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Starke, Richard:

THE OFFICE AND AUTHORITY OF A JUSTICE OF PEACE EXPLAINED AND DIGESTED, UNDER PROPER TITLES. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, FULL AND CORRECT PRECEDENTS OF ALL KINDS OF PROCESS NECESSARY TO BE USED BY MAGISTRATES; IN WHICH ALSO THE DUTIES OF SHERIFFS, AND OTHER PUBLICK OFFICERS, IS PROPERLY DISCUSSED.

Williamsburg: Alexander Purdie and John Dixon, 1774. [4], 353, [3] pages. Scattered light to moderate foxing. Original calf [rubbed, boards detached but rehinged with tape internally], gilt lettered red morocco spine label. Contemporary owner signature and inscriptions. Good+. The Preface asserts the necessity "in this Colony" for this Treatise..... More

Price: $2,000.00

Confederate Tennessee Slave Replevin Case:

"STATE OF TENNESSEE, CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE COMMON LAW AND CHANCERY COURT OF THE CITY OF MEMPHIS 12 DAY OF JUNE 1861. ANNE M. COGSWELL, PLAINTIFF VERSUS D.F. JACKSON & J.C. MCMURREY, DEFENDANT. "ANNE M COGSWELL MAKES OATH IN DUE FORM OF LAW, THAT ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF HER KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION AND BELIEF THAT SHE IS ENTITLED TO THE POSSESSION OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY TO WIT: ONE NEGRO BOY JEFF - AGED 27 YEARS WORTH $1000 WHICH PROPERTY IS NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF SAID DEFENDANT. . . SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME, THIS 12 DAY OF JUNE, 1861. MARCUS DWIGHT, CLERK BY A.J. WHEELER, DEPUTY CLERK. "ANNE M. COGSWELL"

Folio broadside, 8" x 12-1/2". Partly printed form completed in ink manuscript. Light toning, old folds, a few short fold splits [no loss]. Signed by A.J. Wheeler as Deputy Clerk and Anna M. Cogswell. Very Good. This claim was brought just days after Tennessee voted to join the Confederate..... More

Price: $375.00

IMPRESSMENT RECEIPT. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, DEPARTMENT OF LT.-GEN. POLK....

[Polk, Leonidas]:

IMPRESSMENT RECEIPT. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, DEPARTMENT OF LT.-GEN. POLK. SLAVES AND OTHER PROPERTY IMPRESSED UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, UNDER DATE 6TH APRIL, 1863, BY ORDER OF LIEUT.-GENL. L. POLK, COMMANDING DEPARTMENT...

[Marengo County, Alabama: 1864]. Single leaf, printed on recto only, completed in light pencil manuscript. Lightly spotted, else Very Good. The "Impressment Agent" of Marengo County has "impressed and received from Charles Walker in said County, the Slaves and other Property herein specified." The property recorded is a slave, a...... More

Price: $750.00

Benezet, Anthony:

A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS; THEIR RISE, RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLES AND SETTLEMENTS IN AMERICA. MOSTLY COLLECTED FROM DIFFERENT AUTHORS, FOR THE INFORMATION OF ALL SERIOUS INQUIRERS, PARTICULARLY FOREIGNERS. THE THIRD EDITION. BY ANTHONY BENEZET.

Philadelphia: Printed by Enoch Story, at his Printing-Office... 1783. 40pp, stitching gone. Inner margin and corner lightened [no effect on text]. Lightly toned, else Very Good. Benezet explains the Quakers' stance on slavery and the slave trade, unequivocally prohibiting their "being, in any respect, concerned in support of this..... More

Price: $375.00

["Boy Abe"]:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, 9 JANUARY 1861, FROM BY SAM. L. COCHRAN, TO MAJOR WILLIAM S. MIREE, EXPLAINING HIS ERRONEOUS RETENTION OF "THE BOY, ABE."

