Legal draft, not completed in full at the time it was written, concerning three Spaulding men of Massachusetts and there plans to erect a sawmill..... Read More about Late 18th century Draft of Legal Agreement between Zebulon Spaulding; Abel Spaulding; Joseph...
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Rare first edition. Controversial novel in favor of lynching, written by Southern woman author, Hallie Erminie Rives (1874–1956). The book concerns issues of slavery and..... Read More about Smoking Flax. [First Edition: Black Americans, Race, Lynchings
Extraordinary and very lengthy letter written by an in-patient, possibly in Wernersville State Hospital in Berks County, Pennsylvania, an asylum for the “chronically insane”. The..... Read More about 28-page Autograph Letter from a Patient with Mental Illness to U.S. Senator Boies Penrose of...
History of the Boston Massacre as originally reported in the Boston Gazette, with an historical introduction by Richard W. Hale, Jr., Archivist of the Commonwealth..... Read More about The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King-Street, Boston, on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th...
A sequel to Davis’ Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture. This second book is described as, “The most profound study of..... Read More about The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823
Handwritten in 1776, a true copy of the last will and testament of Peter Stille, yeoman of Philadelphia mentioning real estate in Philadelphia and New..... Read More about 1776 Document; Last Will and Testament of Peter Stille of Philadelphia
At the 1912 Progressive or “Bull Moose” Party Convention a controversy arose over Southern black delegates. While the convention allowed black delegates from Northern States..... Read More about The Negro Question. Attitude of the Progressive Party Toward the Colored Race. Colonel...
Important biography of Georgia merchant and politician Button Gwinnett (1735–1777), a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Gwinnett served as president of the Georgia provincial..... Read More about Button Gwinnett, Signer of the Declaration of Independence
Essay on the teaching of African American history by the former president of Wilberforce University and the founding president of Central State University, both HBCUs..... Read More about The Treatment of The Negro-American in the Study and Teaching of United States History
Catalogue of the Charles L. Blockson Collection of Black Americana, donated in 1984 to Temple University in Philadelphia. Blockson thereafter served as curator of his..... Read More about Catalogue of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection
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Manuscript account recording sales of various foodstuffs, grains, coal, etc. and expenses for wages for workers or servants, likely kept in West Yorkshire, England. Some..... Read More about 1770–1779, 1788–1790 Manuscript Account Book, West Yorkshire, England
Massive compilation of Spanish Colonial historical documents and letters relating to New Mexico (Santa Fe de Nuevo México) and Nueva Vizcaya both in northern New..... Read More about Historical Documents relating to New Mexico, Nueva Vizcaya, and Approaches Thereto, to 1773 ......
Pioneering study of Black suffrage in the American South by Paul Lewinson (1900–1988), then visiting professor of history at Swarthmore College and later archivist of..... Read More about Race, Class, & Party. A history of Negro Suffrage and White Politics in the South....
Anthology of articles from the Black press, compiled from newspapers and periodicals in the aftermath of the Washington (D.C.) Race Riot of 1919 when White..... Read More about The Voice of the Negro 1919
The seventh edition of this important national directory of leading Black Americans, first published in 1927, this being the first updated edition since before the..... Read More about Who’s Who in Colored America. An Illustrated Biographical Directory of Notable Living Persons...
Biography of abolitionist Thomas Garrett (1789–1871) of Wilmington, Delaware, Underground Railroad Station Master and working colleague of celebrated Underground Railroad Conductor Harriet Tubman (c.1822–1913). Includes..... Read More about Station Master on the Underground Railroad. The Life and Letters of Thomas Garrett. [signed by...
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“Lane reveals how social and economic discrimination created a black criminal subculture. This subculture, overlooked by those histories depending on often inaccurate census materials, eroded..... Read More about Roots of Violence in Black Philadelphia 1860-1900. [signed by the author
![American Negroes. A Handbook. [inscribed and signed by the author]. Edwin R. Embree,...](/pictures/thumb/3729407_1.jpg?v=1595965821)
Chapter titles include “A New Race, the Brown Americans”; “Keeping Alive”; “Learning the New Civilization”; “Half Nazi, Half Democrat”; “Dark Melody”; and “Books By and..... Read More about American Negroes. A Handbook. [inscribed and signed by the author
Collection of 19th century primary-source documents, with modern historical introductions and notes, of Black State Conventions held in 16 states before the American Civil War..... Read More about Proceedings of the Black State Conventions, 1840-1865 [2 volumes; inscribed co-editor, labor...
Popular fiction (pseudonymous?) with an erotic bent published as a “Romantic Narrative,” part of an “Anglo-American Series,” this being the first title (and likely the..... Read More about Romantic Narrative. Anglo-American Series, No. 1. The Englishman in America; or Impressions and...
Comprehensive archive from the Hiteon Progressive Club, a women’s organization in the Hillsboro-Beaverton-Tigard, region west of Portland Oregon, dating from when it was organized in..... Read More about 1921–1963, Archive of the Hiteon Progressive Club, a Women’s Club in Greater Portland, Oregon
Archive of illustrated African-language grammar textbooks and African-language missionary religious periodicals, photographs, and related ephemera documenting an evangelical and linguistic outreach to the Senufo people..... Read More about 1960s–1970s Archive of Missionary Linguistic activities in Côte d’Ivoire, i.e., The Ivory Coast
Author Schenk declares this is the first [American] book of its kind published solely for the barber trade. While incorrect, The Barbers’ Recipe Book was..... Read More about The Barbers’ Recipe Book for the Use of Barbers Especially; Giving the Formulae and Most...
“Magnificently coarse” and a formidable Philadelphia Boss and Senator, Boies Penrose (1860–1921), i.e. “Big Grizzly,” dominated the Gilded Age world of Pennsylvania Republican politics for..... Read More about C.1895–1922 Archive of U.S. Senatorial Letters and Papers kept by Republican “Boss,” Boies...
An important 1787 election sermon preached at the time of the U.S. Constitutional Convention and discussing “paper-money” by the Rev. Joseph Buckminster (1751-1812), prominent Portsmouth..... Read More about Federal Constitution of 1787] A Sermon, Preached before His Excellency the President, the...
