PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT AFRICAN AMERICANA
by Swann Auction Galleries
Platinum House 536 lots | 450 with images
March 1, 2012
Live Auction104 East 25th Street
New York, NY, 10010 USA
Phone: 212.254.4710
Fax: 212 979 1017
Email: swann@swanngalleries.com
Viewing NotesExhibition & Sale Schedule: Sale 2271 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana - begins at 10:30am in New York on Thurs, Mar 1. All material in Sale 2271 on display at our premises in New York City, 104 East 25th Street, as follows - Sat, Feb 25: 10am to 4pm - Mon, Feb 27: 10am to 6pm - Tues, Feb 28: 10am to 6pm - Wed, Feb 29: 10am to 6pm - No exhibition on day of sale.
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Lot 1: (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) EARLY ENGLISH SLAVERS, JOHN HAWKINS ET AL. Elephant Ivory Tusk, recovered from the wreck of a 16th century sla
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Description: (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) EARLY ENGLISH SLAVERS, JOHN HAWKINS ET AL. Elephant Ivory Tusk, recovered from the wreck of a 16th century slave ship. 45 inches long with pronounced curvature; 4 inches in diameter at the base, tapering to a fine tip; the surface, uneven from long period in salt water has been professionally restored and preserved resulting in a smooth, warm patina; mounted on a polished wood panel, 18 x 47 inches, upon which is a copper and brass plaque with the following engraved on it: "This elephant tusk recovered from circa 1543 shipwreck on the Great Bahama Bank by Captain Herbert Humphreys Jr, the officers and crew of the research vessel Beaconin 1992. Framed and preserved by Rene Charette, chief preservationist." Np, circa 1543
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Lot 2: (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) WARDSTROM, CARL BERNHARD. Plan and Section of a Slave Ship (from Wardstrom's "Essay on Colonization, particul
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Description: (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) WARDSTROM, CARL BERNHARD. Plan and Section of a Slave Ship (from Wardstrom's "Essay on Colonization, particularly Applied to the Western Coast of Africa." London, 1794), 20-3/4 x 26-3/4 inches; faint creases where once folded, with a tiny hole at the conjunction of the early folds; professionally conserved with archival paper on the reverse. London, 1794
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Lot 3: (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) STOKES, ROBERT. Regulated Slave Trade. From the Evidence of Robert Stokes, Esq. Given before the Select Commit
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Description: ANOTHER VARIANT OF THE SLAVESHIP HOLD (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) STOKES, ROBERT. Regulated Slave Trade. From the Evidence of Robert Stokes, Esq. Given before the Select Committee of the House of Lords, in 1849. With a plate of the British Slave Ship Brookes during the Regulated Slave Trade. Large folding plate of the hold of the Brookes, 22-1/2 x 17 inches, showing the appalling conditions under which Africans were transported; several archival paper repairs to the reverse; creases where folded, otherwise bright and fresh. 24 pages of text. Crown 8vo, original cloth covered flexible boards, stitched with hand-written label on the upper cover. London, 1851
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Lot 4: (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Pair of "Middle Passage" slave shackles.
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Description: (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Pair of "Middle Passage" slave shackles. Wrought iron, with a 19 inch long bar, to which are attached two circular wrist pieces, 3-1/2 inches in diameter; smooth and even pitting and oxidization consistent with age and material. Np, 1750-1800
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Lot 5: (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Pair of small "Middle Passage" slave shackles.
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Description: (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Pair of small "Middle Passage" slave shackles. Wrought iron, with a 13 inch long bar, to which are attached two circular wrist pieces 2-3/4 inches in diameter; smooth and even pitting and oxidization consistent with age and material. Np, 1750-1800
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