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Sunday January 11th 1:00pm Online Only Auction - Derrick Beard African American Artifact Collection

online only auction | 12 day sale | 4 days away

Location

Yanceyville, NC 27379

Dates

Sale Starts

Wed

Dec 31

12am

2025

Sale Ends

Sun

Jan 11

8pm

2025

Jan. 11th, 2026 1:00pm Online Only Derrick Joshua Beard Deceased Estate African American Artifact Collection. Winstead's Auction Co. Is honored to announce the online only auction of the important African American Artifact Collection of The Late Derrick Joshua Beard. Beard was a world renowned artist and collector, who amassed an important and impressive collection of African American Artifacts including Thomas Day Furniture, Henry Boyd Bedsteads, Slave Made Primitive Chairs, Baskets, Original Art, Photographs, Slave Documents, and Many Other Items of Historical Significance. Many of these pieces were on exhibit in museums in Raleigh, North Carolina and New Orleans, Louisiana. Preview Monday January 5th 3pm - 5pm and Thursday January 8th 3pm - 5pm at 201 Main Street - Yanceyville, NC.

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Thomas Day Sofa with Green Upholstery -Rolled Arms - Mahogany Veneer- Thomas Day Milton NC African American Cabinet Maker - Sofa is 33" Tall 92" Long 23 1/2" Deep - Few Small Areas of Veneer Loss - See Photos

Handmade Country Primitive Ladder Back Chair - Made by African American - Oak Splint Seat - Hand Carved - Chair is 32" Tall 13" to Seat

Original Oil on Canvas Painting of "Thomas Day House Built 1818" by N.H. Keel - Dated 2005 -Signed and Dated in Lower Right - Framed in Light Wood Frame - Canvas Measures 16" by 20"

"The Captive" Anti Slavery Publication - Printed on Cotton - Published by "Boston Chemical Printing Company For The Boston Anti - Slavery Society" - Depicts The Auction, A Song, and Threatening -Museum Framed and Matted - Textile Measures Approx. 12" By 11"

Thomas Day Parlor Chair - Tufted Back - Carved Frame - Chair is 42" Tall 25 1/2" Wide

"The Story of Jubilee Singers with Their Songs" By J.B.T. Marsh Revised Edition Seventy - Fifth Thousand - Hardcover Book with Accompanying Photo of Musicians Printed on Foam Board

Last Will and Testament of Vincent Millo of Mobile Alabama - Hand Written - Bequeaths Land to Free Woman of Color - Museum Framed and Matted - Writing Continues on Reverse of Paper

"Little Eva" Published By Phil J. Cozans - 107 Nassau St. NY - Aunt Mary's Picture Book - An Illustrated Story About Little Eva - Flower of the South -Daughter of Alabama Planter - Story Includes Passage About Eva Being Rescued by a Slave Who in Return Was Given His Freedom. - Paper Bound Booklet With Advertisements on Back Cover - Anti - Tom Literature

"When Malindy Sings" by Paul Laurence Dunbar - African American Poet - with Photographs by The Hampton Institute Camera Club - 1903 Edition - Dodd Mead and Co. New York - Hardcover Book with Gold Lettering - Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 -1906 - When Malindy Sings is illustrated with photographs taken by the Hampton Institute Camera Club, and also features decorations created by Margaret Armstrong. The title for this book comes from one of Dunbar's most well-known dialect poems, one which emphasizes the more soulful aspects and the heartfelt, impromptu music of many of his poems. The poem was inspired by his mother Matilda's habit of singing in the kitchen and was first published in 1896.

Thomas Day Rural Wardrobe -Applied Half Columns Flanking Poplar Paneled Door - Southern Yellow Pine Solid Ends - 2 Hand Dovetailed Drawers - Urn and Ball Feet - Ivory Inlaid Keyhole - Missing Lock -Original Finish - Knob Has Been Replaced - Wardrobe is 88" Tall 52" by 23" Deep Thomas Day Milton NC African American Cabinet Maker - Page 47 in book "Thomas Day Cabinet Maker"

1844 Manumission Document - "Louisa Conway being anxious to purchase herself, has the privilege to do so, provided she pays me the sum of four hundred and fifty within a year from this date, May 30th, 1844" Document Also Acknowledges Payment of $450 May 21, 1845 - Museum Framed and Matted - With Accompanying Information Card - Document Measures 6 1/4" by 5 1/4"

Thomas Day Side Chair - Original Finish - Upholstered Seat - Chair is 32" Tall 17" To Seat - Thomas Day Milton NC African American Cabinet Maker

Henry Boyd - Boyd Bedstead 4 Poster Bed - Fully Disassemble - Posts are all Marked H. Boyd Cinci. Ohio - Patented Design with Wooden Screw In Rails - Henry Boyd African American Inventor and Creator '- Circa 1830 - 1870

