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Cincinnati, OH, United States
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African Americana
Pioneering figures and key moments that shaped the African American experience over the last 200 years are represented in Hindman's February 28 African Americana Live Auction. From enslavement, abolition, and war, to politics, civil rights, literature, music, and the visual arts, the sale addresses many important themes.
Highlights include Phyllis Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. London: A. Bell, 1773, first edition of the first book of poetry published by an African American; photographs and an autograph letter signed by Frederick Douglass; photographs, imprints, and ephemera involving Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., most notably a first printing of Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story signed and inscribed by Dr. King; and a "Free Huey" flag that was flown at a protest demonstration to free Huey Newton near the Alameda County Courthouse, Oakland, CA, 1968.
This sale brings together property from several important collections and estates, including the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents, the Patrick Atkinson Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Estate of Carroll J. Delery III, Formerly the "Historical Shop."
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0001: WHEATLEY, Phyllis (ca 1753-1784). Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. London: A. Bell,Est. $8,000-$12,000Lot Passed
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0002: [SLAVERY & ABOLITION] -- [HAITIAN REVOLUTION]. POLVEREL, Etienne (1740-1795) and Leger-FeliciteEst. $800-$1,200
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0003: [SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. CLARKSON, Thomas (1760-1846). The History of the Rise, Progress, andEst. $800-$1,000
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0004: [ABOLITION -- QUAKERS]. Friends' Miscellany: Containing Memoirs of the Life of Warner Mifflin.Est. $300-$500
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0004A: [SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Manuscript log of the HMS Atholl, which was actively involved in interdictingEst. $1,000-$1,500
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0005: [LIBERIA]. Ancient York Masons circular suggesting donations to the American Colonization Society.Est. $400-$600
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0006: [LIBERIA]. PRIEST, James M. (1819-1883). Autograph letter signed ("James M. Priest"), to James B.Est. $1,000-$1,500
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0007: [LIBERIA]. COX, James. Autograph letter signed ("James Cox"). Harper, Camp Palmas, Liberia, 10-11Est. $500-$700
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0008: [LIBERIA] -- [CIVIL WAR]. Cape Palmas in 1855. - Americo Liberian population 1200 Est. $400-$600
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0009: [LIBERIA] -- [DEPUTIE, James H. (1838-1896)]. GARBER, photographer. Cabinet card of Reverend JamesEst. $300-$400
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0010: [SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Anti-Black satirical broadside. Greenfield, MA: N.p., [1818].Est. $2,000-$3,000
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0011: [SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Executor's Sale...Slaves, men, women, boys and girls of various ages, houseEst. $800-$1,200
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0012: [SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Notice...Three Likely Negroes. St. Louis, MO: N.p., 18 September 1846.Est. $1,500-$2,500
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0013: [SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. $300 Reward. Ranaway...my Negro Boy George Johnson. Broadside withEst. $2,000-$3,000
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0014: [SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. BREAKER, C.M. To Planters and Other Slaveholders. Spring Hill, AL, 13Est. $600-$800
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0015: [SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Public Sale of Valuable Slaves! Maysville, KY: N.p., 29 December [1854].Est. $2,000-$3,000
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0016: [SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Public Sale of a Valuable Negro Man...Calvin. Cooper County, MO: N.p., 17Est. $1,500-$2,500
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0017: [SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. $100 Reward! Ranaway from the subscriber in Liberty, MO...Anegro man namedEst. $800-$1,200
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0018: [SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Administrator's Sale of Slaves. Clay County, MO: N.p., 9 March 1858.Est. $1,500-$2,500
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0019: [SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. 1200 Dollars Reward. Illustrated broadside seeking runaways, incl. AllenEst. $8,000-$10,000
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0020: [SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. 12 Likely Negroes for Sale. Barren County, KY: N.p., 27 April 1863.Est. $2,000-$3,000
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0021: [SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Public Sale of Slaves!! Franklin County, [KY]: N.p., 30 October 1863. WithEst. $1,000-$1,500
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0022: [CRIME & PUNISHMENT]. Stop the Thief! $50 Reward! Anderson, SC: N.p., [spring 1868].Est. $300-$400
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0023: [SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Charleston Courier. Vol. 2, No. 128. Charleston, SC: A.S. Willington, 31 MayEst. $300-$400
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