Civil Rights/Slavery

CA 248

Early Mexican comic book La Cueva de los Desaparacedos.

Price: $90.00

CA 247

1960 Mexican comic book El Fugitivo. A Haitian legend. Spine taped. B

Price: $90.00

CA 246CA 246

Rare early German chromo card set Uncle Toms Cabin. Margin wear. M

Price: $250.00

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Two Rainbo chromo cards on great Americans. Featured here are Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver. m

Price: $50.00

CA 244

Belgian chromo card of slave market. B

Price: $25.00

CA 243

1950's Spanish gum card depicting pirates aboard a slave ship. Text on reverse. B

Price: $30.00

CA 237

Fact card produced in 1993 by Atlas Editions about Dred Scott. Dred Scott (c. 1799 – September 17, 1858) was an enslaved African-American man in the USA who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and that of his wife, Harriet, and their two daughters in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857, popularly known as the "Dred Scott decision". Scott claimed that he and his wife should be granted their freedom because they had lived in Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory for four years, where slavery was illegal and their laws said that slaveholders gave up their rights to slaves if they stayed for an extended period. In a landmark case, the United States Supreme Court decided 7–2 against Scott, finding that neither he nor any other person of African ancestry could claim citizenship in the USA, and therefore Scott could not bring suit in federal court under diversity of citizenship rules. Moreover, Scott's temporary residence outside Missouri did not bring about his emancipation under the Missouri Compromise, as the court ruled this to have been unconstitutional, as it would "improperly deprive Scott's owner of his legal property". While Chief Justice Roger B. Taney had hoped to settle issues related to slavery and Congressional authority by this decision, it aroused public outrage, deepened sectional tensions between the northern and southern states, and hastened the eventual explosion of their differences into the American Civil War. The Scotts were manumitted by a private arrangement in May 1857. Dred Scott died of tuberculosis a year later. Detail on back. BB

Price: $30.00

CA 236

Fact card produced in 1993 by Atlas Editions about Mum Bett. Elizabeth Freeman (c.1744 – December 28, 1829), also known as Bet, Mum Bett, or MumBet, was the first enslaved African American to file and win a freedom suit in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling, in Freeman's favor, found slavery to be inconsistent with the 1780 Massachusetts State Constitution. Her suit, Brom and Bett v. Ashley (1781), was cited in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court appellate review of Quock Walker's freedom suit. When the court upheld Walker's freedom under the state's constitution, the ruling was considered to have implicitly ended slavery in Massachusetts. Detail on back. B 

Price: $30.00

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Two fact cards produced in 1993 by Atlas Editions about black Union soldiers, the 1st South Carolina Volunteers and the African Brigade. When Union forces withdrew from Port Royal to reinforce General McLellan, the area was left in need of protection. Under orders of Union General Rufus Saxton, the first regiment of freed slaves – the 1st South Carolina Volunteers was created. Many feared arming blacks because they thought they would attack both the North and the South. They were paid less than white soldiers, overseen by white officers and discriminated against. Looked down upon, they had to prove themselves in battle, which they did taking Jacksonville, Florida. The African Brigade was formed by Edward A. Wild, at New Bern, North Carolina in 1863. The three regiments, along with the 55th Massachusetts, successfully raided the Albermarle Sound region of North Carolina. Shortly after that, the Brigade was broken up. Racial prejudice mad it difficult to assess the performance of black troops, as with all soldiers a crucial factor in performance was the leadership of the unit. All but 50,000 of the 186,000 black Union soldiers were escaped slaves, and literate slaves were rare. Inspection report indicate that black troops did well in drill, took pride in their uniforms, and suffered less than white troops from such camp vices as drinking and swearing. Details on back. B 

Price: $60.00

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Four Fact cards produced in 1993 by Atlas Editions about the Emancipation Proclamation and the reactions to it from abroad and from slaves. Interesting detail about the dilemma of freeing the 3000 slaves in Washington DC. Much detail on Lincoln’s objection to interfering with slavery in any state, even forcing two of his generals who had taken it upon themselves to free slaves, to stop. But then he went along with General Butler’s contraband policy and the first Confiscation Act of August, 1861. Lincoln however considered vetoing the Second Confiscation Act, but based emancipation on military necessity. Reacting to the Second Confiscation Act, Lincoln wrote to Congress, “It is startling to say that Congress can free a slave within a State.” Reactions from Karl Marx and European leaders is mentioned. The British press railed against the hypocrisy of the Proclamation as it freed slaves only in those areas where the Union had no power. CA 226CA 226“The principle is not that a human cannot justly own another, but that he cannot own him unless he is loyal to the United States.”. While the majority of slaves hailed the Emancipation Proclamation, not all hailed liberation as a blessing. Many remained faithful to their masters and mistresses without a thought of facing the world without the security they had found in slavery. There are several specific instances quoted. Much detail on reverse. B 

Price: $120.00