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On the cover:
Lot 53 • Loïs Mailou Jones, Twelve American Women calendar, 1942.
Slavery & Abolition
Lot 1
William & Samuel Hinde.
Letter from a British slave-trading firm in the waning days of the legal slave trade.
Lot 2
Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, Emancipated from Bodily Servitude.
Lot 3
Walker Evans, Child's Grave with Bottles and Jars on Plot, Hale County, Alabama.
Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, a Black Man.
Lot 4
Narrative of Andrew Jackson, of Kentucky; Containing . . . Twenty-Six Years of his Life while a Slave.
Lot 5
[Theodore D. Weld; editor.]
American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses.
Lot 6
Designers Unknown, Pennsylvania Game Commission.
Running account for a physician's work on the enslaved people at a central Alabama cotton plantation.
Lot 7
[McPherson & Oliver; photographers.]
[The Scourged Back.]
Lot 8
David Mathews.
Deed of a newborn girl sold by the future mayor of New York.
Lot 9
Inventory of the estate of a wealthy New Jersey man, including 6 named "Blacks."
Lot 10
Papers of slaveowner John W. Luke of Berryville, Virginia.
Lot 11
James A. Barr.
Letter discussing an enslaved 34-year-old "boy" who "seems anxious that you buy him."
Lot 12
Negroes to be Sold! . . . Twenty-Two Likely Negroes.
Lot 13
Adolf Dehn, Group Of 3 Lithographs.
Stereoview of the infamous slave pen of "Price, Birch & Co., Dealers in Slaves."
Lot 14
Runaway advertisement for "Marcus, one of the House Servants at Mount Vernon,"
Lot 15
Runaway slave advertisement illustrated with "A Good Likeness of Sancho,"
Lot 16
Broadside announcing the formation of an "Anti-Negro Stealing Society" to fight the Underground Railroad.
Lot 17
$100 Reward! Ran Away . . . a Small Mulatto Woman Named . . . Caroline Green or Glasgow.
Lot 18
G.W.F. Smith.
$200 Reward, Ranaway from the Subscriber . . . My Man Giles.
Lot 19
Jasper L. Hall.
Letter describing the defeat of slave catchers in a pitched battle with ten fugitives.
Lot 20
Nathan Daniel.
Testimony by an overseer taking possession of a runaway slave.
Lot 21
Senate Chamber U.S.A. Conclusion of Clay's Speech in Defence of Slavery.
Lot 22
Certificate of freedom issued in New York.
Lot 23
Dorothea Lange, Oklahoma mother of five children, now picking cotton in California, near Fresno * Wife and Child of Migrant Worker, near Winters, California.
Conditional manumission to "Thomas Peterson, now my slave" granted by a prominent New York politician.
Lot 24
Letter discussing a manumitted servant who is "quite uneasy about her free papers."
Lot 25
Mary Martha Sherwood.
The Re-Captured Negro.
Lot 26
Jesse Hutchinson Jr.
Get Off the Track! A Song for Emancipation, Sung by the Hutchinsons.
Lot 27
Russell Lee, A group of 5 photographs depicting the Southern United States.
Address of the Liberty Convention for the Eastern and Middle States.
Lot 28
Proceedings Against William Lloyd Garrison, for a Libel.
Lot 29
U.M. Fisk.
Series of manuscript lectures by an abolitionist firebrand before, during and after the war.
Lot 30
The Liberator's coverage of the infamous Dred Scott decision.
Lot 31
The Child's Anti-Slavery Book . . . about American Slave Children, and Stories of Slave-Life.
Lot 32
Uncle Tom's Cabin pictorial bandanna.
Lot 33
C.J. Jack.
[A Political Lecture upon the Influence of Slavery on the Constitution and Union.]
Lot 34
James A. Whipple.
Pair of letters from a radical abolitionist who toured Maryland and Virginia during the war.
Lot 35
Signed photograph of Lewis G. Clarke, inspiration for the escaped slave in Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Lot 36
William M. Cockrum.
History of the Underground Railroad as It was Conducted by the Anti-Slavery League, Including Many Thrilling Encounters Between Those Aiding the Slaves to Escape and Those Trying to Recapture Them.
Lot 37
Abraham Lincoln.
The first widely disseminated printing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Lot 38
Confederate order regarding "slaves serving . . . without written authority from their masters."
Lot 39
Charles Paxson; photographer.
Learning is Wealth: Wilson, Charley, Rebecca & Rosa, Slaves from New Orleans.
Lot 40
"The Right Man in the Right Place" caricature of justice for Jefferson Davis.
Lot 41
Farm Security Administration, A portfolio of 10 F.S.A. photographs, including images by Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Arthur Rothstein, and Ben Shahn.
Issue of the Liberator from the date of Lincoln's assassination.
Lot 42
Joint Resolution . . . Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution . . . Abolishing Slavery.
