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Cincinnati, OH, United States
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African Americana
Pioneering figures and key moments that shaped the African American experience over the last 200 years are represented in Hindman's February 28 African Americana Live Auction. From enslavement, abolition, and war, to politics, civil rights, literature, music, and the visual arts, the sale addresses many important themes.
Highlights include Phyllis Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. London: A. Bell, 1773, first edition of the first book of poetry published by an African American; photographs and an autograph letter signed by Frederick Douglass; photographs, imprints, and ephemera involving Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., most notably a first printing of Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story signed and inscribed by Dr. King; and a "Free Huey" flag that was flown at a protest demonstration to free Huey Newton near the Alameda County Courthouse, Oakland, CA, 1968.
This sale brings together property from several important collections and estates, including the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents, the Patrick Atkinson Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Estate of Carroll J. Delery III, Formerly the "Historical Shop."
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0119: DOUGLASS, Frederick (ca 1817/1818-1895). Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. Hartford, CT: ParkEst. $200-$400
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0120: DOUGLASS, Frederick (1817-1895). Autograph letter signed ("Fredk. Douglass"), to M. M. Rodgers.Est. $2,000-$3,000
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0121: [DOUGLASS, Frederick (1818-1895)]. CHANDLER, William E. (1835-1917). Printed memorial card honoringEst. $200-$300
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0122: [POLITICS]. BRADY, Mathew (1822-1896), photographer. CDV of first African American US Senator HiramEst. $500-$700
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0123: [CIVIL WAR]. New York Daily Tribune. Vol. XXII, No. 6838. New York, 5 March 1862. FeaturingEst. $800-$1,000
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0124: [CIVIL WAR]. A group of 7 war-date newspapers reporting on matters involving slavery and AfricanEst. $400-$600
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0125: [CIVIL WAR]. Sixth plate ambrotype identified to CSA soldier Aretos Wade, 51st North CarolinaEst. $2,000-$3,000
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0126: [CIVIL WAR]. Tintype of African American cavalryman, likely taken in the field.Est. $600-$800
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0127: [CIVIL WAR]. GARDNER & GIBSON, photographers. Photograph of Civil War soldiers with African AmericanEst. $400-$600
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0128: [CIVIL WAR]. BRADY, Mathew, photographer. All the live stock on Mr. Gill's plantation after theEst. $300-$500
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0129: [CIVIL WAR]. Making Coffee. On the Lines Before Petersburg, Va., 1864. Hartford, CT: The WarEst. $250-$350
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0130: [SLAVERY & ABOLITION] -- [CIVIL WAR]. Slaves in our camps after the departing of our troops,Est. $300-$500
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0131: [SLAVERY & ABOLITION] -- [CIVIL WAR]. Killing Crows in North Carolina - Night time. Pencil sketch,Est. $300-$500
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0132: [CIVIL WAR]. Archive of Colonel Henry D. OGDEN, first officer of the Louisiana Native Guard, theEst. $300-$500
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0133: MILROY, Robert Huston (1816-1890). General Orders No. 28. Clarksburg, VA, 22 October 1862, withEst. $500-$700
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0134: [CIVIL WAR] -- [SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. A detailed letter from Civil War surgeon William K.Est. $400-$600
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0135: [CIVIL WAR]. A group of 2 letters discussing hiring African Americans on the Mississippi CentralEst. $200-$300
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0136: [CIVIL WAR]. Three manuscripts related to an enslaved man named "Bob" who died working onEst. $400-$600
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0137: [CIVIL WAR]. A group of 4 documents, incl. partly printed pay vouchers accounting for Black privateEst. $300-$500
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0138: [SLAVERY & ABOLITION] -- [CIVIL WAR]. Autograph document regarding the Contraband Fund. Washington,Est. $200-$300
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0139: [CIVIL WAR]. Railroad pass for Benjamin Scott on his way to enlist with a "Col[ored] Reg[iment].Est. $300-$500
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0140: [CIVIL WAR]. A group of 9 documents related to the 7th US Colored Troops including muster rolls andEst. $1,000-$1,500
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0141: [CIVIL WAR]. A pair of documents related to the service of Private Thomas Williams, WIA, Company E,Est. $400-$600
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0142: [CIVIL WAR]. WILLIAMS, Harrison (b. ca 1833). Partly printed volunteer enlistment document signedEst. $400-$600
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