African American History
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Booker T. Washington, Signature on Half Letter Sheet
Booker T. Washington signature on a half-letter sheet from Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Washington is listed as “Principal” while “George Foster Peabody,” after whom Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee was named, is listed on the Investment of Endowment Fund Committee. Minimal toning; else near fine. With a strong signature in older age. Washington, Booker … Continue reading Booker T. Washington, Signature on Half Letter Sheet
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Burris Carnahan Act of Justice, 1st ed.
A Cogent Argument that Lincoln was
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Not Reluctant on Emancipation -
Charles Buxton Going, David Wilmot: Free-Soiler
Wilmot was to the North What Calhoun was to the South.
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David Blight, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, 1st ed., Signed
David Blight’s Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, is a powerful portrait of an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. As a young man Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was fortunate to have been taught to read by his slave owner mistress, and he would go on to become … Continue reading David Blight, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, 1st ed., Signed
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David Brion Davis, The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution 1770-1823
A Giant of the Study of Slavery!
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Dudley T. Cornish, The Sable Arm: Negro Troops in the Union Army, 1st ed.
Revolutionary Story of African American Soldiers,
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Eber M. Pettit, Sketches in the History of the Underground Railroad…1st ed.
A Scarce Record of the Underground Railroad
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Eugene Pieter Romayn Feldman, Black Power in Old Alabama
The Life and Times of James T. Rapier
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Frederick Douglass, Signature on Deed
Frederick Douglass, Signature on Deed. Douglass was appointed to numerous federal jobs, in this case as recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia. Here he records the land indenture between Mary V. Bonnell and lra Godfrey. Douglas was an African-American social reformer, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of … Continue reading Frederick Douglass, Signature on Deed
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George Washington Carver, Typed Letter, Signed
George Washington Carver, Typed Letter signed, written by Carver as Director of the institute’s research and Experiment Station to a Mr. Gilbert L. Norcutt of Henderson, Kentucky. Written to “my esteemed friend, Mr. Norcutt” in reply to the latter’s previous salutations oddly, for the approach of Mother’s Day. Washington’s reply stipulates that he personally “never … Continue reading George Washington Carver, Typed Letter, Signed
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Hinton Rowan Helper, Compendium Of The Impending Crisis Of The South pamphlet
An Impassioned View of Slavery,
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from the View Of A Southern Abolitionist -
Jeffrey R. Brackett, The Negro in Maryland
A Very Early Work on Slavery in Maryland
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John E. Washington, They Knew Lincoln, 1st ed.
Lincoln, as Known by his African American Associates
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Joseph T. Wilson, The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars
Written by a Member of Shaw’s 54th Massachusetts Infantry
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Kevin Levin, Remembering the Battle of the Crater
The battle of the Crater is known as one of the Civil War’s bloodiest struggles—a Union loss with combined casualties of 5,000, many of whom were members of the United States Colored Troops (USCT) under Union Brigadier General Edward Ferrero. The battle was a violent clash of forces as Confederate soldiers fought for the first time … Continue reading Kevin Levin, Remembering the Battle of the Crater
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Langston Hughes, Shakespeare in Harlem, 1st ed. Inscribed & Signed
Langston Hughes Shakespeare in Harlem, 1st edition, signed and inscribed. Hughes was called the Shakespeare of Harlem and the neighborhood’s poet laureate. By the time Hughes produced Shakespeare in Harlem, in 1942, he had already made a name for himself as a poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer and more. This was the first book … Continue reading Langston Hughes, Shakespeare in Harlem, 1st ed. Inscribed & Signed
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