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Printed & Manuscript African Americana
Our March 30 Printed & Manuscript African Americana sale will offer an outstanding manuscript broadside of the 13th Amendment ending slavery, signed by the Vice President and 111 congressmen. It is one of a handful of commemorative copies circulated in the halls of Congress for signatures.
The slavery era is documented by a correspondence archive of Richmond slave dealers ? Dickinson, Hill & Co. Bidders will also have the opportunity to view an unpublished minute book of the African Civilization Society from the papers of the abolitionist Theodore Bourne; important Black abolitionists Martin Delany and Henry Highland Garnet were among the leaders of the organization.
Auction Curator:
Rick Stattler
Director, Books & ManuscriptsLot Number: Lowest
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0217: (FAMILY PAPERS.) Letters to a Philadelphia woman re the final care of her aunt, and expandedEst. US$600-US$900
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0218: (FAMILY PAPERS.) Family photographs of John W. Coles, Chief Clerk of the New York Supreme Court.Est. US$600-US$900
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0220: (MARCUS GARVEY.) Membership certificate in the Universal Negro Improvement Association.Est. US$800-US$1,200
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0221: (MARCUS GARVEY.) George Alexander McGuire. Universal Negro Catechism: A Course of Instruction inEst. US$800-US$1,200
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0222: (MARCUS GARVEY.) Group of 5 Garvey pamphlets and magazines.Est. US$1,000-US$1,500
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0223: (HISTORY.) Handbill for an early Texas Juneteenth commemoration.Est. US$2,000-US$3,000
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0224: (HISTORY.) A.W. Turner. No Such Race on Earth as "Negro"--This is a Slave Title. Do Not Be aEst. US$800-US$1,200
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0225: (HISTORY.) Brochure for the new "Division of Negro Literature and History" which evolved into theEst. US$500-US$750
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0227: (MARTIN LUTHER KING.) Calvin Littlejohn, photographer. Group of 4 photographs documenting King'sEst. US$1,500-US$2,500
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0229: MARTIN LUTHER KING. Southern Christian Leadership Conference packet including a circular letter fromEst. US$600-US$900
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0230: (MARTIN LUTHER KING.) Endorsement handbill for presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy in the tragicEst. US$500-US$750
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0231: (LABOR.) Group of railroad employee passes and related papers from Alabama car oiler George H.Est. US$600-US$900
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0232: (LABOR.) Souvenir Journal, Third Biennial Convention, United Transport Service Employees of America.Est. US$600-US$900
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0233: (LABOR.) Charles H. Houston. Brief Record of Racial Hostility toward Negroes by Railway Labor UnionsEst. US$600-US$900
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0234: (LAW.) National Surety Medal for Valor issued to Black N.Y.P.D. patrolman Leslie Carroll.Est. US$4,000-US$6,000Lot Passed
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0235: (LITERATURE.) Very early press photograph of Alain Locke.Est. US$800-US$1,200
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0236: (LITERATURE.) Wallace Thurman, editor. Fire!! A Quarterly Devoted to the Younger Negro Artists.Est. US$1,500-US$2,500
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0237: (LITERATURE.) James L. Allen, photographer. Early signed portrait of Langston Hughes.Est. US$1,000-US$1,500
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0238: (LITERATURE.) Richard Wright. Annotated typescript of his adaptation of "Daddy Goodness."Est. US$1,000-US$1,500
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0239: (LITERATURE.) Gwendolyn Brooks. Inscribed copy of her three-part poem "Riot" issued in the wake ofEst. US$400-US$600
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