FALL AMERICANA AUCTION - Session 1

Exceptionally Rare Imprint on the Riots at Alton, Illinois,<p>Beecher, Edward. "Narrative of Riots at Alton: in Connection with the Death...

Cdv of Abolitionist Gerrit Smith,<p>(1797-1874), philanthropist and supporter of numerous social programs. Smith worked his father's estat...

Annapolis, Maryland 1735 Slave Receipt,<p>Horsey v. Caldwell, dated 11 Feby. 1735. This hand-written legal document records a dispute between ...

Slave Sale Receipt, 1792 North Carolina,<p>1 Sept. 1792. Receipt for sale of "...a certain Negro Woman & child named Betty & Dick...

Maryland 1832 Free Slave Manuscript,<p>dated May 25. This document notes that one David Harris appeared before a Justice of the Peace to swear...

Tennessee Slavery Bill of Sale,<p>dated 2 Dec. 1846. Document for the sale of "...one Negro woman named Mary & one boy named Ned and ...

Warren County, Tennessee 184l Slave Receipt.<p>This is an unusual arrangement in slave documents, in that Leonard Adcock owed $86 to Burgess W...

Bedford Co, Tennessee 1847 Slave Receipt,<p>for the purchase of "one Negro boy John...about nineteen years old" for $750. E.D. Rush...

Receipt for the Capture of a Slave,<p>1851-52. This is a receipt from a W.B. Hanshaw (?) to T.J. and I.M. Haddox, hired Nov. 25th 1851 to catc...

Ms. Letter on Southern Reconstruction & Slavery,<p>written by a Covington, Kentucky lawyer in the year 1866. Discusses his moral disagree...

Scarce Slavery Emancipation Manuscript,<p>dated 1 Jan. 1827. This manuscript notes that one Daniel Craig has requested of the court in "t...

Rare Montana Cabinet Card by J. P. Ball,<p>silver gelatin print of a crisply dressed U.S. Infantry sergeant proudly displaying his marksmanshi...

Tintype of a Well-Dressed African-American Gentleman,<p>holding a walking stick, 6th plate mounted in embossed paper covered case.<p>Nic...

Cabinet Card of a New Orleans African American Domestic,<p>with imprint of Brennan's Studio, High Street. An 1890s image of an elderly Af...

Scarce 1870s CDV of KKK Members,<p>printed as a negative image; anonymous photographer. The letters "KKK" prominent in the backgrou...

Signs of Jim Crow,<p>early 20th century wall mounted wood sign in original stenciled paint that reads "COLORED ENTRANCE". 42" x...

Advertising Card for the "White" Way,<p>2.5 x 4" promoting the business of the "White Way Transfer and Moving Company.&quo...

African American Caricatures in Vienna Cold Painted Bronzes,<p>lot of 8 miniatures, all hand painted and comic. Includes child on back of mon...

Booker T. Washington, Clipped Signature,<p>framed under glass, bold signature on 1.25 x 3" piece of paper. Washington was born into slave...

Paul L. Dunbar, TLS,<p>Dayton, Ohio (140 Zeigler St.), 21 June 1896. Letter is framed under glass, 4.25 x 7" visible. The letter is to a ...