SLAVERY
The Man who Made Nasby: David Ross Locke
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1969. 335 pages, 8vo, black cloth. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, (1969). A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Youma: The Story of a West-Indian Slave.
New York: Harper, 1890. Small 8vo, blue & white calico cloth, paper labels. N.Y.: Harper, 1890. First Edition. The spine is quite faded & the spine label almost gone, but the covers are bright and the book is clean & solid. More
Speech of Mr. Hemphill, on the Missouri Question. In the House of Representatives of the U. States.
27pp. 8vo, disbound; (browning of text). (N.p., 1819). First Edition Speech by the Pennsylvanian Congressman in support of an anti-slavery amendment during the Missouri Statehood debate. The amendment would have allowed slavery in Missouri, but the offspring of slaves there would become free. The amendment was defeated. S&S 48206. More
Truth Stranger Than Fiction; Father Henson's Story of His Own Life.
Boston: John Jewett, 1858. Introduction by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. xii, 212pp. 12mo, original blind stamped brown cloth (spine ends repaired and with a small chip at foot; lacks front fly leaf, a few signatures are uneven but still firmly sewn. Boston: John Jewett, 1858. First Edition. Very good. Henson's life provided the inspiration for the character in Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. This is the expanded version of Henson's memoir, first published in 1849. Henson worked..... More
Josiah Nott of Mobile: Southerner, Physician, and Racial Theorist
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1987. Frontispiece. 348 pages. 8vo, green cloth. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1987). A near fine copy. More
The New York Conspiracy.
Boston: Beacon Press, 1971. Edited by Thomas J. Davis. 491 pages. 8vo, blue cloth-backed boards, d.w. (lightly worn and faded). Boston: Beacon, (1971). Very good in very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Slavery and the Making of America
New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Illus. 4to, black boards, d.w. (New York): Oxford University Press, (2005). Fine in near fine dust wrapper. More
Report of the decision of the Supreme court of the United States, and the opinions of the judges thereof, in the case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford : December term, 1856
New York: Appleton, 1857. Printed wrappers, sewed. Complete pages 393-633 (240 pages + i page of ads), light toning and some foxing. New York: Appleton, 1857. First Edition This is one of two simultaneous editions, the other published in Washington D.C. A most important case in the struggle for civil rights, wherein it was determined that Black people could never become citizens. This is an excellent copy, preserved in a board slipcase. More
A Pictorial History of the Negro in America.
New York: Crown, 1956. Profusely illustrated in black and white. 316 pages. 4to, tan cloth-backed boards (edgeworn & soiled). New York: Crown, (1956). A very good(-) copy, internally clean, lacking a dust wrapper. More
Fatal Revolutions: Natural History, West Indian Slavery, and the Routes of American Literature
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 2012. Illustrated. xiii + 296 pages, 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, (2012). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Africans in America; America's Journey through Slavery
New York: Harcourt, 1998. Illus. 472pp. 8vo, pr. wrs. New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1998). Uncorrected Proof Copy. Very good. More
River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom
Cambridge: Belknap Press, 2013. Some black & white illustrations. 526 pages. 8vo, blue cloth-backed boards with gilt lettering at spine, d.w. Cambridge: Belknap Press/Harvard University Press, 2013. First edition. Several pages have inked underlining & marginalia, otherwise a near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Slave Ship.
330pp. 12mo, cloth; (cloth spotted). Boston: Little Brown, 1924. A novel. Presentation copy. More
Slavery in the Caribbean Francophone World; Distant Voices, Forgotten Acts, Forged Identities
Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2000. 8vo, tan cloth, d.w. sunned on spine portion. Athens: University of Georgia Press, (2000). Very good. More
Slavery in North Carolina, 1748-1775.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1995. Illus. 402pp. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. lightly soiled. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, (1995). Very good. More
Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839.
New York: Knopf, 1961. Ed. by John A. Scott. Frontis. 415pp. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. chipped, torn, and rubbed. New York: Knopf, 1961. More
Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1863. 337 pages + 10 pages of ads at rear. Thick 12mo, original blind-stamped brown cloth; spine faded & extremities worn; scattered faint stains and small spots in the text. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1863. First American edition, first issue ("about" repeated on page 314, line 6). A very good(-) copy. FIRST PRINTING OF THE WORD "VEGETARIAN" (page 198) -- "If I had had to be my own cook, I should inevitably become a...... More
Mr. Jefferson's Lost Cause; Land, Farmers, Slavery and the Louisiana Purchase
New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. Illus. 8vo, black boards, d.w. (New York): Oxford University Press, 2003. Book Club Edition. Very good. More
Slavery Time When I Was Chillun Down On Marster's Plantation; Interviews with Georgia Slaves.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Savannah: Beehive Press, (1973). vg. More
Harriet and the Promised Land
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. Illustrated in color. Unpaginated, 28 pages. Very thin 4to, printed boards, d.w. (bent at upper right corner, price clipped). New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, (1993). A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Les Voyages du Sieur Le Maire aux Iles Canaries Cap-Verd, Senegal, et Gambie.; Sous Monsieur Dancourt, Directeur General de la Compagnie Roiale d'Affrique.
Paris: Jaques Collombat, 1695. [8], 9-213, [22] pages with text in French. Illustrated with 1 folding map (Brest Harbor) and 5 other engraved plates. Rubricated title page with engraved vignette. 12mo, full contemporary calf with blind-stamped covers and gilt spine (well-rubbed and spine chipped at foot; stain on front endpaper and gutter of title, which is also chipped at fore-edge; library giftplate on pastedown). Paris: Jaques Collombat, 1695. Rare. WITH a second softcover volume containing the English translation "Voyage to..... More
To Be a Slave
New York: Dial Press, 1968. Illustrated by Tom Feelings. Title pgae has a small smudge at the bottom, possibly offset from frontisice. Small 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New York: Dial Press, First Edition. Near Fine. More
Confederate Emancipation; Southern Plans to Free and Arm Slaves during the Civil War
New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. Illus. 8vo, black boards, d.w. (New York): Oxford University Press, 2006. Book Club Edition. Fine. More
Journal of a West India Proprietor, 1815-17.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. Ed. by Mona Wilson. Illus. 8vo, rebound in later red library cloth, ex-lib with perforated library stamp on title page. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. More