"The First Colored Senator and Representatives" Currier & Ives Print - 1872 - In the 41st and 42nd Congress of The United States - Framed in Black and Gold Gilt Frame - Frame Measures 14 1/2" By 18 1/2"

Thomas Day Cottage Bed - Elaborately Designed Headboard and Foot Board - Paneled Headboard with Scrolling - Sleigh Bed Posts - Spool Turnings - "Seems to be a concoction from Day's own pecular design" - Original Finish - Wood Rails - Interior of Head Board is 52" - Thomas Day Milton NC African American Cabinet Maker - Some Veneer Loss - See Photos

National Association for The Advancement of Colored People - Fundraising Poster -"For The Good of America" - "3436 People Lynched, 1889 to 1922" - Museum Framed - Poster / Flyer Measures - 14 1/2" by 9 1/2"

Thomas Day Side Chair - Original Finish - Upholstered Seat - Chair is 32" Tall 17" To Seat - Thomas Day Milton NC African American Cabinet Maker

"Brief Report of the Services Rendered by the Freed People to the United States Army in North Carolina, In the Spring of 1862, after the Battle of Newbern" By Vincent Colyer - Superintendent of the Poor Under Major General Burnside - Illustrated - New York - Published by Vincent Colyer, 105 Bleeker Street - 1864 - String Bound Booklet - Front Cover is Loose and Some Tearing to Top Right Corner

"Parsons & Pool's Famous Ideal - Uncle Tom's Cabin Company" Woodcut Print - Broadside Advertisement For Uncle Tom's Cabin - Printed on Linen / Silk - Late 19th Century - Museum Framed - Textile Measures Approx. 13 1/2" By 11 3/4"

South Carolina Handmade Mammy Bench Rocker - Original Finish - Bench is 31" Tall 52" Long

"Report of the Select Committee on the Petitions to Prevent Slave Hunting in the State of New York" Transmitted to the Legislature, February 11, 1860 - Albany Printed by C. Van Bethuysen 1860 - 11 Page Booklet - Printed in 1860 - String Bound

"Christy's Negro Songster" Containing the Most Popular Melodies as Sung By Christy, Wood, White, Buckley, and Other Negro Minstrels - New York - Richard Marsh - 138 William Street - 1857 - `Hardcover Pocket Size Book - Illustrated African American Song Book

"The Slave Trade, Domestic and Foreign: Why It Exists and How It May Be Extinguished" By Dr. H.C. Carey - Second Edition - Philadelphia Parry & McMillan - 1856 - Hardcover Book - Second Edition - Some Small Defects At Spine

"Uncle Tom's Cabin or, Life Among The Lowly" By Harriet Beecher Stowe - Vol. I - 1852 - First Year of Publication - One Hundred and Twentieth Thousand - Boston John P. Jewett & Company Cleveland, Ohio - Jewett, Proctor, & Worthington - Hardcover Book with Gold Embossed Cover and Lettering

Thomas Day Bedstead Bench - Beautiful Mahogany Veneer - Scrolled Feet with Castors- Beautifully Upholstered - Bench is 14" Tall 61" By 23 1/2"

"Slave Songs of the United States" Leather Bound Song Book with Marbleized Cover - 1867 Edition -Authors - William Francis Allen, Charles Pickard Ware and Lucy McKin Garrison, Editors - Personally Inscribed by William F. Allen to His Father Rev. Jos. Allen D.D. - This was one of the first collection of slave songs to appear in print and was compiled by white northerners who live among the ex-slaves in the Sea Islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia as teachers and missionaries.

"A School History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1890, with a Short Introduction as to The Origin Of The Race; Also A Short Sketch of Liberia" By Edward A. Johnson, LL.B., Principal of the Washington School, Raleigh, N.C. - Revised Edition - 1895 - Hardcover Book -Writing on Front Pages - William Withers - With Quote / Thought by William Withers March 20, 1897 - At. Robinson, Nebr. - Hardcover Book with Embossed Lettering on Cover

19th Century African American Made Southern Pine Blanket Chest - Original Grain Paint - Paneled Sides and Raised Panel Top - Turned Feet - Pegged Construction - With Glove Box Inside - 29 1/2" Tall 49 1/2" by 23"

"The Story of The Jubilee Singers - With Their Songs" Edited by J.B. T. Marsh - Seventh Edition Completing Fifty - Fourth Thousand - London Hodder and Stoughton, 27, Paternoster Row, MDCCCLXXVII - Hardcover Book with Red Cover Gold "Jubilee Hall" Fish University, Nashville, Tenn. - Gold Lettering on Spine

Thomas Day Rocker - Elaborately Carved Crest and Arms - Original Finish - Chair is 43" Tall 24" Wide

"Revenge taken by the Black Army for the Cruelties practiced on them by the French" - Etching Depicting the Hanging of A French Officer During the Haitian Rebellion in the Late 18th Century - M. Rainsford, Del. Barlow Sculp. - Framed and Matted - 9 1/2" by 7 1/4 " Frame Measures 14 1/2" by 11 1/4"

