[Slavery & Abolition] Maryland Enslaver’s Will, Manumission

Manuscript copy last will and testament of William Drury. Anne Arundel County, [Maryland], originally recorded 9 October 1822, copy 3 April 1879. 2 pages. Witnessed and undersigned by Samuel Drury, Sr

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.

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION - CUBA]. A group of 11 manumission and sale documents for enslaved persons in Cuba.   Single document, 2pp, 6 x 8 1/2 in., 2 February 1841. -- Folio pages from ledger, 8 x 12

[AFRICAN AMERICANA -- SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Legal document outlining the sale of 14 enslaved individuals featuring their names along with the names of their enslavers. New Orleans, 16 September 1826.

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Partly printed bill of slave for enslaved man Will. [Fairfax County, VA], 5 January 1789.   1 page, 4to, 9 1/4 x 10 3/8 in., partly printed, toning, separations along old f

[SLAVERY AND ABOLITION]. Manuscript document, an affidavit of free birth, signed by Justice of the Peace George Rice. Frederick County, Maryland, 15 May 1832.   1 page, oblong 8vo, docketed verso

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Public Sale of Slaves!! Franklin County, [KY]: N.p., 30 October 1863. With pencil inscription recording the 8 enslaved sold with names and prices.   Visible 11 3/4 x 8 7/8

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. 12 Likely Negroes for Sale.  Barren County, KY: N.p., 27 April 1863.   10 5/8 x 14 3/8 in. letterpress broadside (minor offsetting, a few ink spots); framed to 15 1/8

[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 & ABOLITION]. Notice...Three Likely Negroes. St. Louis, MO: N.p., 18 September 1846. Visible 11 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. letterpress broadside (creasing, ink bleed from verso); matted and framed to 15

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION].  $300 Reward. Ranaway...my Negro Boy George Johnson. Broadside with autograph letter signed ("Nath'l W. Hays") on bifolium integral leaf to Chief of Police of West Chester,

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. MATTHEWS, Nathaniel. Autograph letter signed ("Nathaniel Matthews"), to R.W. Vasser, with details of 10 enslaved individuals. Richmond, VA, 9 December 1849.   2 pages, 4to,

(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) [Samuel M. Fassett; photographer.] Carte-de-visite portrait of Frederick Douglass taken during the Civil War. Albumen copy-print photograph, 3½ x 2 inches, on plain period

[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

(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Commissioner's Sale! . . . Eight Likely Negroes. Letterpress broadside, 9 x 11¼ inches, signed in type by Silvester Johnson as commissioner; folds, minimal wear, tipped to

Small group of ephemera: 1.) 1862 oblong 4to 1 page printed Emancipation Proclamation broadside boldly headed "Act of Justice. / By The President Of The United States Of America. / A PROCLAMATION..."

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Executor's Sale...Slaves, men, women, boys and girls of various ages, house servants and farm hands. Oxford, [Talbot County, MD]: N.p., 9 April 1844. 11 3/8 x 14 in. printed bro

(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Group of 3 receipts for slaves owned by the Brown family of Culpeper County, Virginia. Each about 5 x 8 inches; folds and minor wear, one short closed tear. [Culpeper County, VA

(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) The Anti-Slavery Record. Text illustrations on the first page of most issues. iv, 168 pages. Volume I complete: No. 1-12 plus collective title, index, and appendix. 12mo, publis

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Manuscript trial speech given by M.B. King in defense of Skelt Greer, an enslaved man convicted of murder. Manuscript synopsis, [Henry County, TN]: [April 1846]. 7 pp., 7 7/8 x

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Manuscript bill of sale for an enslaved man named "Ando." Plymouth, MA, 29 September 1738. 1p, 7 3/4 x 6 in. (few holes, verso with ink bleed and adhesive residue). Signed and s

1852 Uncle Toms Cabin 1st ed Harriet Beecher Stowe CIVIL WAR Slavery Abolition “Uncle Toms Cabin,” authored by Harriet Beecher Stowe, is a transformative 19th-century novel that challenged the

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. A group of 2 documents related to the enslavement of individuals in Louisiana, comprising: Manuscript appraisal document listing the property and enslaved individuals "belonging

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Manuscript inventory for 11 enslaved individuals. [Lauderdale County, Mississippi?], 7 May 1853. 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. manuscript inventory (creased at folds, with some ink transfer