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We recently sold a CDV carte de visite of abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth. Please see details below:

Original Sojourner Truth CDV from 1864

Rare CDV of abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth from 1864. CDV measures 2.5″ x 4″ with printed caption on mount reading “I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance / Sojourner Truth”. Verso reads “Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1864, by Sojourner Truth, in the Clerk’s Office, of the U.S. District Court, for the Eastern District of Mich.” Toning and light wear, overall in very good condition. A rare original photo of escaped slave Sojourner Truth, the first black woman to win a trial against a white man in order to reclaim her son who had been sold into slavery. Sold for $3,600.

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Frederick Douglass Autograph Quotation Signed — “Right is of no sex, truth is of no color. We are the equal children of a common Father and all men are Brothers” — With 30+ Signatures of 19th Century Abolitionists

Inspiring collection of signatures by 19th century abolitionists, with the crown jewel being an autograph quotation signed by Frederick Douglass, “Right is of no sex, truth is of no color. We are the equal children of a common Father and all men are Brothers – Frederick Douglass – March 31, 1868”. Album contains about 35 other signatures. Album is very worn with front board detached and backstrip missing. Some dampstaining present on front and rear blank pages. Page signed by Douglass is near fine with only toning to margins. Sold for $8,800.

First Edition, First Printing of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” by Harriet Beecher Stowe — The Scarcest Variant of the First Printing, in Publisher’s Wrappers

Extraordinarily scarce first edition, first printing of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s ”Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, in the publisher’s wrappers binding ”A”, the rarest of the three variants of the first printing. Boston: John P. Jewett, 1852. Two volumes, as issued, with three plates in each volume by Hammett Billings, priced at $1.00 for both volumes. All other first printing points are present: ”spilt” instead of ”spiled” on page 42, line 1 of Vol. I; ”cathecism” instead of ”catechism” on page 74, line 5 of Vol. II; no attribution to Billings for the engravings; no other printings designated on the title page of either volume; with the following statements on the copyright page: ”Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by Harriet Beecher Stowe” and ”Stereotyped by Hobart & Robbins”.

Published on 20 March 1852 after first appearing in serialized form, the first printing of 5,000 copies of ”Uncle Tom’s Cabin” sold out within a few days, and the second printing by the end of March. Included in ”Books That Changed America”, the author Robert Downs stated of it, ”Within a decade after its publication Uncle Tom’s Cabin had become the most popular novel ever written by an American…there is substantial evidence that the book precipitated the American Civil War.” And from PMM, the catalog of the most influential books ever written: ”In the emotion charged atmosphere of mid-19th century America Uncle Tom’s Cabin exploded like a bombshell. To those engaged in fighting slavery it appeared as an indictment of all the evils inherent in the system they opposed; to the pro-slavery forces it was a slanderous attack on ‘the Southern way of life’…the social impact of on the United States was greater than that of any book before or since.”

Volumes measure 4.625” x 7.375” housed in blue clamshell cases and a custom slipcase. With provenance from famed dermatologist and collector Paul E. Bechet, with his library labels, causing shadowing to title pages. Spines of both volumes repaired, with some paper loss, more so on Vol. II with that back cover replaced. Light toning, wear and soiling. Overall a very good set. Sold for $5,750.

Superb Harriet Beecher Stowe Autograph Letter Signed Regarding Slavery — “…Nothing more is needed than to awaken the attention of the public to an expose of the slave law system…”

Harriet Beecher Stowe autograph letter signed, with superb and rare content on slavery. Stowe writes from Andover, Massachusetts on 27 October 1852 at the height of popularity for ”Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, which had been released in book form earlier that year. So important was her novel in depicting the cruelty of slavery and turning the north against it that President Lincoln is reported to have said to Stowe in 1862, ”so you are the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war.”

