![White Over Black. American Attitudes Toward the Negro 1550-1812. [First Edition]. Winthrop D. Jordan](/pictures/thumb/3730359_1.jpg?v=1618427053)
First edition of this important work examining how Colonial Englishmen created chattel slavery and were, in turn, confronted by it. “Jordan’s assertion in White Over..... Read More about White Over Black. American Attitudes Toward the Negro 1550-1812. [First Edition
Densely written 1841 letter from Cincinnati, Ohio on U.S. President-elect and Cincinnatan, William Henry Harrison (1773–1841), offering political insights and commentary on post-election patronage, writing..... Read More about Post-1840 U.S. Presidential Election Autograph Letter Signed from Cincinnati, commenting on...
Letter written by Burgess Sidney Gaither (1807–1892), North Carolina Whig Politician and later Confederate Congressman. Gaither was the “only North Carolinian there in favor of..... Read More about 1840 Autograph Letter Signed by Burgess Sidney Gaither, North Carolina Whig Politician and later...
“Hundreds of letters, mainly between Hayes and Atticus Haygood of Georgia, regarding one of the most important educational efforts during the 19th century.” —Jenkins. The..... Read More about Teach the Freeman: The Correspondence of Rutherford B. Hayes and the Slater Fund for Negro...
Per a case of blackmail, a potentially-interesting copy of this autobiography of noted Black American Levi Jenkins Coppin (1848–1924), a free born Eastern Shore, Maryland-native..... Read More about Unwritten History. [With the curious provenance of a Sallie E. Robinson
Issued from the Riddick House in Suffolk, Virginia, an almost plaintive plea for Civil War Union officers wanting to resign or request leave of absence..... Read More about Suffolk, Virginia: Headquarters Army of Potomac. July 9, 1862 Manuscript Circular on Resignations...
Separately issued public letter, “History Made to Order,” by Carter G. Woodson, “The Father of Black History” and prolific author, making a sustained critique of..... Read More about “History Made to Order”: Public Letter by Carter G. Woodson, “The Father of Black...
Rare. Early Republic sermon concerning Joseph Mountain, an escaped enslaved African American executed for the capital crime of raping a young white girl. An estimated..... Read More about The Intent of Capital Punishment. A Discourse Delivered in the City of New-Haven, October 20,...
Autobiography of Jane Edna Hunter (1892–1971), a nurse and lawyer, and noted for her commitment to help Black American women. A South Carolinian-native born to..... Read More about A Nickel and A Prayer
![1892 Autograph Letter Signed by Robert James Harlan, Black American Civil Rights Leader.]. Robert...](/pictures/thumb/3730336_1.jpg?v=1617841447)
Brief rare autograph letter signed by this important nineteenth-century African American social reformer. Robert James Harlan (1816–1897) was born into slavery in Kentucky from the..... Read More about 1892 Autograph Letter Signed by Robert James Harlan, Black American Civil Rights Leader
Anti-slavery petition to Congress by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in the Mid-Atlantic states seeking the suppression of “...the African slave trade..... Read More about Memorial of The Society of Friends, in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, on The African...
First of two important 1866 speeches given by abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, a leading advocate for civil rights for Black Americans. Here, Sumner..... Read More about The Equal Rights of All. The Great Guarantee and Present Necessity, For the Sake of Security, and...
Second of two important 1866 speeches given by abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, a leading advocate for civil rights for Black Americans. Sumner attacks..... Read More about No Compromise of Human Rights. No admission in the Constitution of Inequality of Rights, or...
![The Paxton Rangers and Some Facts about Pontiac’s Rebellion. [inscribed by the author]. P. E....](/pictures/thumb/3730227_1.jpg?v=1619111086)
A study of the two-company military battalion known as the Paxton Rangers, not to be confused with the vigilante militia known as the “Paxton Boys.”..... Read More about The Paxton Rangers and Some Facts about Pontiac’s Rebellion. [inscribed by the author
Study of 24 National Parks, Seashores, and Monuments throughout the United States commissioned by the National Parks and Conservation Association, a private educational and scientific..... Read More about Preserving Wilderness in Our National Parks. A Program for Preventing Overuse of the National...
Proposal to establish Voyageurs National Park along the forested northern border of Minnesota and its glaciated lake country “...recognized as the finest canoe waters in..... Read More about Proposed Voyageurs National Park Minnesota, July 1964
Scientific investigations of pesticide use in the United States, including DDT, and its effects on wildlife. With sections devoted to commercial fisheries and sport fisheries;..... Read More about Pesticide-Wildlife Studies: A Review of Fish and Wildlife Service Investigations During 1961 and...
History of the Antiquities Act of 1906 signed into law by Theodore Roosevelt to protect federal lands with important natural and cultural features. Includes much..... Read More about The Antiquities Act of 1906
A review of the history of physiology and medical anatomy from ancient times to the present with some mention of the pioneering American anatomists Drs..... Read More about Annual Lecture. Introductory Lecture to the Course on Anatomy and Physiology, in the Vermont...
Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, East Tennessee University is today part of the University of Tennessee. The 1840 catalog lists the school’s trustees, faculty, and undergraduates..... Read More about Catalogue of the officers and students of East Tennessee University. 1840
Rare Jazz Age photoplay based on this 1927 Paramount Studios film, written by Barbara Chambers and Becky Gardiner. Gardiner scripted the 1926 film The Great..... Read More about New York. A Story of the Titan City, Adventure, Heart-Throbs and Romance. [Jazz Age Romance...
A “definitive study of the intense development of the anti-slavery movement” and being a work of excellent scholarship. Dumond describes all scenarios of the movement;..... Read More about Anti-Slavery. The Crusade for Freedom in America
One of the most significant and mysterious revolts in American history, “Nat Turner’s Revolt” is understood through a voluminous collection of documentary material; accounts, transcripts..... Read More about The Southampton Slave Revolt of 1831. A Compilation of Source Material
Study of the publication and distribution through the mails of abolitionist and anti-slavery literature and newspapers. Examines the publications of such abolitionist journalists as Elihu..... Read More about The Controversy over the Distribution of Abolition Literature 1830-1860
![A Survey History of Cape Lookout National Seashore. [North Carolina]. F. Ross Holland Jr](/pictures/thumb/3730224_1.jpg?v=1616289006)
A National Park Service survey of the history of the southern portion of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the Park known as Cape Lookout..... Read More about A Survey History of Cape Lookout National Seashore. [North Carolina
