Runaway Slave 1841 Small Letterpress Broadside.

Runaway Slave Small Letterpress Broadside. Dated September 27, 1841. Broadside would indicate that the owner had frequent slave escapes. Charles Carroll was a member of a prestigious Maryland family.

Folded broadside for 2 runaway slaves and thieves who stole $50 and a large lot of money, dated September 28, 1852. Interesting description of the 2 runaways noting tetter, cunning, smoking etc. 9.75x

Mississippi Runaway Slave Broadside, issued by Albert G. Brown, Governor of the State of Mississippi, and Wilson Hemmingway, Mississippi Secretary of State, dated January 24, 1844, reading: BILL, a ne

[Punch and Judy] Theatre Royal, Brighton. Nicholas Nickelby. Punch. Bottle Imp. Brighton: Henry Philips, 1841. Letterpress broadside advertising various performances, the word "Punch" composed of wood

VAN AMBURGH, Isaac (1808 – 65). Mr. Ducrow and Mr. Van Amburgh With the Beautiful Stud of Horses! Manchester: T. Wilkinson, 1841. Two-color letterpress broadside with wood-engraved image of the

FAULKNER, William (1897–1962). To the Voters of Oxford. [Winston–Salem, NC:] Palaemon Press, 1980. Small 4to (305 x 229 mm). Letterpress broadside. LIMITED EDITION, letter W of 26 hors com

DAVENPORT BROTHERS (Ira 1839 – 1911 and William 1841 – 77). The World-Renowned Davenport Brothers! Their Wonderful Seances. Allentown, PA, ca. 1869. Letterpress broadside/handbill bearing

Slavery Early Virginia Runaway Slave Poster Offering a Higher Reward if Captured in Northern States or “secured in any jail.” Broadside, 9” x 9.75” (visible). Archivally matted to 15.75” x 1

DAVENPORT BROTHERS (Ira 1839 – 1911 and William 1841 – 77). Mysterious Displays! And Unaccountable Manifestations! [Poughkeepsie]: Telegraph Steam Press, [1864]. Letterpress broadside for

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Administrator's Sale of Slaves. Clay County, MO: N.p., 9 March 1858. 9 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. letterpress broadside (toning, short marginal tears); framed to 13 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (not e

(CIVIL WAR--MARYLAND.) Secessionist recruitment broadside issued in the wake of the Baltimore Riot to the "People of Baltimore!" Letterpress broadside, 17¾ x 12¾ inches, with small wood engr

(CIVIL WAR--MAINE.) Broadside poem titled "Roll of Company F, 10th Maine Volunteers, at Relay, Md." Letterpress broadside, 18 x 8 inches; moderate wear, small mount remnants on verso. No place, circa

Vincent Jean Baptiste Chevilliard (French, 1841-1904), "Election Time," small oil on panel painting depicting a priest in black frock reading a series of political broadsides pasted to the side of a b

Runaway Slave Patrol badge. Six point star design made of a bronze-like material. Front reads "Runaway Slave Patrol" flanked by engraved design. Verso reads, "North Carolina No.142, 1859," and has a p

Original edition of the "Charleston Courier" dated June 15, 1807. Advertisements fill the front page of the newspaper, some of which offer a handsome reward for "runaway" slaves, complete with an icon

African American History subject, "On To Liberty, Runaway Slaves" oil on canvas painting. 24" X 36" on stretched canvas.

African American History subject, "On To Liberty, Runaway Slaves" oil on canvas painting. 24" X 36" on stretched canvas.

[KNIFE THROWING] [JUGGLING] The Original Chinese Magicians and Jugglers, Arr Hee and Asham. Plymouth: Leviathan Broadside Press – I.W. N. Keys, 1860. Large letterpress broadside bearing a centra

(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Charleston Mercury Extra . . . The Union is Dissolved! Letterpress broadside, 23¼ x 12¾ inches; 1½-inch repaired closed tear in upper margin, minimal wear at f

HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz) (1874 – 1926). Mr. Houdini. Early German Playbill. Onsabruck: A. Liesecke, 1901. Letterpress broadside for an early appearance at the Circus Corty-Althoff just one ye

[ANDERSON, John Henry] BEWARE OF YOUR CHILDREN! THE SUPERHUMAN BOY. Whitechapel: Henry Bownceby [?], [1857]. Large letterpress broadside reproducing a letter apparently written and signed by one Peter

(CIVIL WAR--NEW YORK.) Don't Unchain the Tiger! Letterpress broadside, 18 x 12 inches; folds, uneven toning, tack holes, minor wear. New York: Sinclair Tousey, 24 July 1863 Issued two weeks after the

[TATTOO] Miller Brothers & Stanley’s Big One Dime Show! Providence: Zimmer [?], ca. 1890. Pictorial letterpress broadside for “minstrel, variety, museum and aquarium” presentation fe

(ABRAHAM LINCOLN.) Chautauqua Democrat Extra assassination broadside. Letterpress broadside, 16 x 8½ inches, with headline "Reported Death of Abm. Lincoln, Attack on Secretary Seward"; folds, fox