Historic and Military Autographs, & Militaria

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...