19th Century Slave Made Ladder Back Arm Chair in the Manner of Kunze - White Painted - Chair is 45" Tall 16" to Seat

Bill of Sale for Enslaved Persons - Richmond July 10th 1847 - $500 Dollars Being in full for the purchase of Two Negro Slaves - Signed and Sealed - Original Document - Museum Framed and Matted - Frame is 17" By 20 3/4"

"DRED: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp" by Harriet Beecher Stowe Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin - In Two Volumes - Vol. I & II - 1856 - Boston Phillips, Sampson and Company - 1856 Hardcover Books with Embossed Covers and Gold Lettering On Spine

Original 19th Century Southern Blue Painted Child's Rocking Chair - Hand Made - Ladder Back - Knobs Worn From Use - Rockers Have Been Mended - Chair is 22 1/2" Tall 9" to Seat

Thomas Day Sofa with Brown Mohair Upholstery - Rolled Arms - Curved Front Legs with Sturdy Back - Coordinating Bolster Pillows - Sofa is 33" Tall 92" Long - Some Small Holes in Upholstery -Thomas Day Milton NC African American Cabinet Maker

Original Official Document "Special Orders No. 4 - Extract Col. John Eaton Jr. Vagrants - 6th January 1865" Written by The Office General Superintendent of Freedmen - Department of Tennessee and State of Arkansas -By Order of John Eaton Jr. - Colonel and General Superintendent of Freedmen

"Free Colored Seamen Majority and Minority Reports" January 20, 1843 - 27th Congress 3d Session - HO. Of Reps. Rep. No. 80 - Paperbound Booklet - Original Document Rebound with Marbleized Paper Covers

Volunteer Descriptive List and Account of Pay and Clothing of Richard Johnson Company 6 124th Regiment U.S. Colored Infantry - Station: Camp Nelson KY - June 22nd, 1865 - Never Paid - Never Settled $50.60 - Original Accounting Document for Civil War Soldier US Colored Infantry

Thomas Day Rocker with Ornate Carved Top and Arms - Lighter Finish - Cream Upholstery - Chair is 41" Tall 24" Wide - Thomas Day Milton NC African American Cabinet Maker

"A History of the Struggle for Slavery Extension or Restriction in the United States from the Declaration of Independence To The Present Day" By Horace Greeley - New York: Dix, Edwards & Co., 321 Broadway. 1856 - Mainly Compiled and Condensed From the Journals of Congress and Other Official Records, and Showing the Vote By Yeas and Nays on the Most Important Divisions in Either House.- 1856 Hardcover Book - Embossed Front Cover with Gold Lettering

Hand Written Accounting Documents and Receipts Regarding the Sale and Transfer of Slaves - Wilcox Ala. January 1, 1858 - Slaves Passed Down to Heirs and Sold in July 1860 - All Original Documents - Museum Framed and Matted - Frame Measures 17 1/2" by 21 1/2"

Thomas Day Marble Top Server - Mirrored Back - Curvilinear Legs and Supports - Server is 36" Tall 40" by 19"

"Picture of Slavery in the United States of America" 1834 Hardcover Pocket Size Book - "This Picture of American Slavery is inscribed to every member of the Anti-Slavery Societies and to all other philanthropists who are opposed to man -stealing by their faithful coadjutor, George Bourne" Engraved Illustrations - Some Damage At Spine - See Photo

19th Century Southern Chest of Drawers - Intricately Hand Carved - Paneled Ends - Original Finish - 4 Dovetailed Drawers with Original Locks - Second Drawer Has Divider - Knobs Have Been Replaced - Chest is 46 1/2" Tall 42 1/4" By 21 3/4"

Slave Made Ladder Back Chair in the Style of William Kunze -Oak Splint Seat - 35" Tall 16" to Seat

Original Henry Boyd Bedstead -Each Piece is Stamped H. Boyd -Cinci Ohio - Henry Boyd African American Inventor of Patented Bedstead Produced Circa 1830 - 1870 - Completely Disassembles - Wooden Rails are Threaded and Screw into Posts - Some Minor Condition Issues - See Photos

Freedmen's Bureau - 1868 Marriage Certificate - State of Kentucky Flemming County - Certifying James and Sissly Debell - Both of Color - Legally Married - 6th November 1868 - Signed by Joseph Throop, Clerk of the County Court of Flemming County - C.F.C.C. - Museum Framed and Matted - Document Measures 5" by 8" - Frame Measures 17" By 21"

"The Story of the Jubilee Singers - with Their Songs" Edited by J.B.T. Marsh - Revised Edition Fifty - Ninth Thousand - Hard Cover Book - Green Cover with Gold Decoration - Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company - The Riverside Press, Cambridge 1880

