Jefferson, Ashtabula Co. Ohio: August 6, 1861. John Brown, Jr., writes to one of the Secret Six. John... Read More about Autograph letter signed ("John Brown, Jr.") to Gerrit Smith, with autograph document signed, both...
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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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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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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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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: 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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Columbia, S.C: The State Company, 1929. First edition, #232 of 250 numbered copies, signed by E. C. L. Adams. A play, written by a white physician in "black dialect," set in South Carolina. Read More about Potee's Gal. A Drama of Negro Life Near the Big Congaree Swamps by E. C. L. Adams
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New York: Harmon Foundation, 1928-1931-1933-1935. First editions. Includes the 1928 First Exhibition. Four programs for the important early exhibitions of African American art, including the 1928 first exhibition of works created exclusively by African-American artists. Artists from the first exhibition included Sargent Johnson, Aaron Douglas, A. R. Freelon, Helen Smith..... Read More about Four Harmon Foundation catalogues of African American artists, including the groundbreaking 1928...
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Np: United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, February 1955. The images, printed in blue, would appear to have been taken from a calendar and include portraits and brief biographies of Peter Salem, Ira Aldridge, Phyllis Wheatley, Maggie Lena Walker, Joseph Cinque, Jessie L. Brown, Denmark Vesey, John Brown..... Read More about Famous People in Negro History. Negro History Week - - February, 1955
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[Philadelphia]: African Methodist Episcopal Church, Spring 1844. Accomplished for William Stratton (who seems to have been involved with the Lombard Street School), and Signed by George Greely. Greely is listed (twice) as in attendance at the Philadelphia Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, in 1841 ("admitted on trial") and..... Read More about Partly-printed quarterly membership ticket to the African Methodist Episcopal Church, issued to...
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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. Morrison, Toni, ed. First Edition, second printing. Read More about The Greatest. My Own Story
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Chicago: Tanner Art Galleries, 1940. The catalog for the Tanner Art Galleries exhibition in conjunction with Chicago's American Negro Exposition. Introduction by Alain Locke and works by Charles White (There Were No Crops this Year on the front cover), Jacob Lawrence, Sargent Johnson, Lois Maillou Jones, Hale Woodruff, Robert Duncanson..... Read More about Exhibition of the Art of the American Negro (1851-1940) Assembled by the American Negro...
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[Verplanck's Point?]: September 19, 1782. Chaloner served as the Deputy Commissary of Purchases for the Middle Department of the Continental Army from 1777 to the end of the war. The period after Yorktown but prior to the signing of the Treaty of Paris saw continued operations of the Continental Army..... Read More about Engraved partly-printed Revolutionary war era cashier's check, signed by Chaloner as the Deputy...
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Inscribed. "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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New York: The Weyhe Gallery, 1940. Illustrated Weyhe Gallery 1940 catalogue of 94 items from the Dr. Hans Himmelheber collecton. Read More about African Negro Art [wrapper title
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Washington, D.C: The Associated Publishers, Inc., 1538 Ninth Street, N. W, [circa 1943]. Dr. Carter G. Woodson founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (in 1915), and Associated Publishers (in 1924). Original publisher's catalogue of "Valuable Books on the Negro" with the "New Books" section dating..... Read More about Valuable Books on the Negro. The Publications of the Associated Publisher's, Inc
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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: The Dial Press, 1965. First edition. The first collection of Baldwin's short stories. Read More about Going To Meet The Man
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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: Printed for the Author by C. Vinten, 63 Vesey Street, 1841. First Edition. Includes several pages of observations on slavery in Kentucky, along these lines: "one cannot imagine, unless one sees them, how merry they are" (page 126). Also discusses the challenges faced by the Republic of Texas..... Read More about A Voyage to Mexico and Havanna; including some general observations on the United States. By an...
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Martinsburg, W. Va: Printed at the Office of the "Berkeley Union" 1872. Second Edition, expanded with new material. First published in 1869 in Hagerstown, Maryland, this second edition expanded. Includes much on John Brown. Read More about The Annals of Harper's Ferry, With Sketches of its Founder and Many Prominent Characters...
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