![Signal Corps Press Photos of African-American GIs During World War II]. African-Americana, World...](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1695_01.jpg?v=1620329043)
[Various places: ca. 1944]. Sixteen photographs, each 8 x 10 inches. Numbered and credited in the negatives. Light curling and toning. A couple of creases, with one short separation. An appealing group of sixteen large-format press photographs, taken by the photographers of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, showing African-American soldiers..... More
[Guanabacoa: 1849-1850]. [22]pp. Folio. Stitching perishing, final leaf loose. Light worming to initial leaves, slightly affecting text; occasional ink burn resulting in minor loss. Light wear at edges. Moderate tanning and foxing. Completed in several hands. A fascinating, though somewhat gruesome, bureaucratic account of the execution of a Cuban "libre,"..... More
![Manuscript Bidsheet for an 1877 Cuban Slave Auction]. Cuba, Slavery](/pictures/thumb/McBRB2027.jpg?v=1619697920)
[Havana: 1877]. [1]p., on a bifolium. Removed from a a bound volume, with unobtrusive stabholes at gutter margin. Light wear at edges; light dust soiling and damp staining. Remarkable bidsheet submitted by a Cuban business in response to a newspaper advertisement for an auction of slaves for hire held in..... More
Remedios: 1856. [4]pp., on a large bifolium. Printed form, completed in manuscript. Separated at fold, repaired with tissue. Light wear at edges. Light tanning and foxing. Rare Cuban population census form listing the number of residents in and around the town of Remedios, located on the northern central coast of..... More
[Matanzas: 1881;1884]. [3] leaves, plus [4]pp. pamphlet in original plain wrappers, string tied. Light wear at edges. A few very small worm holes. Contemporary ink stamps. Light tanning and foxing. The Spanish Cortes approved a gradual manumission law in 1880 for slaves in Cuba that provided for an eight-year period..... More
![Certificate for an Insurance Policy from La Providencia on a Congolese Slave in Cuba]. Cuba, Slavery](/pictures/thumb/McBRB2023.jpg?v=1619697910)
Habana: Lito. de la Marina, Calle del Obispo, No. 115, [1856]. Engraved form, completed in manuscript, measuring 14 x 13.5 inches. Folded. Separation along fold line from bottom edge, with minor loss, not affecting text. A few small losses from ink burn, not affecting legibility. Contemporary ink stamp. Light soiling..... More