Connecticut Constable Complains of Attempt to Sell Free African American into Slavery

ConnecticutNew London County, CT, October 28, 1797Connecticut African American Released from Jail after Taking Poor Prisoner?s OathADS[AFRICAN AMERICAN.] Asa Spalding, Autograph Document Signed, Citat

1854 SLVERY Twelve Years a Slave Solomon Northup Memoir Civil War Abolitionist “Twelve Years a Slave” is a harrowing memoir by Solomon Northup, a free African American man from New York wh

John Fayson (XX), Titled: "Strange Fruit", Is An Exquisite Original And One Of A Kind Wood Carving Of A Tree Stump Depicting The Upward Struggle Of The African American With Scenes Of Slavery, Dance,

Horace Pippin Stone Farm House Oil on Canvas Painting. Signed on verso. Horace Pippin (February 22, 1888 – July 6, 1946) was a self-taught African-American painter. The injustice of slavery and Amer

COVERS, OIL ON BOARD COVER FOR "THE STREET" BY ANN PETRY, 1ST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO SELL MORE THAN 1 MILLION COPIES, 28 1/2" X 24 3/4" OVERALL, 21 1/2" X 17 1/2" SIGHT

1881 Jubilee Singers African-American Negro Music Underground Railroad Slavery Founded at the end of the Civil War, Fisk University was an educational institution for freedmen and other young African

1885 Jubilee Singers African-American Negro Music Underground Railroad Slavery Founded at the end of the Civil War, Fisk University was an educational institution for freedmen and other young African

1) 4" t x 2.5" w, CDV of Sojourner Truth. "I Sell The Shadow To Support The Substance." 1864 Condition - some discoloration, otherwise very good. 2) 6.5" t x 4.25" w, CDV purportedly depicting Diana C

Thomas Day (1801-1861) was a free Black furniture craftsman and cabinetmaker in Milton, Caswell County, North Carolina. Height 45", overall width 32"

Sixth plate tintype of a seated African-American woman, her headdress is tinted robin-egg blue. While the subject's free/enslaved status is unknown, the portrait dates to the Civil War era (likely a b

Heading: (African American - 1835 rape scandal) Author: Gill, Samuel Title: Letter from a Connecticut doctor seeking legal aid in defense against charges of raping an African American servant girl in

Civil War era sixth plate tintype of an African-American woman, possibly enslaved, found in a Texas estate. [Union, Confederate, Abolitionist, Slavery]

Rare nursing African-American Civil War cover envelope intended as commentary on slavery and the south. [Union, Confederate, Abolitionist]

Title: Unusual Tintype of an African-American Boy Provenance/Additional Info: The lad looks wide eyed in this antique metal photo measuring 3.75 inches tall. Shipping: Domestic: Free shipping to anywh

Made by Stevens and Brown; Connecticut - Circa 1880.

Carte-de-visite (CDV) of African-American reformer, abolitionist, and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth. Imprint on front reads "I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance, Sojourner Truth,”

Connecticut/New York (1849-1922). Oil on canvas, initialed and dated on the back "RBB 1916". Three quarter portrait of Lincoln with his hand on an African American child. Surface stains and small spla

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, written by himself, Boston, Published at the Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was an African-American social re

African Dodger was an early carnival game, in which African-Americans would be forced to stick their heads through a canvas curtain and attempt to dodge objects tossed at them by the players. In the 1

Drawing on paper, 10 1/2 x 8 in. Sell as attributed or style of the artist Charles Wilbert White, Jr. (April 2, 1918 – October 3, 1979) was an American artist known for his chronicling of African Am

Drawing on paper 11 x 7 1/2 in. Sell as attributed or style of the artist Charles Wilbert White, Jr. (April 2, 1918 – October 3, 1979) was an American artist known for his chronicling of African Ame

Frederick Remington, Oil/c, African American Workers. Oil on canvas painting, Signed, Framed. Size: 13x15 image, 19x21 outside frame

Important African-American "make-do" quilt by Josie Covington (Triune, TN/1869-1909) comprised of hand-pieced and appliqued blocks made of dress fabrics. Circa 1885-1900. Pieced patterns include baske

ARCHIBALD MOTLEY (1891-1991) Portrait of an African American woman Oil on artist canvas panel 16" x 12" Signed by Motley in the lower left side