Abolition

(ABOLITION.) Bound volume of "The Liberator" spanning the five Civil War years. 247 (of 264) issues in one volume. Folio, 24 x 17½ inches, modern buckram, minor wear (no library markings); many o

[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

[ENSLAVEMENT & ABOLITION]. BALL, James Presley (1825-1904). A group of 2 CDVs, incl. portrait of abolitionist Wendell Phillips. 2 1/8 x 3 3/8 in. CDVs on cardstock mounts, each with blindstamp of "J.P

[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

1834 Britain colonial slavery abolition bronze medal. Newly freed Black rejoicing on plantation, ENGLAND I REVERE, GOD I ADORE… Rev. Slavery abolished throughout the British Dominions in reign of Wi

(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

1807 Britain Cased Silver Slave Trade Abolition Medal. William Wilberforce head r. WILLIAM WILBERFORCE M.P. THE FRIEND OF AFRICA, Rev. Angel over seated Britannia with Pallas, Liberty and Hygeia, I HA

Columbia, Columbia, to Glory arise. 12 ½” x 15 ¼” printed flyer, John Wilson & Son, Printers, 1862. The card’s stated purpose is to “…make a Record for Reference of one of the most importa

[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

[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.

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]. 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