"At Home", Alabama: 1861. Single leaf, folded for mailing, to "Maj. W.S. Miree | Perryville | Ala." Some dusting and spotting, completely legible. Good+. "I have this day sent the boy, Abe, per Mr. Middleton, to you. You will know, perhaps, ere this reaches you, that I made a second..... More

Price: $375.00

ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, FROM THE 19TH OF AUGUST, 1844, TO THE 14TH OF SEPTEMBER,...

[Charleston]:

ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, FROM THE 19TH OF AUGUST, 1844, TO THE 14TH OF SEPTEMBER, 1854; AND THE ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY RELATING TO THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, DURING THE SAME INTERVAL. COMPILED BY H. PINCKNEY WALKER, BY DIRECTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

Charleston: Printed by A.E. Miller, 1854. Original quarter sheep [rubbed, hinges weak]. xvii, [1 blank], 233, [1 blank] pp. Faint blindstamp at base of title page, "Duplicate" in pencil on front free endpaper, scattered light foxing. Very Good. Private bookplate of John Paul Stratton of Charleston on front pastedown. The..... More

Price: $450.00

[African Slave Trade]:

THE PENNSYLVANIA PACKET, AND DAILY ADVERTISER. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1788.

[Philadelphia: John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole], 1788. 4pp, folio, caption title [as issued], folded. Printed in four columns per page. Uniformly toned, some edge and spine wear. About Very Good. More than three columns on page two print Parliament's Act regulating the African Slave Trade. The Act forbade any..... More

Price: $375.00

[Sierra Leone]:

PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE RIGHTS OF LIBERATED AFRICANS AND THE PREVENTION OF SLAVE DEALING AT SIERRA LEONE. (IN CONTINUATION OF PAPERS PRESENTED AUGUST 12, 1853.) PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY COMMAND OF HER MAJESTY, AUGUST 12, 1853.

London: Printed by George Edward Eyre... 1853. Folio, modern blue wrappers, with copy of title affixed to front wrap. Stitched. 35, [1] pp. Lightly foxed, Very Good. The papers concern the treatment of Liberated Africans under British law; the continuing participation of Africans in the illicit slave trade; the..... More

Price: $450.00

[Sierra Leone]:

PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE PREVENTION OF SLAVE DEALING AT SIERRA LEONE. (IN CONTINUATION OF PAPERS PRESENTED AUGUST 12, 1853.) PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY COMMAND OF HER MAJESTY, AUGUST 1855.

London: Printed by George Edward Eyre... 1855. Folio, modern blue wrappers, with copy of title affixed to front wrap. Stitched. iv, 85pp, Near Fine. Informative material on the slave-trade, with lists "of children rescued from slavery, either sold from or purchased and brought into this country"; prosecutions for slave-trading..... More

Price: $450.00

American Anti-Slavery Society:

THE ANTI-SLAVERY RECORD. MARCH, 1836. VOL. II. NO. I WHOLE NO. 15.

New-York: R. G. Williams, [1836]. 12pp, illustrated. Original printed and decorated wrappers, stitched. Illustrations. Very Good. The contents of this issue: The Humanity of the Africo-Americans, The Consistency of Lafayette, The Disruption of Family Ties, and Receipts of the American Anti-Slavery Society. The rear wrap has advertisements, a sonnet..... More

Price: $150.00

NEGRO EDUCATION, WINDWARD AND LEEWARD ISLANDS. -1.- COPY OF A REPORT FROM C.J. LATROBE, ESQ. TO...

[Windward and Leeward Islands]:

NEGRO EDUCATION, WINDWARD AND LEEWARD ISLANDS. -1.- COPY OF A REPORT FROM C.J. LATROBE, ESQ. TO LORD GLENELG, ON NEGRO EDUCATION IN THE WINDWARD AND LEEWARD ISLANDS. -2.- SCHEDULE, SHOWING THE APPROPRIATION, IN DETAIL, OF THE SUM OF 30,000 L, VOTED BY PARLIAMENT IN 1837 FOR THE PROMOTION OF NEGRO EDUCATION; ALSO, THE AMOUNT OF AID OUT OF SUCH GRANT APPLIED FOR BY THE DIFFERENT SOCIETIES CO-OPERATING WITH HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT IN CARRYING THAT OBJECT INTO EFFECT. -3.- REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF LADY MICO'S CHARITY.