Thomas Day Rocking Chair Frame - Ready For Upholstery - Curvilinear Arms - Chair is 39 1/2" Tall Thomas Day Milton NC African American Cabinet Maker

1845 Periodical - "The African Repository and Colonial Journal" Vol. XXI. July, 1845 No. 7 - Published Monthly by the American Colonization Society - Periodical - Washington - C. Alexander, Printer Seventeenth Street - Corner is Creased / Slightly Torn on Back Cover - See Photos

Salve Made Country Primitive Ladder Back Chair - 33" Tall 13 1/2" to Seat

19th Century Ladderback Chair with Bowed Back - Tapered Seat - Turned Posts - Chair is 37" Tall 15" to Seat

"The Hireling and the Slave Chicora, and other Poems" by William J. Grayson - 1856 Hardcover Book - Charleston, S.C. McCarter & Co. Publishers. 116 Meeting Street, - String Bound - Front Cover and First Page Are Loose - Pencil Marks on First Pages

Thomas Day Open Back Side Chair - Thomas Day Milton NC African American Cabinet Maker

Harpers Weekly Political Cartoon "He Wants A Change Too" Published October 28, 1876 - Wood Engraving - Framed and Matted - Visible Portion of Print Measures 21 1/8" by 14" - Frame Measures 28 1/2" by 21 1/2"

Thomas Day Side Chair - Subdued Design - Leather Upholstered Seat - Minimal Decoration - Thomas Day - Milton NC African American Cabinetmaker

1865 Program - "Celebration By The Colored People's Educational Monument Association in Memory of Abraham Lincoln on the Fourth of July, 1865 in the Presidential Grounds Washington D.C." Printed By Order of the Board of Directors L.A. Bell Recording Secretary - Paper Bound Program Containing Letters of Remembrance and Admiration for President Abraham Lincoln

Harpers Weekly Wood Engraving - November 1, 1879 "The UTE WAR - THE COLORED TROOPS FIGHTING THEIR WAY INTO THE BELEAGUERED CAMP" Drawn by C.S. Reinhart - Paper Page Wrapped in Plastic Film with Cardboard Backing - Tear in Top Third of Print

3 - 1843 Letters of Administration - Giving Notice of application to the court of ordinary..... For an order to sell all of the land belonging to The Estate of John Higginbotham deceased and also order to sell all of the negroes belonging to the estate. - Letters Dated 22 July 1843 - Acknowledgement of Service on Reverse - Captain John Satterwhite Higginbotham (1771 - 1842) Born Amherst County, VA - Died Elberton Georgia -

1835 Hardcover Book "The Anti Slavery Record." Vol 1, for 1835 - New York: Published By R.G. Williams For the American Anti-Slavery Society, 144 Nassau Street 1835 - Some Pen and Pencil Marks on First Pages

Black Americana Brass "Knock Me" Door Knocker - Marked on Back - Measures 10" Long 4" Wide

HUGE Antique Cotton Basket - Picking / Gathering Basket - Basket is 21" Tall 48" by 40"

Virginia Blue and Gray Stone Pitcher - 18th Century - Cobalt Blue Decoration - Pitcher is 9" Tall 7" Spout to Handle

Thomas Day Rocker with Signature Curved Arms and "Thumbs" Green Upholstery - Chair is 37" Tall 24 1/2" Wide

19th Century Gullah Geechee Basket - Hand Made / Hand Woven Traditional Straw / Grass Basket - 4" Deep 12" Across

Very Unusual Thomas Day Sofa Appears to Be Signed on Back - Dovetailed Case - Rolled Arms - Curved Back - Sofa is 32"Tall 88" Long - Thomas Day - Milton NC African American Furniture Maker

19th Century Handmade Shoes - Homespun Material - Hand Stitched - Shoes are 10" Long

Hand Carved Shell Box - Hand Carved Wood - Shell Shaped with Hinged Lid - Scalloped Edges - Brass Inlaid Key Hole - Box Measures 2 1/2" Tall 8" by 7"

Magic Lantern Slide Depicting Black Children Dancing with Gathered Crowd and Mules/ Horses in Back Ground -Magic Lantern Silde in Wood Frame - Glass Slide is 2 3/4" Across - Wood Frame is 7" by 4"

National Ex Slave Mutual Relief Bounty & Pension Assn. Of The U.S.A. - Medallion - Crecent Moon and Star - Marked CM Robbins Maker Attleboro, MASS - USA on Reverse - Medallion Measures 1 1/4" By 1 1/4"

Rev. H.W. Beecher - CDV Card - Carte de Visite - Abolitionist Preecher - Card Measures 3" by 2 1/2"

