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A curated archive of the original Harper’s Weekly Civil War collection focused on emancipation, Black soldiers, slavery, and Reconstruction.
You are buying a unique collection:
CIVIL WAR BLACK AMERICANA HARPER\'S WEEKLY COLLECTION | HISTORY \'N\' PIECES SOURCE ARCHIVE | 1861–1867
This sale includes a curated collection of 34 original Harper\'s Weekly newspapers selected for their historical significance related to slavery, emancipation, African American military service, Reconstruction, Black political participation, and the American Civil War.
Known issues include:
• Emancipation
• United States Colored Troops (USCT)
• African American military service
• Reconstruction
• Black citizenship and voting rights
• Civil War-era Black Americana
• Rare historical engravings and centerfolds
What makes this collection unique is that these original newspapers were used as source materials in the development of the History \'N\' Pieces historical preservation project.
Condition varies by issue but overall presents in very good collectible condition for newspapers of this age. Interested buyers should send a message relating to more detail for any issue.
This collection is being offered as a single archive and will not be broken apart.
Opportunities to acquire a curated Civil War Black Americana Harper\'s Weekly collection of this type are extremely rare. Recreating a similar archive today would require significant time, expertise, and access to the marketplace.
A unique opportunity for museums, universities, archives, collectors, researchers, cultural organizations, and serious students of American history.
Additional photographs available upon request.
SATURDAY, January 24, 1863, \'Emancipation\', center main image
SATURDAY, January 31, 1885, \'JOHN BROWN ON HIS WAY TO EXECUTION\', 3 COPIES FAIR, GOOD, FAIR, AND MINT
SATURDAY, October 21, 1876, \'OF COURSE HE\'S WANTS TO VOTE DEMOCRATIC TICKET, YOUR AS FREE AS US\' MINT
SATURDAY, July 13, 1861, \'A SLAVE sale IN THE SOUTH\', MINT
SATURDAY AUGUST 10, 1872, \'A NIGERO CAMP MEETING IN THE SOUTH\', 2 COPIES, GOOD
SATURDAY OCTOBER 10, 1868, \'PATIENCE ON A MONUMENT, MINT
SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1862, \'THE WAR FOR THE UNION\'
SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1862, \'THE STREAMER PLANTER, CAPTAIN SMALLS\' and \'FEEDING NIGEROS\'
SATURDAY JULY 4, 1863, \' GORDON THE SLAVE\'
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 16, 1867, \'NEGROS FIRST VOTE\',MINT
SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1866, \'SHOOTING DOWN NEGROS IN MEMPHIS,
SATURDAY APRIL 9, 1864,\'NEGROS LEAVING THEIR HOMES\'
SATURDAY MARCH 14, 1874, \'CONLORED RULE IN A RECONSTRUCTION\', AND \'TAKING IN LIVESTOCK FOR ASHANTEE EXPEDITION\'
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1859, \'JOHN BROWN\',POOR
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1868, \'THIS IS A WHITE MANS GOVERNMENT\'
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1859, \'HARPER’S FERRY AND JOHN BROWN\', GOOD
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1876, \'IS THIS A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT\', MINT
SATURDAY APRIL 21, 1877,\'FREDERICK DOUGLASS\' and \'YOUNG AMERICAN ROAST BEEF FOR OLD ENGLAND\'
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 24, 1866, \'PRESIDENT LINCOLN ENTERING RICHMOND\'
SATURDAY AUGUST 29, 1863, \'IN THE TRENCHES AT FORT WAGNER\'
SATURDAY MAY 17, 1879,\'THE NEGRO EXODUSON THE WHARVES AT VICKSBURG\'
SATURDAY AUGUST 24, 1872, \'IT IS ONLY A TRUCE TO REGAIN POWER\',MINT
SATURDAYFEBRAURY 15, 1862, \'INSTRUMENTS FOR TORTURE BY SLAVEHOLDER\'GOOD
SATURDAY MAY 1880, \'THE NERGO EXODUS SATURDAY\', THE OLD STYLE AND THE NEW
SATURDAY JUNE 2, 1860, \'THE SLAVE DECK OF THE BARK WILDFLOWER\'
