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Printed Manuscript & African Americana
Our March 24 Printed Manuscript & African Americana sale will feature important material, from slavery through the civil rights era, as well as noteworthy literature and music, including iconic cornerstone pieces such as Benjamin Banneker?s first almanac from 1792. Several important lots relate to Black baseball, both from the Negro Leagues and from much earlier, including the earliest known photographs of Black ballplayers in action, from circa 1871.
Auction Curator:
Rick Stattler
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0001: (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Bill of lading for a very early shipment of "two negroes" from Jamaica toEst. US$3,000-US$4,000
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0002: (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa,Est. US$800-US$1,200
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0003: (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Case of the Vigilante, a Ship Employed in the Slave-Trade; with SomeEst. US$3,000-US$4,000
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0004: (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) John W. Barber, compiler. A History of the Amistad Captives,Est. US$6,000-US$9,000
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0005: (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Solomon Northup. Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of . . . a Citizen ofEst. US$800-US$1,200
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0006: (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Narrative of Andrew Jackson, of Kentucky; Containing . . . Twenty-Six YearsEst. US$1,500-US$2,500
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0007: (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) James Williams. Life and Adventures of . . . a Fugitive Slave, with a FullEst. US$1,500-US$2,500
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0008: (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures ofEst. US$500-US$750
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0009: (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Autobiography of James L. Smith, Including . . . Reminiscences of Slave Life.Est. US$400-US$600
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0010: (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Life and Opinions of Julius Melbourn.Est. US$400-US$600
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0011: (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Catharine Elbert. Letter from an enslaved woman to the girl she had helpedEst. US$2,500-US$3,500
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0012: (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Dinah Browning. An enslaved woman's letter to her former master.Est. US$3,000-US$4,000
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0013: (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Octavia V. Rogers Albert. The House of Bondage, or Charlotte Brooks and otherEst. US$6,000-US$9,000
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0014: (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Charles Paxson, photographer. Wilson, Branded Slave from New Orleans.Est. US$7,000-US$10,000
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0015: (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Archive of the slave-owning Randolph family of Virginia.Est. US$10,000-US$15,000
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0016: (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Detailed accounting of a Maryland family's enslaved people who were "notEst. US$1,200-US$1,800
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0017: (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Memorandum book tracking many dozens of enslaved people at a MississippiEst. US$4,000-US$6,000
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0018: (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Moseley family register listing the births and parents of 13 enslaved people.Est. US$400-US$600
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0019: (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) J.D. Ray. Letter by a wealthy planter's son boasting of his short stint as anEst. US$800-US$1,200
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0020: (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Daniel W. Holsenbeck. Pair of letters from a plantation overseer inEst. US$500-US$750
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0021: (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Colonial deed of three generations of named enslaved persons, as part of aEst. US$500-US$750
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0022: (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Will of a Maryland man dividing 21 named enslaved people between hisEst. US$250-US$350
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0023: (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Deed of an enslaved man to a close associate of George Washington.Est. US$1,000-US$1,500
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0024: (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Partition of 11 enslaved people in a Kentucky estate, dispersed among 11Est. US$600-US$900
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