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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
Not Reluctant on Emancipation
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Charles Buxton Going, David Wilmot: Free-Soiler

Wilmot was to the North What Calhoun was to the South.
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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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David Garrow, Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama 1st ed., Signed

The Definitive Account of
Barack Obama’s Formative Years
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Dudley T. Cornish, The Sable Arm: Negro Troops in the Union Army, 1st ed.

Revolutionary Story of African American Soldiers,
Written During the Civil Rights Era!
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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,
from the View Of A Southern Abolitionist
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James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time, 1st ed.

Gave a Passionate Voice to the Emerging Civil Rights Movement
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Jeffrey R. Brackett, The Negro in Maryland

A Very Early Work on Slavery in Maryland
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John Brown, Autograph Letter, Signature

John Brown Sells His Cattle, Moves on to Syracuse
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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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