The image names each of the enslaved people depicted. The caption states: “Emancipated slaves, white and colored— the children are from the schools established in New Orleans, by Order of Major-General Banks.” An article follows on p. 71 The images...
The front cover has a full page illustration of President Lincoln with the caption “President Lincoln Taking the Oath At His Second Inauguration, March 4, 1865–Photographed by Gardner, Washington” with an article on page 164. Pages 168-169 is a double...
This book, An Inquiry into the Character and Tendency of the American Colonization and American Anti-Slavery Societies, written by William Jay, 3rd edition, contains arguments against slavery.. But even so, some of the arguments are objectionable, while some would be...
This small but comprehensive pamphlet prepared by the Educational Department, New York State Communist Party, is titled “Negro History Week 1953, Peace, Equality,” and sold for 25 cents. The articles are taken from various places, copied in the original typeface,...
Curved Stereoview photo shows a crowd watching a parade. Black troops are marching down a wide street bordered by buildings with American flags flying from windows. The caption reads: “v19244–Colored Veterans of the 15th Regt. 369th Infantry, Marching up Fifth...
front of envelope (postal cover) shows drawing of seated women in stars and stripes dress holding seal with American eagle and another sign saying “loyalty to the Union State of Iowa” back: across the top of envelope: “For Sale by...
New York Daily Tribune, December 7, 1859, Vol. XIX, no. 5811, p. 3 This newspaper has a long article, 4 of the 6 columns, describing “John Brown’s Invasion” and “The Fugitives–Cooke and Virginia in Kansas. The article begins: “I am...
amputation, civil war Double page spread: scene of Union army entering Richmond, people on rooftops, people in streets, all rejoicing, explosion in background. Caption reads: “The Union Army Entering Richmond, April 3, 1865” Political Cartoon on back page depicts a...
Author: [COMMUNIST PARTY USA] ” Shall It Be Bullets? Yes, Says Father Coughlin, the Man Behind Lemke. What Do You Say? On September 25 Father Coughlin said in Cincinnati: ‘When the ballot is useless, I shall have the courage to...
CDV photograph of enslaved children in New Orleans with Caucasian phenotype, by Charles Paxson, New York. These cdvs were sold to raise money for abolitionist causes and create awareness and empathy for enslaved people. 1864. From the website: “Photograph shows...
Issue of the National Anti-Slavery Standard newspaper from March 1, 1856. There are a total of 4 pages. Includes story of Dred Scott titled “Important Suit Before the Supreme Court: Dred Scot vs. John F. A. Sanford” The article begins...
Words by Sam.M. Lewis and Joe Young; Music by Geo. W. Meyer. Waterson Berlin & Snyder Col publishers at the Strand Theater Bldg Broadway at 47th Street New York To hear song, press link above 13.625″h x 10.5″w
Pamphlet written by Charles Jackson, illustrated by Ruth Wilson, published by Pioneer Publishers, “Charles Jackson’s fighting column featured watch week in ‘The Militant’–the uncompromising champion of the colored people—calls for militant struggle to win full social, economic and political equality...
Tintype shows a dapper Black man on a bench posing for his photograph. The background is a dropcloth with a picture of a scene with a ticket booth and the words “NY State Fair 1903”. Whether the grass below his...
“His last words.- “I die for the inalienable right of mankind to freedom, whatever hue the skin may be.”” These are printed at the top of this civil war period envelope. On the right it says “John Brown” and beneath...
The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races. February 1920, vol. 19, n0. 4. Whole no. 112. Cover art by Frank Walts Conducted by W.E. Burghardt Du Bois, opinion written by W.E. Burghardt Du Bois Articles include “Lynching Map, 1919;”...
“Photographer re-creates the emotional crisis of a powerful new novel” the famous photographer Gordon Parks creates images corresponding to Ralph Ellison’s classic 1952 novel “The Invisible Man.” Photo essay by Gordon Parks, “Invisible Man” “Speaking of Pictures, A Man Becomes...
New York Daily Tribune, August 10, 1860 Article titled “Mr. Douglas, The Republicans, and the Dred Scott Decision.” Contains the report on the Dred Scott Decision, and ways to eventually overturn it. “The People of the United States, acting through...
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