[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Manuscript inventory of

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Manuscript inventory for 11 enslaved individuals. [Lauderdale County, Mississippi?], 7 May 1853. 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. manuscript inventory (creased at folds, with some ink transfer

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Manuscript inventory of plantation property and enslaved individuals from the estate of John Reid, Madison County, KY, 31 August 1859. 1p, 7 7/8 x 11 7/8 in. Creased, with some

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Manuscript trial speech given by M.B. King in defense of Skelt Greer, an enslaved man convicted of murder. Manuscript synopsis, [Henry County, TN]: [April 1846]. 7 pp., 7 7/8 x

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Manuscript bill of sale for an enslaved man named "Ando." Plymouth, MA, 29 September 1738. 1p, 7 3/4 x 6 in. (few holes, verso with ink bleed and adhesive residue). Signed and s

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Manuscript bill of sale for the enslaved woman "Nancy." Tensaw, Baldwin County, AL, 1 April 1862.   1p, 7 3/4 x 5 1/8 in. (toning, creasing at folds, scattered blue ink and

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Manuscript bill of sale for enslaved African Americans "Edward" and "Jane." Wake County, NC, 14 September 1857.   1p, 8 x 10 in. (toning, creasing at folds, chipping at edg

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Manuscript deed of trust bequeathing seven enslaved men, women, and their children. Beaufort District, SC, 19 February 1817. 4pp, 8 1/2 x 11 in. (heavily toned, separation at fo

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Manuscript bill of sale for enslaved woman "China" and enslaved child "Crawford." Wake County, NC, ca 1820s. 1p, approx. 8 x 10 in. (multiple pieces, possibly portions of separa

[SLAVERY AND ABOLITION]. Manuscript document, an affidavit of free birth, signed by Justice of the Peace George Rice. Frederick County, Maryland, 15 May 1832.   1 page, oblong 8vo, docketed verso

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. A group of 2 inventories listing enslaved individuals, comprising: Inventory of the property of Gadi + Tobias Owen Minors.  [Mississippi?], [1830s?].  1 page, 8vo, 7 1

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION].  List of Slaves and Free Negroes found under guard when Brig. Gen'l Martin assumed command at Plymouth, NC.  [Plymouth, NC], [1864?]. Manuscript listing over 262 indiv

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. A group of 2 documents related to the enslavement of individuals in Louisiana, comprising: Manuscript appraisal document listing the property and enslaved individuals "belonging

1881 Frederick Douglass Signed Document Partly printed indenture accomplished in manuscript, signed by Frederick Douglass as Recorder. Washington, D.C., 19 October 1881. 1 page on blue paper. Docketin

Manuscript copy last will and testament of William Drury. Anne Arundel County, [Maryland], originally recorded 9 October 1822, copy 3 April 1879. 2 pages. Witnessed and undersigned by Samuel Drury, Sr

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Public Sale of Slaves!! Franklin County, [KY]: N.p., 30 October 1863. With pencil inscription recording the 8 enslaved sold with names and prices.   Visible 11 3/4 x 8 7/8

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. 12 Likely Negroes for Sale.  Barren County, KY: N.p., 27 April 1863.   10 5/8 x 14 3/8 in. letterpress broadside (minor offsetting, a few ink spots); framed to 15 1/8

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Notice...Three Likely Negroes. St. Louis, MO: N.p., 18 September 1846. Visible 11 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. letterpress broadside (creasing, ink bleed from verso); matted and framed to 15

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION].  $300 Reward. Ranaway...my Negro Boy George Johnson. Broadside with autograph letter signed ("Nath'l W. Hays") on bifolium integral leaf to Chief of Police of West Chester,

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. MATTHEWS, Nathaniel. Autograph letter signed ("Nathaniel Matthews"), to R.W. Vasser, with details of 10 enslaved individuals. Richmond, VA, 9 December 1849.   2 pages, 4to,

(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) [Samuel M. Fassett; photographer.] Carte-de-visite portrait of Frederick Douglass taken during the Civil War. Albumen copy-print photograph, 3½ x 2 inches, on plain period

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Administrator's Sale of Slaves. Clay County, MO: N.p., 9 March 1858. 9 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. letterpress broadside (toning, short marginal tears); framed to 13 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (not e

(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Commissioner's Sale! . . . Eight Likely Negroes. Letterpress broadside, 9 x 11¼ inches, signed in type by Silvester Johnson as commissioner; folds, minimal wear, tipped to

Small group of ephemera: 1.) 1862 oblong 4to 1 page printed Emancipation Proclamation broadside boldly headed "Act of Justice. / By The President Of The United States Of America. / A PROCLAMATION..."

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Executor's Sale...Slaves, men, women, boys and girls of various ages, house servants and farm hands. Oxford, [Talbot County, MD]: N.p., 9 April 1844. 11 3/8 x 14 in. printed bro