"The Beautiful African or, Love and Slavery" An Interesting Tale - Pocket Size Paperbound Book Published by and For T. Roe 1805 - Printed by T. Maiden, Sherbourne-Lane - For Ann Lemoine, White Rose Court, Coleman Street, and J. Roe, No. 90, Houndsditch - Sold by all the Booksellers in The United Kingdom. Price Four Pence - First Page is Loose - Book is String Bound "David Scotts Book" Written on Front Cover and First Page

"Application for Citizenship in the Invisible Empire Knights of the Ku Klux Klan" Form K-115-50M-6-29-23 Original Un-Torn Application Form - Dated 192___- Framed - Document Measures 7" by 8 1/4" - Frame Measures 21" By 17"

ArtCrate - Museum Transport Crate - Manufactured by Curatorial Assistance, INC. - Made in USA - Rubber Handles - Crate is 25" Tall 20" by 28" -

ArtCrate - Museum Transport Crate - Manufactured by Curatorial Assistance, INC. - Made in USA - Rubber Handles - Crate is 25" Tall 24" by 28" -

Museum Transport Crate - Manufactured by Curatorial Assistance, INC- Made in USA - Crate is 20" Tall 40" by 24"

Portrait of Four Negro Babies - Circa 1870 - Framed in Oval Bowed Glass Frame - Frame Measures 17 1/2" By 23"

1852 Booklet - "Freedom National; Slavery Sectional. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, on his motion, To Repeal the Fugitive Slave Bill, in the Senate of The United States, August 26, 1852" Washington Buell & Blanchard - 1852 -

Gullah Geechee Basket Handmade / Hand Woven Straw Grass Basket - 6" Deep 19" Across

"Candle - Lightin' Time" by Paul Laurence Dunbar - 1901 First Edition Illustrated with Photographs by the Hampton Institute Camera Club and decorations by Margaret Armstrong - First Edition Published October 1901 - Beautiful Cover Decoration Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) - African American Poet - Poems About Black Life

"The Prison Bard: or Poems on Various Subjects," By George Thompson - Written in Prison - Printed by William H. Burleigh 1848 - Added to The Amherst Town Library September 1917 - Rebound

"Twenty Four Negro Melodies Transcribed For The Piano" Transcribed by S. Coleridge - Taylor Op. 59 - with a Preface by Booker T. Washington - The Musicians Library - Hardcover Book - 1905

"The Mode of Training Blood Hounds in St. Domingo and of Exercising them by Chasseurs" Engraving of Original Art by Marcus Rainsford, Engraved by J. Barlow - Published in 1805 in London - Art Measures 9 3/4" by 7 3/4" - Museum Framed and Matted -Frame Measures 14" By 11 1/4" - Small Tear to Top Right Corner

2 Thomas Day Parlor Chairs - Both Need Restoration / Repair - Matching Upholstery - Thomas Day - Milton NC African American Furniture Maker

"Blood Hounds Attacking A Black Family in The Woods" Engraving of Original Art by Marcus Rainsford, Engraved by J. Barlow, Published in 1805 in London - Art Measures 9 3/4" by 7 3/4" - Museum Framed and Matted -Frame Measures 14" By 11 1/4"

African Trade Co. Green Glass Bottle - African Gin - 19 Century Glass Bottle with Embossed Wreath Trade Mark - Applied Top -Bottle is 8 1/2" Tall

19th Century Pocket Size Black Americana Song Book - "Old Uncle Ned Songster" Fisher & Brother - Publisher Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Baltimore - Black Americana Scenes on Yellow Front and Back Covers - Paperbound

19th Century Pocket Size Black Americana Song Book - "Uncle True Songster" Fisher & Brother Publisher - Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Baltimore - Black Americana Scenes on Front and Back Covers - Light Green Paper - front Cover Has Torn Corner - Paperbound - 109 Pages

19th Century Pocket Size Black Americana Song Book - "Old Uncle Ned Songster" Fisher & Brother - Publisher Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Baltimore - Black Americana Scenes on Front and Back Covers - Dark Green Paper Covers

19th Century Pocket Size Black Americana Song Book - "Pop Goes The Weasel Songster" Fisher & Brother Publisher - Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Baltimore - Black Scenes on Front Cover - Back Cover is Loose

1857 Hardcover Book - "The Child's Book on Slavery or, Slavery Made Plain" Cincinnati: American Reform Tract and Book Society - 1957 - Pocket Size with Red Embossed Cover Gold Lettering On Spine - Some Superficial Separation of Spine From Cover - Pencil Marks on First Pages

"Samuel Crowther The Slave Boy Who Became Bishop of the Niger" By Jesse Pace - Fourth Edition - Eighteenth Thousand - Hardcover Book with Gold Lettering - Embossed Cover Illustration

"Li'L' Gal" by Paul Laurence Dunbar Illustrated with Photographs by Leigh Richmond Miner of the Hampton Institute Camera Club Decorations by Margaret Armstrong - Dodd, Mead, and Co, New York -1904 - Hardcover Book - Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) - African American Poet - Poems About Black Life