Stowe writes to an unnamed gentleman who had sent her an article. She writes in part, ”…I am obliged to you for sending me the ‘text to my subject’ enclosed in your letter. It will be a very good one. Any one that stirs up this subject of southern law as a defence of slavery emphatically wakes up the wrong passenger. Nothing more is needed than to awaken the attention of the public to an expose of the slave law system. If they desire law on this subject, they shall have it.

With regard to the benevolent plan which you have presented, I am at present in a situation where my mind is so much pressed with immediately urgent undertakings that I cannot give it my attention – and it has appeared to me that in the selection of benevolent objects, I ought to have first & chief reference, to that race with whom my writings have been more immediately connected. It is stated in the printed article which you sent me that advertisements offering a price for the life of runaways never had existed. There are several specimens of them in [Theodore D.] Weld’s book [”American Slavery As It Was In 1839: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses”] extracted from the current papers of the time in which he wrote. I should however like some of a more recent date & if any such occur among your collection you might help the cause by furnishing me with them.

If you have any collection of advertisements indicating the low state of public sentiment toward the slave population of the south, I should be glad of them for use, and if you have been at any expense in collecting them, I will cheerfully pay it. / Yours very truly / H.B. Stowe”. Stowe then adds, ”P.S. I return you the article you were so kind as to send me, thinking it may be of value to you – ”.

Two page letter on one sheet of wove paper measures 8.75” x 10.5”. False margin, with remnants from previous mounting to its top edge. Single horizontal fold. Overall very good to near fine condition. Sold for $5,250.

Fascinating Autograph Letter by Clara Barton Marked ”Confidential” Regarding Missing Soldiers of the Civil War — With a Report Signed Four Times by Barton Regarding the Andersonville Expedition

Important autograph letter and report signed four times by Clara Barton, regarding her work in identifying the Missing Soldiers of the Civil War, which Barton led alongside Andersonville POW Dorence Atwater, who kept the ”death list” that instigated the project. In this letter and report to Barton’s ally General Benjamin Butler, Barton not only comments upon Atwater’s infamous imprisonment, but alleges that a systematic campaign to undermine her had been hatched during the Andersonville expedition, even to the point of sending forged Letters to the Editor in Barton’s name, so that she would ”appear odious and ridiculous”. Sold for $5,000.

Booker T. Washington Signed First Printing of His First Major Publication, “The Future of the American Negro” — Inscribed to Massachusetts Notable Arthur T. Lyman

Booker T. Washington signed first printing of “The Future of the American Negro”, the first major publication of the Civil Rights leader. Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1899 first printing, with matching dates on title and copyright pages, and with the following printed on copyright page: “Press of / George H. Ellis, Boston, U.S.A.” Washington inscribes the front pastedown, “To Mr. Clarence M. Hyde, from / Booker T. Washington / May 6, 1900”. Written approximately 20 years after founding Tuskegee University, “The Future of the American Negro” was Washington’s first major publication, preceding his autobiography “Up from Slavery” by two years. Volume in original red boards with gilt lettering measures 5″ x 7.75″. In beautiful, near fine condition with only minor shelf wear and slight smudging to inscription. An important signed first edition in the history of Civil Rights. Sold for $4,800.

“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” Inscribed Book by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe signed and inscribed copy of her incendiary work “Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly.” Published by Houghton, Osgood and Company, The Riverside Press: Boston: 1879. The “Holiday Edition,” inscribed and signed by the author in pencil on a preliminary leaf, “Very truly yours / H. B. Stowe / Bay View House / Aug. 16 1879.” A specially-designed reinvention of the book with the first appearance of Stowe’s 31-page introduction in which she describes the book’s creation. Octavo hardcover runs 529 pages, profusely illustrated with 106 illustrations in the text, some full-page; additionally, a stereoview showing Stowe’s residence is laid in. Publisher’s three-quarter dark brown morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and rules, and all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Text bordered in red. Housed in a red cloth clamshell case with a red leather spine label lettered in gilt. Binding and corners rubbed. Binding somewhat shaken with rear hinge detached. Front hinge starting. Despite these flaws, a clean, very good copy of a title rarely encountered signed. Sold for $3,709.

