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From Slavery to Wealth: The Life of Scott Bond, the Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy, and Perseverance

By: Rudd, Dan. A. and Theo. Bond

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Madison, The Journal Printing Company: 1917

Seller ID: 15399

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Deep green cloth with gilt titles and decorations on front and spine. (There were apparently several variants in the color of the cloth none of which takes pecedence.) This copy has some edge, corner and surface wear along with an area of small dark stains on the front. See scan. There is a small (2 1/2 X 3 1/2) rectangle of paper pasted to the top right corner of the rear pastedown. This and a small area of light discoloration at the bottom of the spine may indicate that this copy was once in a library. I can find no other evidence that it was. The book is square and securely bound, a solid c...
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"Tom" An Autobiography with Revised Negro Melodies

By: Rutling, Thomas

Price: $1,850.00

Publisher: Torrington, N. Devon, Thos. J. Dyer, Printer: ca. 1907

Seller ID: 16346

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Original printed wrappers, chip to backstrip, otherwise minor wear; foxing to title page and frontispiece, otherwise minimal wear to contents.Overall VG.This is a narrative written by a former member of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Rutling was born a slave in Tennesse and experienced the loss of his mother who was sold. He was freed in 1865 and was able to go to Fisk in Nashville, Tennessee. He became one of the original Fisk Jubilee Singers and stayed with the group until he left them in England and refused to return to America. He became a true celebrity in England. This short autobiography was...
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Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films

By: Sampson, Henry T.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Metuchin, The Scarecrow Press, Inc.: 1977

Seller ID: 15580

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine with No dust jacket as issued

0810810239 Black cloth with white titles; no dustwrapper, as issued. This is a beautiful copy that appears to be unused. The book itself is an excellent souce on the history of African-Americans in films from ca. 1916 through 1950. This section on films is followed by biographies of the actors and actresses who performed in these early movies. Exceptional compendium of information on the early history of African-Americans in films. We have a number of these Scarcrow Press titles. Please enquire or search our website. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 333 pages; CR Reference
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Blacks in Blackface: A Source Book on Early Black Musical Shows

By: Sampson, Henry T.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Metuchen, The Scarecrow Press, Inc.: 1980

Seller ID: 15589

ISBN: 0810814439

Binding: Hardcover

Red cloth with white titles. This book has only very light wear and aging. About NF. This book, one of several African-American source books and references published by The Scarecrow Press, has sections on African-American musicals, theatres and performers, primarily in the early 20th century. The book includes, essays, synopses of plays, biographies of performers and photographs. Much hard to find material. We have a number of these Scarcrow Press titles. Please enquire or search our website. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 552 pages
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Is The Negro a Beast?: A Reply to Chas. Carroll's Book Entitled "The Negro a Beast"

By: Schell, Wm. G.

Price: $350.00

Publisher: Moundsville, WV, Gospel Trumpet Publishing Company: 1901

Seller ID: 16742

Binding: Hardcover

This book was an answer to to Charles Carroll's The Negro a Beast, a controversial and virulently racist work, published in 1900. Schell here refutes Carroll's arguments, primarily on theological grounds. The debate on race in America has been and is of primary concern. This copy has some edge, corner and surface wear. The ffep is detached but present and there is a personal bookplate on the front pastedown. The book has normal aging both interior and exterior. Still square with a secure binding. It is in the G+ to VG- range.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 238 pages
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Letter for Detroit YMCA / NAACP

By: Scruggs, Ramon S.

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Detroit, Ramon S. Scruggs: 1937

Seller ID: 15260

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Letter has very light aging and mailing folds. About near fine. Ramon S. Scruggs was the first African-American in Detroit to rise to the upper levels of business management, working in the upper echelons at both Michigan Bell and AT&T. He became nationally known and worked diligently for Civil Rights into the 1970's. Before joining Michigan Bell, Scruggs worked for the Detroit Urban League and for the Detroit YMCA. This letter reflects his interest in Civil Rights as he seeks funds from fellow Fisk University graduates for the NAACP National Convention that was to be held in Detroit in 1937. ...
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Character Pieces and Bits of Me

By: Sessions, B. J.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Jacksonville, Jean-Aubrey Ideas, Inc.: 1984

Seller ID: 15904

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Book has only very light, general wear and aging -- in tiny ding on bottom right corner, along with light aging. Spine is neither creased nor cracked and book appears unread. Signed twice by author, with name only at half title and with inscroption at colophon. Stated First Edition of this collection of poems by Jacksonville Florida poet, Bettye Sessions. ; B&W Line Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 74 pages
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Othello, The Moor of Venice, Program, 1945

By: Shakespeare, William (Paul Robeson)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, The Theatre Guild: 1945

Seller ID: 16434

Binding: Program

Condition: Very Good

Stapled, beige wraps with red image and titles. Some general, edge, corner and suface wear, though still an attractive VG copy. This program is for the Margaret Webster production of Othello, which rather controversially casrt Paul Robeson as the Moor. Jose Ferrer played Iago and Uta Hagan, Desdemona. There are many photographs from the production with several dramatic shots of Robeson. ; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Unpaginated pages
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Early Georgia, Fall 2007