Lot 43
Certificates for a woman named Dina sold twice in two days in British Cape Town.
Lot 44
Decree of the provisional rebel government abolishing slavery.
Lot 45
Mexican estate record including an inventory of enslaved people.
Lot 46
Vicente Guerrero.
Manifiesto . . . a sus compatriotas.
Lot 47
Assiento ajustado entre las dos magestades catholica y Bretanica
Lot 48
Group of photographs of a Methodist Episcopal mission in rural Liberia.
Lot 49
Blood People Land.
Lot 50
Our History Did Not Begin in Chains, and It Will Not End in Chains.
Art
Lot 51
French Johnson, artist.
Folk art drawings done by a Virginia farm hand.
Lot 52
Loïs Mailou Jones.
Original portrait of activist Sue Bailey Thurman, done for the 1942 "Twelve American Women" calendar.
Lot 53
Loïs Mailou Jones, artist.
Calendar: Twelve American Women, 1942.
Lot 54
Group of 14 photographs of early Jacob Lawrence paintings, most of them now lost.
Lot 55
Jacob Lawrence.
File of his correspondence with the printers of his John Brown series.
Lot 56
Jacob Lawrence.
Olympische Spiele München 1972.
Lot 57
Manet Harrison Fowler.
Portrait of a young woman.
Lot 58
Masood Ali Wilbert Warren
Archive of sketches, correspondence, and other papers.
Lot 59
Folder of publicity materials on Black artists compiled by a California art critic.
Lot 60
Earl L. Scarborough; artist.
Black is Beautiful.
Lot 61
AfriCOBRA 1: Ten in Search of a Nation.
Lot 62
Charles White.
Reproduction of his "Love Letter 1" on a card calling for the release of Angela Davis.
Lot 63
Walker Evans, Cherokee Parts Store Garage Work, Atlanta, Georgia * Street scene, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
8th Annual Lawndale Art Fair.
Lot 64
José V. Johnson, artist.
Black is Beautiful.
Lot 65
Dana C. Chandler. Jr.
Genocide Series No. 1: Noddin' Our Liberation Away!
Lot 66
Raul Cabello, printer.
Poster featuring a work by his colleague Elizabeth Catlett.
Lot 67
Romare Bearden.
Respect Human Dignity: Toby Moffett for Senate.
Lot 68
BENJAMIN BANNEKER.
Banneker's Almanack, and Ephemeris for the Year of our Lord, 1793.
Lot 69
The Walker 1949 Almanac: A Personal Guide to Health, Wealth and Romance.
Lot 70
Printed portrait and small catalog for Madame Mamie Hightower's Golden Brown Beauty Preparations.
Lot 71
Catalog for the Amanda-L Co., a Black-owned hair and beautician's supply company.
Lot 72
Naturally '63 Portfolio (a program issued by the Grandassa Models).
Lot 73
Group of beautician and pageant programs.
Black Panthers
Lot 74
Julius Lester, compiler.
Our Folk Tales: High John the Conqueror and Other Afro-American Tales.
Lot 75
A young man raises funds for the Black Panthers, a month before Newton and Seale launched their group.
Lot 76
Black Power pinback featuring an early appearance of SNCC's Black Panther logo.
Lot 77
Black Power: SNCC Speaks for Itself, a Collection of Statements and Interviews.
Lot 78
Emory Douglas, artist.
One of Our Main Purposes is to Unify Our Brothers and Sisters in the North
Lot 79
All Power to the People, Black Power to Black People. Kathleen Cleaver . . . Peace & Freedom Party.
Lot 80
[Emory Douglas, artist.]
Solidarity with the African American People.
Lot 81
An Attack Against One is an Attack Against All.
Lot 82
Black Panther Party organizational chart for New York City.
Lot 83
Emory Douglas, artist.
All the Weapons We Used Against Each Other We Now Use Against the Oppressor /
Lot 84
Emory Douglas, artist.
We Are Advocates of the Abolition of War.
Lot 85
Emory Douglas, artist.
Untitled print of a mother and armed child.
Lot 86
Group of 8 "Wanted by the FBI" posters for Panthers and other radicals.
Lot 87
Group of 9 press photographs of the Black Panthers.
Lot 88
Illustrated layout for an article on the Black Panthers in a Princeton University student magazine.
Lot 89
Peace and Freedom Party / Black Panther publication titled "All the Power to the People."
Lot 90
Special Bulletin, Black Panther Party, So. Calif. Chapter, for World Peace.
Lot 91
The Black Panther: Black Community News Service.
Lot 92
Free Huey Rally, Bobby Hutton Memorial Park . . . Huey Must Be Set Free!
Lot 93
Edward Arthur Wilson, Two lithographs.
Free Huey Rally, Oakland Auditorium . . . Featuring Stokely Carmichael.
Lot 94
Edward Arthur Wilson, Two lithographs.
Huey P. Newton Birthday Benefit Celebration.
