Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera, etc. regarding: Abolitionism, Emancipation, Manumission, Anti-Slavery activists and reformers, Slavery Agitation, William Wells Brown, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, John Brown, Frederick Douglass, Free Produce, Anti-slavery Societies, Underground Railroad (UGRR), Free Soil Party, Colonization Societies, etc.
Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera, etc. regarding: Abolitionism, Emancipation, Manumission, Anti-Slavery activists and reformers, Slavery Agitation, William Wells Brown, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, John Brown, Frederick Douglass, Free Produce, Anti-slavery Societies, Underground Railroad (UGRR), Free Soil Party, Colonization Societies, etc.
![3733097] Message. [1853 State of the Union address given by Franklin Pierce]. Franklin Pierce](/pictures/thumb/3733097_1.jpg?v=1674689661)
Rare and apparently unrecorded. The present item publishes President Franklin Pierce’s first State of the Union address given on December 5th, 1853. Pierce’s address emphasized..... Read More about Message. [1853 State of the Union address given by Franklin Pierce
![3732626] The Christiana Riot and The Treason Trials of 1851, An Historical Sketch. [within Papers...](/pictures/thumb/3732626_1.jpg?v=1666823950)
Hensel’s account of the Christiana Riot, an incident of African American-led armed resistance which took place in 1851 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, just over the..... Read More about The Christiana Riot and The Treason Trials of 1851, An Historical Sketch. [within Papers Read...
![3732393] A Journey in the Back Country. In the Winter of 1853-4. (Two Volumes). Frederick Law...](/images/noimage-req.png)
“In this book Olmsted revealed that he considered slavery a very undesirable institution, although he cautioned against immediate abolition. Since this was the last of..... Read More about A Journey in the Back Country. In the Winter of 1853-4. (Two Volumes
![3732013] Flight and Rebellion. Slave Resistance in Eighteenth-Century Virginia. Gerald W. Mullin](/pictures/thumb/3732013_1.jpg?v=1659034749)
Mullin examines resistance by African Americans in Virginia during the 18th-century as the predecessor to the extraordinary slave revolt in 1800, the insurrection led by..... Read More about Flight and Rebellion. Slave Resistance in Eighteenth-Century Virginia
![3731999] Blacks on John Brown. [Inscribed and signed by Benjamin Quarles]. Benjamin Quarles](/pictures/thumb/3731999_1.jpg?v=1655066045)
Inscribed and signed by Benjamin Quarles, editor and a noted authority on African American history. With a 7-page introduction and single-page commentary by Quarles at..... Read More about Blacks on John Brown. [Inscribed and signed by Benjamin Quarles
![3730615] The National Security and the National Faith. Guarantees for the National Freedman and...](/pictures/thumb/3730615_1.jpg?v=1658610330)
First edition? (A 14-page ed. was issued the same year in Boston by Rand & Avery, no priority known). Less than six months after the..... Read More about The National Security and the National Faith. Guarantees for the National Freedman and National...
![3730196] The National Security and the National Faith. Guaranties [sic] for the National Freedman...](/pictures/thumb/3730196_1.jpg?v=1658610330)
First edition? (A 21-page ed. was issued the same year in Boston by Wright & Potter). Less than six months after the Civil War had..... Read More about The National Security and the National Faith. Guaranties [sic] for the National Freedman and...
Widely-known as a prominent landscape architect, and the designer of New York’s Central Park, Frederick Law Olmsted also wrote three books on his impressions of..... Read More about A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, with Remarks on Their Economy
Collected letters of newspaper editor, reformer, and key American abolitionist, William Lloyd Garrison from 1822, at age 17, to his death in 1879. Most “historians..... Read More about The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison [6 volume set complete
![3731184] Map of the United States, Showing the Territory in Possession of the Federal Union,...](/pictures/thumb/3731184_1.jpg?v=1642086373)
An unusual 1864 Civil War map distinguishing territory controlled by the Federal Union from that remaining in possession of the Confederacy. Together, areas tinted purple..... Read More about Map of the United States, Showing the Territory in Possession of the Federal Union, January, 1864
![3731382] Lincoln and the South. James Garfield Randall, 1881–1953](/pictures/thumb/3731382_1.jpg?v=1654200431)
From the library of Fletcher Green, Southern Historian. An examination of President Abraham Lincoln’s familial, marital, and sympathetic ties to the American South and Southern..... Read More about Lincoln and the South
![3731250] From Slavery to Freedom, A History of American Negroes. (Signed). John Hope Franklin](/pictures/thumb/3731250_1.jpg?v=1643655907)
Significantly expanded from the first edition. Inscribed and signed by this historian and civil rights activist. John Hope Franklin’s “most important book, From Slavery to..... Read More about From Slavery to Freedom, A History of American Negroes. (Signed
![3731199] The Duties and Dangers of Those Who Are Born Free. A Sermon Preached at the Annual...](/pictures/thumb/3731199_1.jpg?v=1637457187)
A Springfield, Massachusetts minister, Peabody addresses his sermon to three ideas: a.) those who are born free should learn the worth of freedom b.) they..... Read More about The Duties and Dangers of Those Who Are Born Free. A Sermon Preached at the Annual Election of...
