The Slave in Canada.
Monograph on slavery in Canada from a legal perspective by William Renwick Riddell (1852–1945), Canadian lawyer, judge, and historian. With chapters on “Before the Conquest,”..... Read More about The Slave in Canada
“I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.”
– Frederick Douglass –
“I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.”
– Frederick Douglass –
Monograph on slavery in Canada from a legal perspective by William Renwick Riddell (1852–1945), Canadian lawyer, judge, and historian. With chapters on “Before the Conquest,”..... Read More about The Slave in Canada
This pamphlet highlights profiles of Black scientists and inventors involved in energy technology development. Scientists are illustrated with a short biography and include: Elijah McCoy;..... Read More about Black Contributors to Science and Energy Technology
Rice cultivation was a significant part of South Carolina’s economy in the 18th and 19th centuries, with enslaved Africans serving as the primary labor force..... Read More about “Plantation Negroes Carrying Rice in South Carolina, U.S.A.” [stereoview caption title
Profusely-illustrated souvenir program for this jazzed-up adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado. A visual spectacle, the musical featured an African-American cast and starred the..... Read More about Michael Todd’s Hot Mikado with Bill Robinson, staged by Hassard Short. Hall of Music, New York...
A special supplementary issue, the entirety of it is devoted to Magee’s article on the Christiana Riot, an event of African American-led armed resistance which..... Read More about The Christiana Riot: its Causes and Effects from a Southern Standpoint [within:] Papers Read...
First edition. “In this careful study, Fletcher examines years in which the military blacks found themselves affected by the growing institution of prejudice and separation..... Read More about The Black Soldier and Officer In The United States Army, 1891-1917
The story of the thousands of free Blacks who lived in the south before the American Civil War and of their struggle to expand their..... Read More about Slaves Without Masters. The Free Negro in the Antebellum South
“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 about Slavery in Kentucky 1792-1865
Complete set of five photographic reproductions from the Cartoon Printing Co. published by Chicago cartoonist John McGreer, based on Solomon Eytinge’s racist African American caricatures..... Read More about Racist Caricatures] I’m Granpa at Last, eh? [Set of five illustrated cabinet cards
Authors in this issue include Herbert Aptheker (“South Carolina Poll Tax, 1737-1895”); Fabian Linden (“Economic Democracy in the Slave South: An Appraisal of Some Recent..... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXXI, No. 2, April 1946
Authors in this issue are Vincent W. Byas (“Ethnologic Aspects of the Martinique Creole”); John Hope Franklin (“Slaves Virtually Free in Ante-Bellum North Carolina”); W...... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXVIII, No. 3, July 1943
Authors include Mary McLeod Bethune (“Clarifying Our Vision with the Facts”); A.A. Taylor (“Historians of the Reconstruction”); Newbell N. Puckett (“Negro Names”); James R. Mock..... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XXIII, No. 1, January 1938
Over half of this issue is devoted to Kenneth W. Porter’s article “Relations between Negroes and Indians within the Present Limits of the United States”..... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XVII, No. 3, July 1932
Authors in this issue include G. Smith Wormley (“Educators of the First Half Century of the Public Schools of the District of Columbia”); F.J. Manheim..... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XVII, No. 2, April 1932
Authors in this issue are W.D. Hambly (“Racial Conflict in Africa”); Joseph H. Park (“Thomas Hughes and Slavery”); Francis B. Simkins (“The Ku Klux Klan..... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XII, No. 4, October 1927
This issue mostly comprises documents, namely the conclusion to the “Correspondence of Lewis Tappan and others with the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society” (166 pages)..... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. XII, No. 3, July 1927
This issue mostly comprises the Introduction and the first seven chapters of A.A. Taylor’s article “The Negro in South Carolina during the Reconstruction.” In 1922..... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. IX, No. 3, July 1924
Authors in this issue include Fred Landon (“The Anderson Fugitive Case”); G. David Houston (“A Negro Senator” [Blanche K. Bruce]); Harry S. Blackiston (“Lincoln’s Emancipation..... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. VII, No. 3, July 1922
“This classic work remains the most comprehensive history of the many and important roles played by African Americans during the American Revolution. With this book..... Read More about The Negro in the American Revolution. (Signed
Authors in this issue are John R. Lynch (“Some Historical Errors of James Ford Rhodes”); Charles H. Wesley (“The Struggle of Haiti and Liberia for..... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. II, No. 4, October 1917
Authors in this issue are John H. Russell (“Colored Freemen as Slave Owners in Virginia”); John H. Paynter (“The Fugitives of the Pearl”—including a genealogy..... Read More about The Journal of Negro History, Vol. I, No. 3, July 1916
The author discusses how Free Blacks in South Carolina pre-American Civil War were allowed to remain free due to their tremendous economic output and presents..... Read More about A World in Shadow. The Free Black in Antebellum South Carolina
“25 minutes from life.” An oil portrait of Douglas Roach (1909–1938), as a seven year-old Provincetown boy, painted on-the-spot, by the prolific Cape Cod artist..... Read More about “A Lost American Hero.” – Original 1916 Portrait of Douglass Roach of Provincetown,...
The straws that broke the camel’s backs; scattered onto the front page of The World and over four lengthly columns. In this sensationalized account, the..... Read More about Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frances E.W. Harper:] Battling for...
Essays and photographs published on the occasion of the 1956 Randall’s Island Jazz Festival with performances by Billie Holliday, Dave Brubeck, Gerry Mulligan, Count Basie..... Read More about Jazz New York. [Randall’s Island Jazz festival, August, 1956