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circa 1791
Wright, James
James Wright, of Haverhill... [Merchant will not sell sugar due to slave labor]
Printed at Bury by P. Gedge, Agent to the Sun Fire Office.
GLC04614
1861
Unknown
[Dixie printed on back of a sheet checks]
A new version of Dixie printed on the back of a sheet of checks from the Bank of Virginia. Contains 9 stanzas. Some very virulent anti-Lincoln lines, including "Old Abe is good at stealing niggers." Note on upper right in pencil says "Printed at...
GLC05987.27
4 April 1968
Allied Printing (fl. 1968)
I am a man
Printed by Allied Printing in large black letters on white posterboard. Poster dates from the day of Dr. King's assassination. Refer to GLC05954 for a different printing of this poster.
GLC06124
8 April 1968
Honor King, End Racism
Large black letters printed on white posterboard state "HONOR KING: END RACISM!" Contains strings intended to suspend the poster from a marcher's neck. Poster designed for a march on April 8, 1968, 4 days after Martin Luther King's Jr.'s...
GLC06125
1918
Renesch, E. G. (fl. 1917-1918)
Colored man is no slacker
Depicts an African American World War I infantryman parting with a woman in a blue dress. In the background, African American soldiers march; one soldier carries a United States flag. The couple stands on a walkway surrounded by flowers.
GLC06134
16 February 1857
Rock, John S. (John Sweat) (1825-1866)
[Advertisement for antislavery lecture]
Letterpress broadside/flyer for an antislavery lecture by Dr. John Sweat Rock. Includes a short note in which Dr. Rock asks David P. Harmon if his lecture on "The Unity of the Races" would be well received in Harmon's town.
GLC06143.15
1856
Political chart of the United States with a comparative statistical view of North and South
Hand colored Republican campaign chart showing slave states, free states, and territories, as well as an image of John C. Fremont, the party's first presidential candidate. Includes population information for North and South, differentiating...
GLC06143.25
12 October 1864
Lockhart, H. C. (fl. 1864)
[Instructions for enrolling and impressing slaves]
Circular issued by Lieutenant Colonel Lockhart, Commandant for Alabama. These orders are intended for County Enrolling Officers and Impressing Agents. Instructions are provided regarding the impressment of slaves. "Assistants... will listen with...
GLC06158.11
circa 1926
National Associaton for the Advancement of Colored People
For the Good of America
NAACP poster listing statistics regarding the 3,436 lynchings that occurred between 1889 and 1922. States "Do you know that the United States is the Only Land on Earth where people are burned at the stake?" Reports that 83 women have been lynched...
GLC06197
6 January 1796 - 9 May 1797
Poulson, Zachariah (1761-1844)
To the free Africans and other people of color in the United States
Two addresses by the conventions of delegates of the Abolition Societies of the United States. The first is dated 9 May 1797 and signed by Joseph Bloomfield as President of the Convention. The second is dated 6 January 1796 and signed by Theodore...
GLC06212
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