By: Shirk, Elizabeth C. (ed.)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Athens, Society for Georgia Archaeology: 2007

Seller ID: 16144

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

This copy has only very light, general wear. The Table of Contents is listed in the second scan. Early Georgia is a large format magazine devoted to Georgia archaeology. This issue focuses on archaeological work on African-American sites in the state, including: St. Simons Island, Savannah, Gwinnett County, Hephzibah and others. Many illustrations. ; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 101-182 pages
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Early Georgia, Spring 2008

By: Shirk, Elizabeth C. (ed.)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Athens, Society for Georgia Archaeology: 2008

Seller ID: 16145

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

This copy has only very light, general wear. The Table of Contents is listed in the second scan. Early Georgia is a large format magazine devoted to Georgia archaeology. This issue focuses on archaeological work on African-American sites in the state, including: Richmond Hill, Ossabaw Island, Bryan County, Milledgeville, Springfield and others. Many illustrations. ; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 96 pages
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Black Music in America: A Bibliography

By: Skowronski, John

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Metuchen, The Scarecrow Press, Inc.: 1981

Seller ID: 15588

Binding: Hardcover

0810814439 Deep red cloth with gilt titles. This book has some light corner bumps and aging with spotty toning on top edge. Square and securely bound. VG+ to NF. As the title says, this volume is a large bibliography on black musicians with an understandable emphasis on jazz. The bibliography is divided into three sections. Selected Musicians (pp. 1-558), General References (pp. 559-678) and Reference Works (679-723). General References refers to books and articles on musical genres and some specific groups or institutions while Reference Works deals with other bibliographies and sources of i...
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Images of Blacks in American Culture

By: Smith, Jessie Carney (ed.)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Greenwood Press: 1988

Seller ID: 15586

ISBN: 0313248443

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued

Orange cloth with black titles in red frame. This book has only very light, general shelf wear. Square and secuely bound. Very attractive. The book provides essays by different authorities as well as a selected bibliography on the ways African-Americans have been depicted in various types of American culture from literature to music to film to toys and games. Exceptional resource. Introduction by Nikki Giovanni. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 390 pages
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Lectures on the Philosophy and Practice of Slavery as Exhibited in the Institution of Domestic Slavery

By: Smith, William A.

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Nashville, Stevenson & Evans: 1856

Seller ID: 16693

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

Dark brown, blindstamped cloth with gilt titles on spine. Corners slightly turned but overall a still attractive copy. The interior has some foxing, particularly on the first twenty to thirty pages. A former owner's bookplate is on the front pastedown. Book is square and securely bound with no tears or parting. Overall, this copy is VG to VG-. This book is a defense of slavery by William A. Smith who was a Methodist Episcopal minister and President of Randolph Macon College in Virginia. Smith, who was a professor in Moral and Intellectual Philosophy, argued that slavery was required by scriptu...
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The Soledad Brothers Newsletter

By: Soledad Bros. Defense Committee

Price: $2,500.00

Publisher: (Berkeley), Soledad Bros. Defense Committee: 1971

Seller ID: 16564

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

This 16¼x11½" newspaper is folded horizontally; it has a total of eight pages. The middle section (pp. 2-5) is a fold-out poster backed with an article by Angela Davis. It has some edge toning, with small tears and creases; overall about very good. The Soledad Brothers were George Jackson, Fleeta Drumgo, and John Cluchette, three African-American activists who were accused of murdering a white prison guard at California's Soledad State Prison. This newspaper, dated May 1, 1971, features commentary by Angela Davis, information about other political prisoners, and illustrations. Just two issue...
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Cooperatives, Credit Unions and Poor People

By: Southern Regional Council

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Atlanta, Southern Regional Council: 1966

Seller ID: 15637

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Side-stapled, light gray wraps with titles white and deep brown lettering. Title is on the ffep showing through a rectangular cutout in the front wrap. Some toning along edges along with a tear on the rear front edge. The topic of this report ideals with possibilities of credit and finance for poor people in the South expecially African-Americans. ; Special Report, Southern Regional Council; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 16 +appendix pages
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The Jerry Rescue : October 1, 1851

By: Sperry, Earl E.

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Syracuse, The Onondaga Historical Association: 1924

Seller ID: 11910

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Brown paper wraps with beige backstrip and black titles on front. Title has been very neatly lettered on spine. Some edge and corner wear with diagonal creasing on corners, but volume is square and securely bound. ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 69 pages; Speech and other material related to the rescue of a slave named Jerry before the Civil War. This volume also contains material related to the resue of another slave named Harriet Powell.
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People: A Case Study in Pressure Groups

By: St. James, Warren D., Ph.D.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Exposition Press: 1958

Seller ID: 15626

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

Red cloth with black titles. This book is a former library books with the usual stamps and stickers. It is in VG condition otherwise with light, general wear and some aging. It is still square and securely bound, a solid, usable copy. While published through a vanity publisher, this book is actually the dissertation of the author and seems to be a rather thorough study of the NAACP, an organization to which the author was a member. Introduction by Ulysses S. Donaldson. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 252 pages
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To Live Like Paul Robeson

