti-Texas legion. Includes a printing of Phillis Wheatley poem beginning "No..... Read More about The Legion of Liberty! and Force of Truth, Containing the Thoughts, Words, and Deeds, of Some...
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"Moms" Mabley (1894-1975) was the preeminent African American female comedian from the mid-20th century, and opened for Louis Armstrong on several occasions. A fabulous association between two of the most important African-American performers of the period. Read More about Photograph signed and inscribed in the image ("Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong), to Jackie...
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1874. First Edition. Interesting inscription, "Purchased at a concert given by some of the students from Hampton .....Brooklyn" These concerts were a fund raising campaign for Virginia Hall. Read More about Hampton and Its Student by Two of Its Teachers With Fifty Cabin and Plantation Songs, arranged by...
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London: Richard Bentley, 1833. First edition. Founder of the “New Colonization System”. Following imprisonment, Wakefield began to study colonial affairs of Australia with an eye towards immigration. Recognizing that the depressed condition of Australian affairs was due to a lack of efficiency and sensible handling he gathered his theories for..... Read More about England and America. A Comparison of the Social and Political State of Both Nations
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New York: July 3, 1946. 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). Inscribed "I don't care who sees me, Pearl." Read More about Portrait photograph of Pearl Bailey
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New York: July 5, 1946. Read More about Portrait photograph of Pearl Bailey in "St. Louis Woman"
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London: Grant Richards, 1899. First edition. First edition of one of the most celebrated titles in children’s literature, a work whose small illustrated format heralded a change in children's publishing, and a book that has achieved classic status while remaining explosively controversial. Read More about The Story of Little Black Sambo
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New York: Freundlich Books, 1984. First Edition. Read More about The Autobiography of Leroi Jones
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