The New Negro. His Political, Civil and Mental Status and Related Essays.
Presentation copy from the author, South Carolina native William Pickens: “To my friend — Mrs. Lydia M. Phillips of Phila., Pa. — With Compliments of... Read More
African Americana
Through Afro-America. An English Reading of the Race Problem.
Clark, New South (t.p. illustrated) II:6 — “[Archer] seemed unable to divest himself of certain English attitudes. His position on race is indicated by his... Read More
Slavery in Kentucky 1792-1865.
“This study is an attempt to give a connected and concise account of the institution of slavery as it existed in the State of Kentucky... Read More
A Side-Light on Anglo-American Relations, 1839-1858: Furnished by the Correspondence of Lewis Tappan and Others with the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society.
The Tappan Papers; correspondence between noted New York abolitionist Lewis Tappan and other important figures from the 19th-century anti-slavery movement. The present work is described... Read More
Centennial Celebration of Lincoln’s Birthday at Lincoln University, Pa ... February 12, 1909. [opening lines of small broadside]
Unrecorded and modestly illustrated broadside celebrating Lincoln’s birthday at 100 years. Lincoln was born near Hodgenville, Kentucky in 1809. Here, at Lincoln University, the activities... Read More
Tuskegee to Voorhees. The Booker T. Washington Idea Projected by Elizabeth Evelyn Wright.
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Evelyn Wright (1872–1906) School founder, educator. A native of Georgia, she founded the Denmark Industrial Institute in Denmark, South Carolina, a school for... Read More
The Black Cat Club. Negro humor & folk-lore.
Corrothers was a Midwestern African American, a clergyman and poet. “His newspaper sketches were later published as The Black Cat Club: Negro Humor and Folk-lore... Read More
The Clansman. An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan. [First Edition]
A handsome copy of this famous novel that significantly raised the profile of the Ku Klux Klan and promoted its agenda. Blockson 101: “No American... Read More
The Domestic Slave Trade of the Southern States.
Scarce. The standard work on the subject until being supplanted by Bancroft’s Slave-Trading in the Old South. Scholarly treatment, with extensive footnotes, of the history... Read More
Presbyterianism. Its Relation to the Negro. Illustrated by the Berean Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, with Sketch of the Church and Autobiography of the Author.
Rare. OCLC 936479345 returns one physical copy only at Princeton Theological Seminary. Excellent copy of this first edition of black Presbyterian minister Rev. Matthew Anderson’s... Read More
The Chisolm Massacre. [First Edition]
In 1877, several years after the end of Reconstruction in Mississippi, white citizens there went on a murderous rampage. They burned out the homes of... Read More
The Chisolm Massacre. [Association Copy]
In 1877, several years after the end of Reconstruction in Mississippi, white citizens there went on a murderous rampage. They burned out the homes of... Read More
Unwritten History.
Autobiography of Levi Jenkins Coppin (1848–1924), free born Eastern Shore, Maryland-native, “thirtieth bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal church, editor, and missionary.” (DANB) After entering... Read More
The New Negro. His Political, Civil and Mental Status and Related Essays.
The New Negro was published in the midst of the First World War, during the Jim Crow era, at a time when many Southern blacks... Read More
American Aesop: Negro and Other Humor.
A collection of African American humor (preachers, religion, war, misc.,), most in dialect, by this African American writer. Additionally, there are stories of humor dedicated... Read More
The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States 1638-1870.
The author’s first book. Blockson 101, #47 (for the first edition): “Du Bois launched his interest in black consciousness with his doctoral dissertation. The Suppression... Read More
![[Spelman College:] Campus Mirror. Commencement Issue. Volume XX. 1944 Number 8. Nina Charlton, -in-Chief.](/pictures/thumb/3728083_1.jpg?v=1543437610)
[Spelman College:] Campus Mirror. Commencement Issue. Volume XX. 1944 Number 8.
Charming commencement issue from this African American college in Atlanta, Georgia, the oldest private historically black liberal arts college for women. Though not a yearbook... Read More
South Carolina During Reconstruction.
Study of South Carolina during immediate post-Civil War Reconstruction, 1865–1868, and later under its new State Constitution—a period of radical Reconstruction that ended in 1877... Read More
Constitutional Problems Under Lincoln [Revised Edition; Inscribed by Author].
A study of Abraham Lincoln’s government and the great issues of constitutional law raised during his war-time presidency. Revised Edition with new 23-page foreword by... Read More
The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States 1638-1870.
First Edition of the author’s first book, this copy formerly from the library of the New England finishing school, Mrs. Porter’s School, in Farmington, Connecticut... Read More
![[Dual Provenance:] Following the Color Line. An Account of Negro Citizenship in the American Democracy. Ray Stannard Baker, 1870–1946.](/pictures/thumb/3728065_1.jpg?v=1543874735)
[Dual Provenance:] Following the Color Line. An Account of Negro Citizenship in the American Democracy.
Important study on race in America written by journalist Ray Stannard Baker in the aftermath of the Atlanta race riot of 1906. This copy with... Read More
Concessions and Compromises.
Urgently-toned tract attributed to John Francis Fisher (1807–1873), published in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln’s 1860 election as president and amid the “hot” talk of... Read More
The Character and Influence of Abolitionism. A Sermon Preached in the First Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, on Sabbath Evening, December 9th, 1860.
Apparently seen in editions of 24pp. and 31pp. and 38pp., a sermon against abolition. Author Rev. Henry J. Van Dyke (1822–1891), a prominent Presbyterian preacher... Read More
Sinfulness of American Slavery: Proved from its Evil Sources, its Injustice, its Wrongs ... Together with Observations on Emancipation, and the Duties of American Citizens in Regard to Slavery.
Charles Elliott (1792–1869) Emigrated to America from Ireland and became a prominent minister within the Methodists of Ohio. “During the long debate within his church... Read More
The Jubilee Singers, and Their Campaign for Twenty Thousand Dollars.
Blockson 88: “The Jubilee Singers from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, travelled throughout the United States and Europe. They were received by Queen Victoria and... Read More