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Carte-de-visite Tops Record $1.3m Swann Sale
April 4, 2023
Swann’s annual Printed & Manuscript African Americana auction was the most successful in its 28-year history.
Early German-American anti-slavery broadside
Swann Galleries’ Printed & Manuscript African Americana Rescheduled for May 7
April 21, 2020
New York — Swann Galleries’ sale of Printed & Manuscript African Americana will take place on Thursday, May 7. The auction itself will be held live, remotely.
Early German-American anti-slavery broadside
Printed & Manuscript African Americana at Swann March 26
March 17, 2020
New York — On Thursday, March 26, Swann Galleries will offer a sale of Printed & Manuscript African
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Historical Newspapers Edited by Frederick Douglass Now Online
January 30, 2020
Washington, D.C.
Victor Hugo on John Brown: a NYABF Highlight
March 8, 2018
French author Victor Hugo was, it seems, a militant supporter of American abolitionist John Brown.
Exhibition on Lafayette and the Antislavery Movement Opens at the Grolier Club in December
November 2, 2016
Although the Marquis de Lafayette is popularly known as “America’s Favorite Fighting Frenchman” in the current Broadway musical Hamilton, his role as an ardent abolitionist has not received
Amistad-Related Letters Led Swann Galleries’ Sale of African Americana
April 19, 2013
NEW YORK—Swann Galleries’ March 21 auction of Printed & Manuscript African Americana drew collectors, dealers and institutions alike to compete for scarce and one-of-a-kind material related to