Anti-Slavery Movement, A Lecture, By Frederick Douglass

“The Anti-Slavery Movement, A Lecture, By Frederick Douglass, Before The Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery Society.” Printed in 1855 in Rochester, New York, by the Press of Lee, Mann, and Co., Daily American Office. A name is written on the top of page 44. Measures 5 1/2″ x 8 13/16″. 48 pages. Restoration work on spine. Minor wear, foxing and staining on cover and interior pages and minor paper loss on the bottom of four pages. Very Good. Rare. Sold for $3,600.

Scarce Women’s Suffrage Item Signed by Belva Ann Lockwood — First Woman Presidential Candidate and First Woman Admitted to Practice Law Before U.S. Supreme Court

Belva Ann Lockwood autograph note signed, dated 24 Feburary 1906, on her silhouette portrait. Note reads, “My Dear Friend, Mrs. Willard Parker, from Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood. Philadelphia, Penn. Feb. 24, 1906. In answer to your inquiries at the Penn. Wom. Press Assoc. would say I was admitted to the Supreme Court, D.C. in May, 1873 and to the United States Supreme Constl Court of Claims, Feb. 1879.” Silhouette measures approximately 11.75″ x 11.75″, matted to an overall size of 18″ x 17.25″. Toning and minor soiling, else near fine. Sold for $3,372.

CDV Photograph of an 19th Century African American Wet Nurse From Savannah, Georgia

Rare CDV photograph of an African American wet nurse, posing with the child she cared for. With backstamp of J.N Wilson photography studio in Savannah Georgia on verso, who established his studio shortly before the Civil War; this photo is likely from the 1860s, evidenced by a light colored mount, square corners on the photo, and coloring to the photograph which was popular in the 1860s. CDVs such as this are uncommon, with wealthy families sometimes choosing to document the relationship between the African American wet nurse and her Causacian baby. With CDV number 2083 handwritten in pencil on verso. CDV measures 2.5″ x 4″. Mild wear and rubbing to mount, overall very good condition. Sold for $2,439.

Wonderful Susan B. Anthony Signature on Handwritten Note — “Equal Rights For All – Women Included – Is the Basic Principle of Our Republic”

Rare handwritten and signed note by Susan B. Anthony, penning an inspiring sentiment to her lucky recipient. On a calling card dated 23 July 1900, Anthony writes: “Equal rights for all – women included – is the basic principle of our Republic” and signs boldly “Susan B. Anthony”. Under that she writes “Rochester, N.Y. / July 23, 1900″. Card measures 3.5″ x 2.5”. Near fine condition. Sold for $2,000.

Frederick Douglass Autograph Note Signed to the Son of Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison — Written in 1880 Shortly After Garrison’s Death

Frederick Douglass autograph note signed ”Frederick Douglass” and dated 1880, shortly after the death of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, whose son Douglass writes here. Note reads in full, ”I have found this card with your note among the old papers of mine where it has been hidden the past four years. I regret the delay and seeming neglect–and hope this may reach you safely. Frederick Douglas / 1880”. Card measures 5” x 2.75”. Light toning and smudge to date, overall near fine condition. From the estate of William Lloyd Garrison, Jr. Sold for $1,500.

Frederick Douglass Document Signed as Recorder of Deeds

Frederick Douglass document signed in his position as Recorder of Deeds for Washington, DC. Douglass signs the docketing on verso, ”Fred’k Douglass” for a deed enacted on 15 December 1884. After the Civil War, Republican Presidents appointed Douglass to various government positions including Recorder of Deeds as well as Minister and Consul General to Haiti. Four page bifolium document 8.5” x 13.75”. Light age wear, overall very good condition. Sold for $1,000.

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