Collectibles and Original Historical Documents

New York City Slave Document. 1755, signed by William Kempe, Attorney General for the Crown in New York State. Jenny, a slave owned by Judith Van Horn

Slave prices in Memphis are high.... Letter, 1855, from Thomas Homer to brother in Little Reed, S.C., 2 pp., with envelope. Writes of yellow fever in

For a Negro Boy about five years old. Named Warrick. Slave bill of sale, 1829. John Terry paid $150 to Andrew Berry for "said Negro to be sound...

Hanging of a Negro Woman. Letter, Richmond, Va., 1852, 2 pp., from one cousin to another. "There is to be a Negro woman hung in this city on th...

Kentucky Bill of Sale. For a five-year-old boy named Charles, "slave for life," 1832, for $135, paid by George Steele of Davidson County. ...

Blanche K. Bruce. First slave to become a member of U.S. Senate, serving from 1875 to 1881, from Mississippi. Appointed Register of the Treasury by Pr

Ishmael Keith. African-American, connected with Wilberforce College (now University) in Ohio. A.L.S., Cin(cinnati), Dec. 12, 1846, 11/2 pp., to Willia

Unusual Bill of Sale. For "a certain mulatto boy, Thomas...19 years," for $800, 1842, "a slave for life...healthy in body and mind......

Thurgood Marshall. Appointed by Pres. Johnson to Supreme Court 1967, after a distinguished career with the NAACP and court system. Signature on First

Sale of a Slave. During period of Sherman's March to the Sea. Bill of sale dated Apr. 7, 1864, for $300, "in full payment for a Negro Girl ...