[LITERATURE]. A group of pre-Civil War and Reconstruction Era books with African American protagonists, comprising:

EDDY, A.D. "Black Jacob," A Monument of Grace. The Life of Jacob Hodges, an African Negro, Who Died in Canandaigua, N.Y., February, 1842. Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1842. 32mo. Engraved frontispiece. (Toned, spotting.) Contemporary black morocco-backed marbled boards. Provenance: Dr. Fox, Natchez, MS, 1845 (penciled ownership inscription). -- DAINGERFIELD, Henrietta G. Our Mammy and Other Stories. Lexington, KY: Hampton Institute Press, 1906. 8vo. 11 photographic illustrations of African Americans. (Minor toning at edges.) Original publisher's blue cloth gilt (minor wear at spine caps). Includes portraits of Black nannies with white children, laborers, and soldiers, including a Civil War captain. -- [MUDGE, Zachariah Atwell (1813-1888)]. Plantation Jim and the Freedom Which he Obtained. New York: Hurst & Co., ca 1880s. 8vo. Half-titles, illustrations. (Toned.) Original publisher's illustrated brown cloth (soiled, spine leaned). Arlington Edition. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes.

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African Americana

[LITERATURE]. A group of pre-Civil War and Reconstruction Era books with African American protagonists, comprising:

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