[London]: Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be Printed, 21 June 1838, 1838. Folio. [2], 166, [1 blank], [1 docket] pp. Stitched. Minor dusting, Very Good. The goal is to establish "sound and liberal principles for the general education of the children of its labouring population." Construction of schools..... More

Price: $450.00

INVENTORY & APPRAISEMENT OF THE PROPERTY OF DR. E. SMITH DECSD. Slave Owner's Estate Inventory

[Slave Owner's Estate Inventory]:

INVENTORY & APPRAISEMENT OF THE PROPERTY OF DR. E. SMITH DECSD.

[Spartanburg, S.C.? c.1839]. Folio sheet, entirely in ink manuscript, folded to four pages, each 8-1/4" x 13-1/4." A couple of fold splits which do not affect text, light soiling. Good+. A lot of people owed Dr. Smith money and wrote promissory notes to him. They are listed here, but "the..... More

Price: $600.00

[Reconstruction]:

DRAFT AGREEMENT NOT TO HIRE FORMER SLAVES "WHO LEAVE THEIR OWNERS OR FORMER PLACES OF WORK IN THE IRON BUSINESS" WITHOUT "WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM HIS MASTER OR FORMER EMPLOYER."

[Shelby, North Carolina?]: July 7, 1865. Single tanned page, 9-1/2" x 7." Sixteen lines written in ink. Several small pinholes, Good+. The document is signed by D. Froneberger of North Carolina, owner of "Froneberger's Bloomary Forge, on Buffalo Creek, four miles northeast from Shelby and five miles north of Muddy..... More

Price: $1,000.00

TO THE PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA. David S. Reid

Reid, David S.:

TO THE PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA.

Reidsville [NC]: 1850. Folio broadside, 11-1/8" x 16-3/4." Printed in four columns beneath caption title. Signed in type at the end, "David S. Reid. Reidsville, June 28th, 1850." Light spotting, Very Good. Reid won this election to become North Carolina's Governor. He served in that capacity from 1851-1854, and was..... More

Price: $1,500.00

BOND INDEMNIFYING SHERIFF LEWIS A. MILLER, FOR LEVYING ON "A CERTAIN SLAVE GIRL NAMED LOUISA NOW...

[Slave Girl Louisa]:

BOND INDEMNIFYING SHERIFF LEWIS A. MILLER, FOR LEVYING ON "A CERTAIN SLAVE GIRL NAMED LOUISA NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF DR. ROBERT F. BALDWIN." FREDERICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 2 FEBRUARY 1859. HAVING WON A JUDGMENT IN FREDERICK COUNTY COURT, J. FENTON JACKSON AND WILLIAM B. WALTER SOUGHT TO RECOVER IT BY SEIZING "A CERTAIN SLAVE GIRL NAMED LOUISA NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF DR. ROBERT F. BALDWIN." DOUBTS HAVING ARISEN AS TO THE OWNERSHIP OF LOUISA, JACKSON AND WALTER SIGN A BOND INDEMNIFYING SHERIFF MILLER IN THE EVENT THE SEIZURE OF LOUISA PROVED UNLAWFUL. SIGNED BY JACKSON AND WALTER, WITH THE INK-DRAWN SEAL OF EACH.

Frederick County, VA: 1859. Folio broadside, 8" x 13". Completely in neat ink manuscript on lined paper. Old folds, center horizontal fold split across [archival tape repair on verso, no text loss]. Light edgewear, some dampstaining. Good+. Dr. Robert F. Baldwin [1830-1879] was a physician in Winchester, Frederick County..... More

Price: $650.00

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