Historic and Military Autographs, & Militaria

A dog bite leads to an international incident… Superb content L.S. " Brunet " as secretary to the French Legation to the United States, 3...

(1797 - 1883) Black American abolitionist born a slave, she became the first black woman to speak out against slavery and lectured throughout the East

A highly-unusual and rare ink drawing on an oblong 4to sheet of lined paper c. 1860-80 depicting three black dancers, two women and a man by an unknow

Extremely rare hand-forged slave collar, ca. 1840’s, approximately 18” in length and likely used on a child on a plantation. The collar is composed of

Extremely rare hand-forged slave collar, ca. 1840’s, approximately 14 3/4” in length and likely used on a child on a plantation. The collar is compose

Scarce manuscript D.S., 1p. 8vo., Bourbon Co., Ky., June 7, 1841 in which James M. Allen and William Parker agree to: "...manumit and forever s...

JAMES ALFORD (c. 1769 - 1842) was born enslaved in Elizabethtown, N.J. who early in life had a spiritual awakening at age eighteen that compelled him

Written on his auctioneer's letterhead Very rare slave auctioneer's letter on his auction house letterhead with imprinted transmittal envel...

Partly-printed slave bill of sale, 1p. legal folio, Savannah, Georgia, Jan. 25, 1789, for the purchase of "Will", a mulatto man, "Dav...

Slave bill of sale, 1p. 12mo., [n.p.], Oct. 24, 1853, in part: "Received of R. B. Kyle eight hundred and fifty dollars in full payment for a ne...

Manuscript D.S., 1p. 4to., Gallatin, Ky., Nov. 14, 1836 in which a father deeds a four year-old slave boy to his son. In part: "...in considera...

Unusual A.D.S., 1p, oblong 8vo., [n.p.], Jan. 14, 1836, in which a man buys a slave, "Ned", from the "Slate River Company" for t...

Manuscript document 1p. 4to., Wake County, North Carolina, Sept. 10, 1849, an Indenture in which Sarah Edwoods sells to Carbon [?] Edwoods "......

Partly-printed D.S. 1p. 8vo., Vicksburg, MI, Mar. 1, 1853, in which S. Edwards, the Sheriff and Tax Collector, bills the heir of one Silas Hilson for

Fascinating last will and testament of Stephen Goggin, 2pp. legal folio, Madison Co., Kentucky, Mar. 24, 1841 in which the rather bitter writer cuts o

Fascinating manuscript D.S. 50pp. legal folio attached with ribbon at top margin, Austin, Tex., Jan. 13, 1869 detailing a suit in which the executors

A large selection on slave advertisements, including the auction of an entire riverfront plantation with about 600 acres and 71 named slaves, all cont

A copy of the Springfield Republican, Springfield, Mass., Nov. 1, 1860, 8pp. folio, which reports among other things, "...Another slaver captur...

Three ca. 1918 hard mount photographs of a Jefferson County, Tenn. family playing doctor with their black friend. One depicts a woman with her child t

An issue of the newspaper Negro World: A Newspaper Dedicated to the Interests of the Negro Race", founded by Marcus Garvey in 1914. This copy i...