By: Steele, James

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, New Outlook Publishers: 1977

Seller ID: 16456

ISBN: 0878981241

Binding: Booklet

Condition: Very Good

Except for a vertical fold and a former owner's stamp on the title page, the booklet would be NF. It was written for the 4th Annual Convention of the Young Workers Liberation League, October 7-10, 1977 . YWLL was the former name of the youth arm of the Communist Party USA. It was formed Feb. 7-9, 1970 in Chicago, as the successor to the CPUSA's earlier youth front, the WEB DuBois Clubs of America. Two of the articles were written by the YWLL National Chairman, James Steele, with an introduction by William L. Patterson, leader in the Communist Party USA and head of the International Labor Def...
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Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Free Man; Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West

By: Steward, Austin

Price: $500.00

Publisher: Rochester, Allings & Cory: 1861

Seller ID: 16401

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrated with woodcut plates. Original blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered on spine in gilt. Laid in is a manuscript leaf with period religious reflections. Steward, a fugitive slave from Virginia, settled in Rochester, NY and participated in the underground railway. Somewhat uneasy under the protective laws of New York, he relocated to the Wilberforce Colony in Canada and worked particularly toward the emancipation of slaves from Ohio. He eventually returned to Rochester where he died of typhoid in 1867. He was one of many unsung African-Americans who worked to free slaves. Nicks and chip...
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The Underground Rail Road: A Record Of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating The Hardships, Hair-breadth Escapes, And Death Struggles Of The Slaves In Their Efforts for Freedom ...

By: Still, William

Price: $5,000.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Porter & Coates: 1872

Seller ID: 16793

Binding: Hardcover

Frontispiece portrait and 23 other plates, plus text illustrations. iv, 780 pages. Publisher's green, panelled cloth with gilt tiles and decorations. This is the first edition of this monumental study, made all the more valuable as it was written by one of the most active conductors on the Railroad, and written shortly after the Civil War and emancipation. The book was sold by subscription with four variant bindings. This binding is listed on the title page as "Paneled Style, full gilt ... 4.50. This copy has essentially light general edge, corner and surface wear with anticipated aging along ...
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The Barbarism of Slavery: Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner on the Bill for the Admission of Kansas as a Free State

By: Sumner, Hon. Charles

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Washington DC, Thaddeus Hyatt: 1860

Seller ID: 16047

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

Toned, beige newsprint wraps with black titles. Some edge and corner wear with a small chip on back (less than dime-sized) with small amount of advertisement text affected. (Chip is laid in.) Old stain on front that shows up on interior pages but is difficult to differentiate from the general toning of pages. This copy has been professionally tipped together and is in very nice condition despite the problems noted. Sumner's speech on the admission of Kansas was widely printed and reprinted and constitutes a fierce attack on slavery. I have not been able to determine the exact printing history,...
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Jim Crow Museum Innformation Packet

By: Thorp, John P. (director)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Big Rapids, Ferris State University: 2005

Seller ID: 16286

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

This is a white folder from the Jim Crow Museum at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan. The folder has very light wear and is about near fine. In the folder are a letter from Director John P. Thorp, two museum cards, a Xeroxed off-print of an article about the Museum and and a very nice, oblong, 11X8 booklet on the Museum featuring many color illustrations and a very informative text on the mission of the museum to document racism in America's past. ; Color and B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Unpaginated pages
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The American Missionary, April 1878

By: Tobey, E. S. (president)

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New York, American Missionary Association: 1878

Seller ID: 16919

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Stitched, pale blue wraps with black titles. Some light edge and corner wear and light aging along with a small embossure mark from the Western Reserve Historical Society and a witdrawn stamp on the front wrap. There is also a 1.5" slit at top of spine. Square with a secure binding. About VG. This is publication of the American Missionary Association features reports from activities in the Southern states in freedmen schools and colleges along with other reports on Native Americans and Chinese immigrants. These magazines provide primary sources on early efforts (after the Civil War) on work i...
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The American Missionary, January 1878

By: Tobey, E. S. (president)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, American Missionary Association: 1878

Seller ID: 16920

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

Stapled, pale blue wraps with black titles. Some light edge and corner wear and light aging along with a small embossure mark from the Western Reserve Historical Society and a witdrawn stamp on the front wrap. There is also some soiling on the front wrap and a tiny chip at the top of the spine. There is an old, flattened, vertical crease. Square with a secure binding. About VG. This is publication of the American Missionary Association features reports from activities in the Southern states in freedmen schools and colleges along with other reports on Native Americans and Chinese immigrants. Th...
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The American Missionary, September 1876

By: Tobey, E. S. (president)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, American Missionary Association: 1876

Seller ID: 16921

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Stapled, pale blue wraps with black titles. Some light edge and corner wear and light aging along with a small embossure mark from the Western Reserve Historical Society and a witdrawn stamp on the front wrap. There is also some very light soiling and an old, flattened vertical crease on the front wrap. Square with a secure binding. About VG. This is publication of the American Missionary Association features reports from activities in the Southern states in freedmen schools and colleges along with other reports on Native Americans and Chinese immigrants. These magazines provide primary source...
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Category: African - American