![3731041] [Free Soil Party] Addresses and Proceedings of the State Independent Free Territory...](/pictures/thumb/3731041_1.jpg?v=1634827875)
Proceedings and anti-slavery resolutions adopted by the 1848 Ohio Free Territory Convention of the newly formed “Free Soil” Party. The party met in Columbus to..... Read More about Free Soil Party] Addresses and Proceedings of the State Independent Free Territory Convention of...
![3730916] On Two Hemispheres: Bits from the Life Story of Lewis G. Jordan, as Told by Himself....](/pictures/thumb/3730916_1.jpg?v=1634827869)
First Edition. Scarce autobiography of Lewis Garnett Jordan (1853–1939) who describes his life of enslavement before the Civil War and just after. Born in Lauderdale..... Read More about On Two Hemispheres: Bits from the Life Story of Lewis G. Jordan, as Told by Himself
![3730598] A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, with Remarks on Their Economy. Frederick Law...](/pictures/thumb/3730598_1.jpg?v=1638338782)
This copy bears the dual New York and London imprints, but has “Miller & Company” stamped at the foot of the spine. (Miller & Holman..... Read More about A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, with Remarks on Their Economy
![3731135] The Negro in Ohio 1802-1870. Charles Thomas Hickok](/pictures/thumb/3731135_1.jpg?v=1638590780)
An important thesis and early history of African Americans in Ohio, specifically: the early years of slavery and the anti-slavery movement, the struggle for equality..... Read More about The Negro in Ohio 1802-1870
![3730953] For Representative to Congress. Second District. Benjamin F. Newhall, of Saugus. To the...](/pictures/thumb/3730953_1.jpg?v=1633745066)
Rare. Free Soil Party campaigning for Benjamin Franklin Newhall, abolitionist, politician, self-made businessman, stationmaster on the Underground Rail Road (UGGR) who helped formerly-enslaved African American..... Read More about For Representative to Congress. Second District. Benjamin F. Newhall, of Saugus. To the Voters of...
![3730951] The Landmark of Freedom. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, against the Repeal of the...](/pictures/thumb/3730951_1.jpg?v=1642439153)
Speech on the Kansas-Nebraska Act by the great abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, a leading advocate for civil rights for Black Americans. Here, Sumner..... Read More about The Landmark of Freedom. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, against the Repeal of the Missouri...
![3730914] The Controversy over the Distribution of Abolition Literature 1830-1860. W. Sherman Savage](/pictures/thumb/3730914_1.jpg?v=1630610207)
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
![3730831] Rhymes of the Times and Other Chimes. Caspar Bruchhausen](/pictures/thumb/3730831_1.jpg?v=1630610195)
Author-poet Caspar Bruchhausen (1806-1891) was a homeopathist physician. The book’s more interesting poems (pp92-119) reveal his perspectives on the American Civil War and Reconstruction. The..... Read More about Rhymes of the Times and Other Chimes
![3730720] “Zango; or The Slave.” [within:] The Weekly Visitor, and Ladies’ Museum. New...](/pictures/thumb/3730720_1.jpg?v=1628186659)
Penultimate volume of a rare women’s periodical which began in 1817 and ended in 1823. The volume comprises a half year, 26 numbers, issued weekly..... Read More about “Zango; or The Slave.” [within:] The Weekly Visitor, and Ladies’ Museum. New Series Vol. VI
![3730710] Memoir of Philip and Rachel Price [inscribed by their son and the book’s co-publisher,...](/pictures/thumb/3730710_1.jpg?v=1628131388)
Memorial biography of Quaker educators and abolitionists Philip and Rachel Price, written and co-published by their son, Eli K. Price. Price inscribed, signed, and presented..... Read More about Memoir of Philip and Rachel Price [inscribed by their son and the book’s co-publisher, Eli K....
![3730665] Infidelity and Abolitionism. An Open Letter to the Friends of Religion, Morality, and...](/pictures/thumb/3730665_1.jpg?v=1632596699)
Anti-Republican and anti-John C. Fremont (1813–1890) attack during the 1856 presidential election. The author warned that the former advocated for free love and considered Blacks..... Read More about Infidelity and Abolitionism. An Open Letter to the Friends of Religion, Morality, and the...
![3730664] [“Albany Atlas Extra—February, 1848.”] The Utica Convention. Voice of New-York!!...](/pictures/thumb/3730664_1.jpg?v=1643673906)
The Utica Convention of 1848 resulted in the formation of the Free Soil Party who opposed the expansion of slavery into Western territories. The pamphlet..... Read More about “Albany Atlas Extra—February, 1848.”] The Utica Convention. Voice of New-York!! Proceedings...
