Freed slave’s letter from Liberia

Both are for men to work for Dr William J Harris of Nottaway County Virginia. Both were witnessed by Freeman Fitzgerald and are signed with an X for Freeman Thomas and Ned Coleman. One is listed as a

Slave letter From Fla. Senator Much About Cotton and Health of Slaves. Incredible In this chatty letter, newly elected U.S. Senator Jackson Morton writes to his friend and fellow Virginia native Presl

Original and nearly pristine photograph album containing 20 images (18 CDVs and 2 tintypes). The album itself is beautifully embossed in gold and measures a relatively diminutive 5” x 2.75." It

Black History 1866-Dated Sharecropping Contract Between a Recently Freed Slave and His Employers in Alabama, Civil War Era! February 1, 1866-Dated Civil War Era, Manuscript recently Freed Slave Sharec

Comprising the signed discharge papers of freed slave and army volunteer Algernon Stanley Jr. (spelled “Algy Stanley” and “Algia Standley”) of Dorchester, Maryland, as well as

SLAVERY ABOLITION DECREE - CUBA: CESPEDES DEL CASTILLO CARLOS MANUEL (1819-1874) Cuban Revolutionary. Known as the ''Father of the Motherland'', Cespedes is considered a Cuban hero who freed slaves an

SLAVERY: CESPEDES DEL CASTILLO CARLOS MANUEL (1819-1874) Cuban Revolutionary. Known as the ''Father of the Motherland'', Cespedes is considered a Cuban hero who freed slaves and leaded the declaration

Paint on wood. Tired of being the good guy. 15.75"h x 33.5"w American folk artist. She was born and grew up in Bealsville, Florida, a community formed by freed slaves

Voice From Britain To America medal. Kneeling slave, AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER. Rev. Rejoicing freed slave, THIS IS THE LORD’S DOING. BHM 1666 var., listed only in bronze. Holed. Mirror surfaces.

James M. Trotter Signed Deed, PSA/DNA Slabbed & Graded NM-MT 8 freed Slave Lieutenant A folded document, measuring 3.5" x 8.5" (folded), Washington, D.C., dated May 14, 1887. A Deed of Release, No

Civil War cover/envelope depicting a freed slave "contraband." The political cartoon appears to express the seeming futility of the southern cause- that while plantation owners went off to fight in th

It was old man Willingham’s own negro that killed him. It was old Bill. They burnt him last Friday. - Mariah Cotton Two page letter written on July 12th, 1864 by Mariah Cotton to her husban

Heading: (Cuba - Slavery) Author: Title: Labor contract for an emancipated African slave Place Published: Santa María del Rosario, Cuba Publisher: Date Published: 1871 Description: </

The August 13, 1833 issue of Niles Weekly Register, printed at Baltimore, 16 pages complete. Front page regarding Cholera epidemic. Inside articles including on Liberia and conflicts with slave trader

Fantastic Lord Nelson ALS Giving News of a Friends Son "you may be assured of my regard for him as if he was my own son." Written Around Time He Freed Muslim Slaves from Portuguese Ships. ALS, 1p, 7"

Heading: (Cuba - Slavery) Author: Title: Manumission document (expediante) verifying the status of two freed Cuban slaves Place Published: Matanzas, Cuba Publisher: Date Published: 1882 <

Cassius Clay, born 1810 in Kentucky. He was a "Kentucky planter, politician, and emancipationist who worked for the abolition of slavery. He freed the slaves that were handed down as his inheritance f

1851 1ed Fugitive Slave Law Speech Horace Mann Slavery Congress Boston Slaves Slavery: Letters & Speeches is a compilation of writings by Horace Mann from his time in congress. Mann being an attorney,

Heading: (African-American, 1817 – Tennessee slaves, Daniel Boone) Author: Pleasant Henderson Title: Letter "leasing" slaves of Daniel Boone's Revolutionary War friend and Indian battle companion Pl

Rare wrought iron letter "R" slave brander for runaways - 4 1/4" tall x 9" long

Black History c. 1840 Ship AMISTAD SLAVE REVOLT Historic Letter c. 1840, Autograph Letter Signed, by "Erasmus D. Drury," of Newburgh, NY, mentioning the Rebellion of Enslaved Africans aboard the Ship

Heading: (African-American, 1848) Author: William F. Smith Title: Racism in slave-free Ohio - Letter Place Published: Cincinnati, Ohio Publisher: Date Published: May 4, 1848 Descriptio

Title: 1763 Colonial Letter Selling of Slaves Provenance: 1763 Colonial letter datelined Newport Rhode Island and signed by a John Brown to Samuel White. Content regarding the sale “of your negro wo

An inked manuscript unlined letter sheet written by Lucy D. Bryan to Union Army Provost Marshall of Raleigh, N.C. Major G.B. Dyer. This single page letter reads as follows: ‘Major Dyer, I have s