MARCUS GARVEY Signed stock certificate for 5 shares of stock

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Sale 2697 - Lot 240

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MARCUS GARVEY. Signed stock certificate for 5 shares of stock in the Black Star Line, issued to Mildred Blackman. Engraved certificate #6744, 8¾ x 10½ inches, signed by Garvey as president and Treasurer George Tobias; with the embossed corporate stamp of the Black Star Line; two vertical folds, worn with several closed tears and wrinkling, minor dampstaining. New York, 15 December 1919

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An early stock certificate for the Black Star Line, the Universal Negro Improvement Association's vehicle for promoting worldwide commerce among black communities. In Garvey's vision, its ships would transport manufactured goods, raw materials, and produce among black businesses in North America, the Caribbean, and Africa, and become the linchpin of a global black economy.

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