Also currently offered for sale and priced separately is a second pair of child’s shackles, also de-accessioned from the Middle Passage Museum. Please type the word "shackles" in the search box on our home page to find this 2nd set of child’s shackles.

The Middle Passage Museum was the dream of Jim and Mary Anne Petty of Mississippi as well as that of an anonymous Georgian benefactor who had together compiled a collection of slave artifacts numbering over 15,000 pieces and who had hoped to find a permanent site in Mobile, Alabama, for their museum. While they formed a non-profit organization to raise funds for their hoped-for museum, their dream was never realized.

In fabulous condition with 100+ years of all original surface patina, this phenomenal piece is very highly detailed and displays wonderfully! It authentically depicts the highly fashionable Art Nouveau styling which was so wildly popular at the turn of the 20th century.

This 1930-40s sign is white-washed on both sides with lettering completed in blue paint. Made of metal with 2 holes on either end for hanging. It has seen its share of vandalism with numerous, deliberately-inflicted scratches to the paint and crimps to the metal as seen in photos. The sign was de-accessioned from the ill-fated Middle Passage Museum.

Truly a one-of-a-kind historical artifact!

The Middle Passage Museum was the dream of Jim and Mary Anne Petty of Mississippi as well as that of an anonymous Georgian benefactor who had together compiled a collection of slave artifacts numbering over 15,000 pieces and who had hoped to find a permanent site in Mobile, Alabama, for their museum. While they formed a non-profit organization to raise funds for their hoped-for museum, their dream was never realized.

Colors are extraordinarily vivid, a fabulous display piece -retains original cardboard backing but, alas, no game darts!

Present are minor surface blemishes, surface scratches, some surface rust specks, as well as minor edge crimps that one would expect of a 70+ year old toy -all of which fail to detract from the fabulously bold visual imagery of this piece! (The most prominent scratch is on Sambo's yellow hat.)

Measuring 9 by 11 inches framed, this gorgeous litho is signed “Hobbins” in the lower right corner.

A delightful piece which features the accompanying text on the reverse side.

The frame is a temporary and inexpensive one to allow the potential buyer to view the story on the backside, but the piece should be properly framed to enable its continued conservation once purchased.

If one looks under the skirt of the Mammy dressed in the red and white checked dress skirt, her original price sticker remains adhered to the bell and reads $4.95!! Another Mammy dressed in a brown print dress, retains her original paper tag that reads "From Williamsburg" (Virginia).

Produced as whimsical souvenir items, these teeny Mammies display nicely as well as quite easily given their tiny stature!

The work is entitled, "Coffee With the Spirit World" and is done in acrylics on watercolor paper. It comes mounted on acid-free foam core which can continue to be used when the piece is framed.

Of this piece of artwork, Sister Raya says, “When peoples get up in the morning they slog on coffee and stumble round full of stress and worry, but they don’t be knowin that’s the time when the spirit folk be slippin round they heads. They be friendly folk and like you to say good morning to them. People go too fast today, slow down when you be drinkin yo coffee and say good mornin!”

The child’s head nods back and forth by pivoting on a tiny metal bar inserted through her neck .

Condition is mint, and the piece is signed on the bottom of her right foot: “Hand Painted Lenwile China Ardalt Japan 6529”.

Black nodders are quite difficult to come by and have become an interesting sub-collecting category in the field of Black Americana! Not to be missed!

The first piece is a 12 page paper pamphlet written by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions that discusses the Mission philosophy and world-wide global plan to convert or evangelize Africans, Asians, and Native Americans. An interesting historical perspective. Printed in Boston, Massachusetts, by Perkins + Martin, 1838-- excellent condition.