1818 Booklet "Address to The American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of The United States" Read at a Special meeting, in the City of Washington, November 21st, 1818 - Washington: Printed by Davis and Force, Pennsylvania Avenue 1818 - Paperbound Booklet - Back Cover is Loose

1880 Hardcover Book - "Music and some Highly Musical People: Containing Brief Chapters on I. A Description of Music. II. The Music of Nature. III. A Glance at the History of Music, IV. The Power, Beauty, and Uses of Music….." By James M. Trotter - Fourth Thousand -Boston: Lee and Shepard, Publishers. New York: Charles T. Dillingham - 1880 - Illustrated Hardcover Book with Gold Decoration on Cover and Spine

1836 Hardcover Book - "An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans" By Mrs. Child, Author of The Mother's Book, The Girl's Own Book, The Frugal Housewife, Etc. - New-York: Published By John S. Taylor. 1836 - Hard Cover with Gold Lettering on Spine

1850's Yellowware Pottery Pitcher Depicting Scenes From Uncle Tom's Cabin - Slave Auction Scene and Woman and Child Running - Handle with Black Child - Pitcher is 5 1/8" Tall - Yellow Outer Glaze with Light Blue Interior Glaze

Ydely - African Tribal Carved Idol - Signed "Ydely" On Bottom - Hand Carved Wood Statue of Man Playing Drums - Measures 15" Tall

1878 Personal Letter Hand Written By Pio Pico - with Accompanying Photograph of Pio Pico - Letter Regarding Court Proceedings - Pio de Jesus Pico IV was born on May 5, 1801 - Died 1894 - Was an Mexican Entrepreneur and Large Land Owner - He was also Known to Be the Last Governor of Alta California - Letter and Photo are Museum Framed and Matted - Frame Measures 17" by 21" - Photo Measures 8" by 10"

Hand Carved African American Low Country Folk Art Walking Cane - Dated 1920 - Carved Snake and Alligator - Carved From Single Piece of Wood - Top Near Neck Features Carved Cage with Carved Wood Ball in Center - Cane Measures 37" Long

19th Century African American Carved Wood Cane - Carved Bust on Handle - Cane Carved From Single Piece of Wood - Southern / Low Country of United States - Cane is 34" Long

Hand Carved African / African American Effigy Cane Depicting Figure on Cross and Star Carved into Handle - Carved From Single Piece of Wood - Cane Measures 37" Tall

Hand Made Double Sided Quilt - Different Patterns on Each Side - Measures 76" By 58"

"The Mode of Exterminating the Black Army, as Practiced by the French" Engraving of Original Art by Marcus Rainsford, Engraved by J. Barlow - Published in 1805 in London - Art Measures 9 3/4" by 7 3/4" - Museum Framed and Matted -Frame Measures 14" By 11 1/4"

Death of Washington, Dec: 14. A.D. 1799 Hand Colored Lithograph - By Nathaniel Currier - Framed and Matted in Walnut Criss Cross Frame - Artist Information Behind Matting - Visible Art Measures 9" by 12 3/4" - Print Depicts Dying George Washington with Black House Servant - Frame Has Some Condition Issues - Missing Leaf

19th Century "Penca de Balangandã" Afro - Brazilian Slave Amulet -Hand Crafted Silver / Silver Plate - 13 Amulet Charms Include Tambourine, Grapes, Fish, Pomegranates, Carved Wood Fist, Carved Wood Foot / Leg with Ball and Chain, Gourd, and Other Beautiful Hand Chased Charms - Center Clasp Depicts 2 Birds, and Beautiful Leaf Work - These were often presented by plantation owners to favored slaves, symbolizing both monetary value and personal significance. - Measures Approx. 9" Across

"Anecdote at the Battle of Trafalgar" Hand Colored Print Published & Sold Aug. 1, 1817 by Edwd Orme Bond Street - Original Art By William Heath - M.Dubourgh Sculpt. - Depiction of Battle Scene with Ships Firing and People in Row Boat including Black Man Rescuing Drowning White Man - Framed - Frame Measures 10" By 13 1/4"

"Entrance of the Fifty Fifth Massachusetts (Colored) Regiment Into Charleston, Feb. 21 1865" - Engraving - Framed and Matted - Art Measures 5 1/2" By 7" - Frame Measures 9 1/4" By 11 1/4"

"Rest Rooms - White Only" Aug. 2, 1926 "Cotton Belt Route" St. Louis Southwestern Railway - Framed Paper Restroom Sign - Sign Measures - 4 1/4" By 10 1/2"

"Colored Seating in Rear" Paper Sign Dated August 1, 1929 - B&B Sign Co. - Framed and Matted - Sign is 4 1/4" By 10 1/2"

"Female African Society" Hand Written 1817 Book - With Society Member Register, Membership Fee Accounting, Constitution, Rules - Also Includes Hand Written Minutes From Meetings Through 1817 and 1818 - Also including "A List of the books belonging to the female friendly society of Marietta" With List of Books in Marietta Library - Hand Written Book - String Bound with Wallpaper Cover - Incredible Historical Record

1859 Envelope From Hector Davis - Auctioneer for Sale of Negroes - in Richmond, VA - Hand Addressed Envelope with Embossed Business Stamp on Reverse - Richmond VA Post Mark - Three Cent Stamp - Hector Davis (4 December 1816–7 January 1863), slave trader, In 1859 Davis's Richmond auction house, alone, sold slaves with a market value of more than $2.67 million.

