Slaves deprived of all legal rights

Inked manuscript on single folded letter sheet stating that the court recognizes the right of Ann P. Smith to one third of the real estate and slaves of James Copper deceased being his legal wife, sig

1846 THE LEGAL RIGHTS, LIABILITIES and DUTIES of WOMEN; with an Introductory History of Their Legal Condition in the Hebrew, Roman and Feudal Civil Systems by Edward D. Mansfield. Published by Salem:

1853 Randolph County, Georgia the document court document recording a guilty verdict in a murder trial. The bill of indictment records a guilty verdict in the trial of Jerry, a slave, for the murder o

Vol. 4. P 330-331. Slave trading was legal until 1820, when Congress declared it a form of piracy. Alton S. Tobey. Board size: 11.25 x 18. Title: Slave Trade. Medium: Oil on Board. Size: 10 x 16 in. S

United States CSA Confederate States of America, the state of Mississippi note #268567 issued May 1st 1862, with a Native American to the left side and a cotton field with two slaves on the right. Sec

20th Century Oil On Canvas "Slave Market". Initialed lower right J.F. Good condition. Measures 24" x 18", frame measures 28" x 21-3/4". Shipping $155.00 (estimate $150-$250)

Amazing autobiography from former slave turned educator and civil rights activist Booker T. Washington. This book "Up from Slavery" describes his rise from slave child to receiving his education from

LOT (2) INCLUDING 1749/50 INDENTURED SERVANT DOCUMENT (MARY BIRDWELL AGE 16) TO JAMES WRIGHT, COLONY OF CONN; LAST WILL & TESTAMENT, GOSHEN, COLONY OF NY, 1740, RIGHT TO SELL NEGRO SLAVE "FREELAND"

A Page from the Newport Mercury [newspaper] that includes a Runaway Fugitive Slave Ad [in the bottom right corner of the front page]. Vol. LXII, Number 3201, Saturday 16 August 1823.Full newspaper cop

$5.00 Bank of Selma, Alabama, 1862. VG/F. Image in lower right depicts African-American slave picking cotton.

Sculptural mixed media with acrylic and metallic paints, glitter, wood, copper, Styrofoam, plastic reflector, and rhinestones. Initialed and dated '02 lower right; dated and titled "Slave to Passion"

A two page manuscript legal document regarding the sale of a group of "negroes" slaves dated 1813. The sale was in dispute and this document addresses the concerns. Legal document concerning a slavery

Erte (FRENCH, 1892–1990) "The Slave" - 1987, serigraph, pencil signed lower right, gold metal frame, 34 1/2" x 25 3/4" sight, 42" x 33 1/2" overall

A Lionel Barrymore Watercolor Painting, 1953. Rendered on canvas, depicting a Middle East

Antebellum Richmond Slave Receipt for "one Negro Slave named Ryal" A 1p partly printed and partly manuscript document signed by G.W. Williams, presumably a slave agent or auctioneer, at lower right. N

Single folded letter sheet, 7 ½ x 12 ½” with inked manuscript being a legal document ordering that two named slaves be sold at public auction to settle disputed will, Mason County,

MANIFEST FOR AN AMERICAN VESSEL DELIVERING A SLAVE IN THE CARIBBEAN Manuscript D.S., 1p. oblong legal folio, [New London], 1794, essentially an accounting from the merchant sloop "Polly" showing charg

Calendar Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts. Vols. 8/11/1792-12/31/1793, 1/1/1908-12/31/1835, 1/1/1836-4/15/1869. Published 1886, 1892, 1893. Rights of Indians, Naval actions, negro slave con

Charles Wellington (C.W.) Boyle (Louisiana, 1861-1925), "Slave Cabin," etching, signed in plate lower right, pencil titled lower left, and pencil signed lower right, unframed, presented in a protectiv

Art Naif cast based on the popular British-American anti-slavery medals and tokens. Chained kneeling slave with hands raised in prayer faces right within high beaded border, HUMANITY below, integral l

Fine content partly-printed war-date D.S., 1p. legal folio, Augusta, Oct. 25, 1864, vividly illustrating the abuse of slaves impressed for labor by the Confederate authorities. The document, a 'Form 4

Mason Co. court document dealing with the ownership of two named slaves Dilly & Milly, by Joseph Graves with inked manuscript on folded unlined legal letter sheet, 7 ¼ x 12 ¼”. Doc

Mason Co. court document detailing the 1835 will of James Cooper of Mason Co. on unlined folded legal letter sheet with 2 ¼” pages of inked manuscript text, docketed on back dealing with

Mason Co. court document detailing the 1828 will of Elizabeth Graves, mother of Joseph of Mason Co. on unlined folded legal letter sheet with 2 ¼” pages of inked manuscript text, docketed