1833 Slave Appraisal, "Dower of Negroes" [Slavery]

Two-page document, dated 1833, detailing an appraisal of slaves once owned by Presly Talbot of Bourbon County, Kentucky. Talbot's wife, Elizabeth Dickson (her re-married name), was ostensibly due a po

Four-page appraisal relating to the estate of William Ormsley, of Lincoln County, Kentucky. The document values eleven named slaves for the purpose of division amongst Ormsley’s heirs. The slave

Three page 1861 estate document executed in Bourbon County, Kentucky, that appraises and divides eleven named slaves including children. Their names and ages, as listed, are: Farron (42), Fern (28), S

Slave appraisal, in French. Louisiana, circa 1830. Laid paper, single sheet measuring 12.5" x 7.75". Moderately toned, staining to lower margin, else Good. ********************* Avoyelles Parish, Loui

US Slavery Pamphlets. Seven publications related to slavery, legislation, and the slave trade. Includes "Speech of Hon. J.A. Rockwell" and a partial almanac listing Negro slaves and vessels from 1706-

Black History 1849 Richmond, Virginia Slave Owner "E. H. Simmons" Printed Receipt for "One Negro Slave named John" Sale June 26, 1849-Dated, Rare Partially-Printed Slavery $375 Bill of Sale for "One N

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION].  List of Slaves and Free Negroes found under guard when Brig. Gen'l Martin assumed command at Plymouth, NC.  [Plymouth, NC], [1864?]. Manuscript listing over 262 indiv

Slavery.- State of South Carolina. Sale by John Blanton of Winnsborough to John Chesnut "One Negro Boy Slave, about eighteen years of Age, named Jacob", printed form with manuscript insertions, folds,

Manuscript document signed by Justice of the Peace John Cunningham. [Bourbon County], Kentucky, June 1841. Docketed to verso with note by County Clerk Thomas P. Smith. In 1833, Kentucky passed a law t

Selling Slaves to New York City Mayor Abraham de Peyster in 1714! Rare Northern Slavery Doc sadly bargaining "one negro boy named Jack and one negro wench named Kate" This bond conveyed ownership of t

Two copies of the Charleston Courier, including March 27, 1804, and October 20, 1806. Both large folio, each 4 pp. **************** BOTH PAPERS INCLUDE ADS FOR THE SALE OF SLAVES. The 1804 issue inclu

Autograph document signed by Daniel Rucker (1780-1833). Bourbon County, Kentucky, 27 September 1832. 3 pages. Undersigned by witnesses. To verso, autograph addendum by Clerk of Courts Thomas P. Smith.

Amazing autobiography from former slave turned educator and civil rights activist Booker T. Washington. This book "Up from Slavery" describes his rise from slave child to receiving his education from

English Victorian sterling silver beaker cup with a crest depicting the profile of an African male, possibly in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833. Cup has reed

An unusual and important original typescript with annotations titled “Connecticut: a slave state” an address delivered by Elliott B. Bronson. A noted and published historian, Bronson was i

Original announcement about the public sale of slaves by Richard Clagett to be sold at Potters Mart in Charleston, South Carolina on March 5, 1833. Mounted under glass in a frame measuring 13" x 9-1/2

Slave bill dated 1841 for the sale of "Abram," a 23 year old "negro man" purchased by John H. Myatt of Marion, Alabama. [Union, Confederate, Abolitionist, Slavery]

Two-page last will and testament detailing the estate of James Stewart of Pendelton County, Kentucky, dated 1849. Stewart stipulates that his "negro girl" Harriet and her three children are to be eman

Two-page last will and testament written by Sarah Forrest of Bourbon County, Kentucky in 1842. We have not previously handled a document regarding slavery in which the sole owner is a woman, making th

NEGROES AND "NEGRO" SLAVERY ; the First an Inferior Race: the Latter its Normal Condition. VAN EVRIE, J H, M.D.; New York: Van Evrie, Horton & Co., 1861; HC. 339pp, Frontis w/stereotyped portraits Fad

1855 Solomon Northup 1st ed Twelve Years a Slave Slavery Controversy Kidnapping “I could not comprehend the justice of that law, or that religion, which upholds or recognizes the principle of sl

"NEGROES AND NEGRO SLAVERY" Delusional white supremacist pamphlet, "Negros and Negro Slavery; The First, an Inferior Race - The Latter, its Normal Condition", by J.H. Van Evrie, MD (Baltimore: John D.

Details: “Registro de esclavos” (registration for a slave), slavery document from Puerto Rico. The person listed as “property” on “island of Puerto-Rico,” c. 1870.

CIVIL WAR ANTI-SLAVERY / ABOLITIONIST IMPRINT "THE VIEWS OF JUDGE WOODWARD AND BISHOP HOPKINS ON NEGRO SLAVERY AT THE SOUTH, ILLUSTRATED FROM THE JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE ON A GEORGIAN PLANTATION BY MRS