(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) James M. Adair. Unanswerable Arguments against the Abolition of the Slave

Nickolls, Robert Boucher. LETTER TO THE TREASURER OF THE SOCIETY INSTITUTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF EFFECTING THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE. London: James Phillips, 1788. 6" x 3.75". 58 pp., without fin

(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.) Martin M. Lawrence, photographer. Portrait of John Brown. Salted paper photograph, 7¼ x 5¼ inches oval, on original plain mount with photographer's embossed stamp; lig

1846 1ed Slavery Abolition Slave Power Correspondence Palfrey Appleton Texas The book ‘Correspondence’ was intended as a supplement to John Palfrey’s pamphlet on slave power. Nathan Appleton rec

Handwritten in 1847, this one-page return was prepared by a Constable from Morris Township regarding the prior month’s cases. According to the Constable, whose name appears to be “N.B. Elliott”,

1864 Civil War 1st/1st In War Time Whittier Quaker Slavery Slave Abolition “…on the whole, the most American of all our poets, and there is a fire of warlike patriotism in him that burns a

[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]. 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

1861 Founding Father Patriots on SLAVERY George Washington Abolition Slaves Teachings of patriots and statesmen is a Civil War era printing on the founding fathers view of slavery and what was to be d

Original Decks of a Slave Ship Engraving Decks of a Slave Ship. Folio from W.O. Blake’s The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade, Ancient and Modern. ~6 x 9 1/2 Impactful schematic of the realitie

[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]. 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

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]. 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

1864 1ed View of Slavery Hopkins Racism Slave Abolition Civil War History ‘A Scriptural, Ecclesiastical, and Historical View of Slavery’ is Hopkins response to Alonzo Potter’s critique of his st

1864 1ed Civil War Abolition Slavery Americana Honor Slave Dealers Daughter A scarce, Civil War-era anti-slavery work by Clergyman, hymnist, and author Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch. Although a work of f

[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]. UPTON & BOLLES, photographers. Ruins of Slave Quarters, Ft. George [Florida]. Jacksonville, FL: ca 1870s.   6 3/8 x 3 1/8 in. stereoview on cardstock mount (soiling, toning

(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

Black History 1872 SLAVERY Imprint Included in "Notes About Cuba" "I. African Slave Trade. II. Abolition of Slavery. III. Inferences from the last Presidential Message." January 4, 1872-Dated, Partial

1862 Slave Power American CIVIL WAR Slavery Abolition Conspiracy John Cairnes “The opinions expressed by Cairnes as to the probable issue of American Civil War were largely verified by the actua

Highly unusual two-page emancipation document dated 1850 that details the freedom of a slave named “Henson” in Kentucky. Henson’s owner, James M. Higgins, was located in Morgan Count

1852 1st ed Uncle Tom’s Cabin Books Beecher Stowe Slavery Abolition Civil War “A moral battle cry for freedom!” – Langston Hughes on Uncle Tom’s Cabin. No other work of literature helped lay

Original bill of sale is for slave named William, described as being about thirty years of age. Early example from Louisiana. Condition as shown. [Slavery, Abolition, Civil War, Union, Confederate]