1851 Pocket Size Hardcover Book - "Missions in Western Africa including Mr. Freeman's Visit to Ashantee" From the London Wesleyan Methodist Magazine - Revised by the Editors - New - York: Published By Lane & Scott, For the Sunday School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 200 Mulberry Street - Joesph Longking Printer 1851 - Leather Bound with Music Note Cover

1853 Hardcover Book "Twelve Years A Slave - Narrative of Solomon Northup A Citizen of New York, Kidnapped in Washington City In 1841, and Rescued in 1853, From A Cotton Plantation Near The Red River, in Louisiana" Auburn: Derby and Miller. Buffalo: Derby, Orton and Mulligan Cincinnati: Henry . Derby - 1853 - Book is Dedicated to Harriet Beecher Stowe - This Copy was deposited with the New Hampshire Antiquarian Society by Rev. Silas Ketchum - January 1875 - Hand Written Note From the Publisher on First Page Offering Copies For Purchase by the Dozen, - Book Originally Purchased by S. Ketchum Jr. Hopkinton, NH - Jan 25, 1854 Price $1.00 Purchased of the Publisher at Buffalo, NY

The Lakeside Classics - "Reminiscences of Chicago During the Civil War" with an Introduction by Mable McIlvaine - Hardcover Book - The Lakeside Press, Chicago R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company - Christmas MCMXIV 1914 - Gold Lettering on Cover and Spine

1860 Hardcover Book - "The Public Life of Capt. John Brown, by James Redpath with an Auto-Biography of his Childhood and Youth" Boston Thayer and Eldridge, 114 and 116 Washington St. 1860 - Thirty Sixth Thousand - Embossed T and E on Cover Gold Lettering on Spine

Author Signed 1926 Hardcover Book "Cincinnati's Colored Citizens Historical, Sociological and Biographical" by Wendell P. Dabney Editor of "The Union" Formerly City Paymaster of Cincinnati, Ohio - Published by The Dabney Publishing Company 412 McAllister Street Cincinnati, Ohio - Signed by The Editor / Author W.P Dabney on Inside on Front Cover - Dated 3/9/38

"Blake or The Huts of America" A Novel by Martin R. Delany with an Introduction by Floyd J. Miller - Beacon Press Boston - 1970 Hardcover Book with Original Dust Jacket

"Returned From Market - Home Scene - with Presents" - Painted by J. L. Krimmel - Engraved by John Sartain - Pholad - Published by W.J. Bedwell - New York - Engraving - Framed and Matted - Frame Measures 19" By 22"

"Barbarities in the West Indias" Political Satire Cartoon Published April 23, 1791 by H. Humphrey - Depicting the English Negro Driver, boiling of a sick young Negro. Hand Colored - Framed and Matted -Frame Measures 16" By 19"

"Africa" Hand Colored Mezzotint Print Published Augst. 14, 1891 P. Concena Safron Hill, London - Framed and Matted - Frame Measures 20 1/2" By 16" - Some Folding and Slight Tears - See Photos

Hand Colored Engraving by James Cook - 19th Century Depiction of Human Sacrifice in Tahiti - Witnessed by James Cook Great Britain Navigator - Museum Framed and Matted - Art Measures 3 1/4" by 5 1/2"

Framed Auction Flyer / Advertisement - Announcing the Sale of "Uncommonly Prime and Orderly Gang of 89 Negroes" to be sold at Public Auction by "P.J. Porcher & Baya on Monday the 6th Day of February, 1860" "At the Mart in Chalmers Street" Charleston , S.C. - Walker, Evans, & Co. Printers - 3 Broad Street - Framed - Frame Measures 11 3/4" By 9 1/4"

"Life in Philadelphia" Black Caricature "How you find yourself dis hot weader Mifs Chloe?" "Pretty well I tank you Mr. Cesar only I aspire too much" - Hand Colored Print - Published by Harrison Isaacs, Charles St. Soho Sq. - Eng. By Chas Hunt - Framed and Matted - Pt. 3 - Art Measures 7 3/4" by 6 3/4"

Original Mixed Media Art Work by New Orleans Artist Robert Aquarius - Dated 1/98 - Untitled Painting of a Warrior Painted on Metal Shovel Head - Signed by Artist on Reverse

