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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Written During the Civil Rights Era! -
Eber M. Pettit, Sketches in the History of the Underground Railroad…1st ed.
A Scarce Record of the Underground Railroad
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Erica Armstrong Dunbar, She Came to Slay, 1st Edition
Octavia Spencer’s Drunk History Episode
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Just Touches the Surface! -
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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Frederick Douglass, Signature with Salutation
A Handsome Frederick Douglass Signature!
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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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Harriet Beecher Stowe, Autograph Note, Signed
A Rather Dark Sentiment, fromthe Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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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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