Lot 95
The Genius of Huey P. Newton.
Lot 96
Set Bobby Free by Letting Him Speak.
Lot 97
You Can't Jail the Revolution. Stop the Trial, Free the Conspiracy 8.
Lot 98
[Emory Douglas, artist.]
Bobby, Huey: Political Prisoners of USA Fascism.
Lot 99
Emory Douglas; artist.
S'ils Condamnent Bobby Seale . . . Death to the Fascist Pigs.
Lot 100
People who Come out of Prison can Build up the Country . . . Free Bobby! Free All Political Prisoners.
Lot 101
James Daugherty, Maquette for the Social Room of Fairfield Court Housing Project, Stamford, CT.
Pair of flyers on the assassination of Fred Hampton, with a related letter.
Lot 102
"I Am a Revolutionary." Fred Hampton, Deputy Chairman, Ill. Chapter, Black Panther Party.
Lot 103
Search & Destroy . . . Let's End this Undeclared War.
Lot 104
Pair of sample petitions to put community control of police on the ballot in Oakland and Berkeley.
Lot 105
Stephen Shames, photographer.
Angela Davis at Oakland's DeFremery Park.
Lot 106
Pair of Angela Davis centerfold portraits.
Lot 107
Angela.
Lot 108
Barry Shapiro, artist.
Angela.
Lot 109
We Must Free Angela Now.
Lot 110
Sauvons Angela Davis. Manifestation . . . de la Place Fabien à la Bastille.
Lot 111
[Tymofiy Lyashchuk], artist.
A "Free Angela Davis" poster from the Soviet Union.
Lot 112
[Alfredo Rostgaard, designer.]
Angela Davis.
Lot 113
Group of 4 illustrated Angela Davis posters.
Lot 114
Group of 8 Angela Davis pinbacks, most illustrated.
Lot 115
Group of Angela Davis ephemera.
Lot 116
Free the Soledad Brothers.
Lot 117
Voice of the Lumpen.
Lot 118
Rafael Morante, artist.
Power to the People, George.
Lot 119
Anti-War, African Liberation, Voter Registration, Survival Conference . . . 10,000 Free Full Bags of Groceries.
Lot 120
Serving the People Body & Soul: Free Bar-B-Que & Free Food.
Lot 121
War Behind Walls.
Lot 122
Black Panther Party matchbook.
Lot 123
Group of 3 newsprint posters issued by the New Haven chapter.
Lot 124
Group of 3 newsprint publications.
Lot 125
Group of 30 different Black Panther and Black Power pinbacks.
Lot 126
Group of 5 pamphlets.
Lot 127
Issues of "Right On!" and "Babylon" put out by the Revolutionary Peoples Communications Network.
Lot 128
Pair of illustrated Black Liberation Army membership lists issued by the San Francisco police.
Lot 129
Hell No! We Won't Go!
Lot 130
[Alfredo Rostgaard, designer.]
Black Power / Retalition to Crime: Revolutionary Violence.
Lot 131
Black Gold . . . I am the Black Woman, Mother of Civilization.
Lot 132
TCB: United Front, Taking Care of Business.
Lot 133
United.
Lot 134
Power to the People.
Lot 135
Bible, Charles; artist.
Black Art.
Lot 136
(BLACK POWER)
Pair of posters: "Right On" and "Hair is Beautiful."
Lot 137
Right On.
Lot 138
Blanche Lazzell, Cape Cod Cottage; The Coffee Pot.
Group of 12 Black Power pinback buttons.
Lot 139
[Alice Crolley Browning.]
It's Fun To Be Black.
Lot 140
Paul Cuffe.
Invoice drawn up and signed by perhaps the young nation's leading Black merchant.
Lot 141
Reginald Marsh, Bathers at a Pier, New York * Bathers Swimming.
Cabinet card of barbers in front of the shop of Prof. W.H. Jones in Keokuk, Iowa.
Lot 142
Pair of barbershop interior views from Louisiana.
Lot 143
Group of Black insurance company memorabilia.
Lot 144
Negro Directory [for Omaha], 1947-48.
Lot 145
Black and Brown Stamp Album.
The Civil Rights Movement
Lot 146
Omaha's Riot in Story and Picture.
Lot 147
"Colored Upstairs" sign from a Georgia cinema.
Lot 148
Blanche Lazzell, Cape Cod Cottage; The Coffee Pot.
Dallas bus segregation sign.
Lot 149
Door from the "colored" washroom of a North Carolina fertilizer plant.
Lot 150
Guy Endore.
The Crime at Scottsboro.
Lot 151
Group of press photographs and ephemera relating to the Scottsboro Boys.
Lot 152
Archive of NAACP correspondence from James Weldon Johnson, Walter White and more.
Lot 153
Correspondence between NAACP leader Walter White and a white journalist, debating the merits of the "Negro press."
Lot 154