Framed Auction Flyer - March 1st, 1849 - Personal Property Auction including All My Ox Teams - Six Head of Fox Hounds and 6 Negro Slaves - Also Selling Soap, Hams Bacon, Lard, and Molasses - Auction Located 2 Miles South of Versailles, Kentucky - Framed Reproduction Flyer Measures 13 3/4" by 10 1/2" -

1860 Speech Program " The Barbarism of Slavery. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner on the Bill for the Admission of Kansas as a Free State" In the united States Senate June 4, 1880 - Paper Booklet Republished by the Congressional Republican Committee - 1860

3 Hand Colored Engravings Depicting Slave Trade, Transport, and Treatment in the 19th Century - Originals by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm - Museum Framed and Matted - Each Print Measures 5 1/2" By 3 1/2"

"Flowers for the King" by Rev. Clarence Talley Sr. Mixed Media Collage - Dated 1991 - Framed - Art Measures 4" by 4" - Dr. Clarence Talley Sr. Texas Artist

"The King and The People" by Rev. Clarence Talley Sr. Mixed Media Collage - Dated 12 - 90 - Art Measures 6" by 5" - Dr. Clarence Talley Sr. Texas Artist

"King and The Children" by Rev. Clarence Talley Sr. Mixed Media - Dated 1991 - 4" by 6" - Dr. Clarence Talley Sr. Texas Artist

"King in the Wilderness" by Rev. Clarence Talley Sr. Mixed Media - Dated 1991 - 5" by 7" - Dr. Clarence Talley Sr. Texas Artist

4 Photograph Prints on Foam Board of Slave Scenes - Aiken S.C. with Bales Bound for Market, Young Girls at a Fence, Man and Woman in Cotton, and Group Around Barn - each Photo Print is 10" by 8 1/4"

Information Boards / Prints About Enslaved Muslim Omar Ibn Said - Including Example of His 1831 Writings and Photo

"Menlo Park Hotel. Menlo Park, San Mateo Co. California" 30 Miles from San Francisco - M. Kuck Proprietor - Hand Colored Lithograph - Grafton Tyler Brown - Framed and Matted - Frame Measures - 23 "By 39"

Museum Exhibit Info Boards -"African American Song Music" Poster on Foam Board and "Steal Away" Song Music and Lyrics on Board - Song Poster Measures 24 1/4" By 18"

"Pavillion de Music" by Julian Francis Abele (1881-1950) -Abele was the First African American Student to Graduate From the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Architecture - Abele Traveled to Europe and Composed a Sketchbook of Drawings from His Travels. Abele is Know for His Designs At Duke University - Label on Reverse of Art "Courtesy of the Center for African American Decorative Arts Atlanta, GA" Framed Pastel Drawing Measures 15 1/2" By 11 1/2"

1848 Needlework by Adaline Huffman - Hand Stitched Basket of Flowers Framed in Oval Walnut Frame - Reverse Has Note - "This needlepoint was done by mother of Aunt Lizzie Smith who lived in Iowa. Aunt Lizzie's father was a dentist" - Frame Measures 15 3/4" By 18 1/2"

Thomas Day Lounge - Walnut Carved Framed with Day's Signature Carved Curved Lines - Sofa Measures 27" Tall 87" by 23"

Gooseneck Rocker with Burgundy Upholstery - Button Tufted Seat Back - 42 1/2" tall 22" Wide

Thomas Day Bureau - Book Page Style Top Drawers Over 3 Dovetailed Drawers - Serpentine Pilasters and Rolled Feet - Chest is 44 3/4" Tall 42 1/2" by 23" - Small Areas of Veneer Loss - See Photo

Folk Carved Rocking Chair - Original Finish - Attributed to African American Furniture Maker - Oak Rocker with Upholstered Seat -Repair Needed to Arm and Top Crest

1920's Halifax Training School - School Photo -African American High School - Photo Features Students and 6 School Buses - Photo Measures 4 1/2" by 6 1/2"

Thomas Day - Milton NC African American Cabinet Maker - Marble Top Washstand - Stand Measures 27" Tall 29" by 15 3/4" - Marble Top Needs Dowels Replaced

Thomas Day - Milton NC African American Cabinet Maker Dresser with Mirror - 2 Drawers on Dresser Top - 1 Larger Drawer Over 3 - All Dovetailed - Dresser Base is 40 1/4" Tall 39 1/2" by 19" - Some Veneer Loss and Mirror Glass is Missing

Brower Chest - Brower School Forsyth County NC Chest of Drawers - Walnut with 4 Graduating Beaded Drawers - Solid Ends - Chest is 45" Tall 43" by 21 1/2"

Hand Stitched and Quilted Multi Fabric Quilt - Quilt Measures 83" By 74"

Antique Iron Lawn Jockey on Iron Pedestal - Figure is 24" Tall 39" Tall