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Written by:

David Root  Search this

Subject of:

Elijah Parish Lovejoy, American, 1802 - 1837  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper (fiber product)

Dimensions:

H x W: 8 1/16 x 5 5/16 in. (20.5 x 13.5 cm)

Type:

sermons

Place printed:

Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted:

Alton, Madison County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1837

Topic:

African American  Search this

Antislavery  Search this

Christianity  Search this

Mass media  Search this

Oratory  Search this

Religion  Search this

U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this

Violence  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2010.1.40

Restrictions & Rights:

Public Domain

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Classification:

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Movement:

Anti-slavery movements

Exhibition:

Slavery and Freedom

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd560c1b9fe-9285-4faa-b4f1-1d0edfbc9aef

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2010.1.40

Written by:

Harriet Beecher Stowe, American, 1811 - 1896  Search this

Published by:

John P. Jewett & Company, American, 1846 - 1860  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W x D (Closed): 9 5/16 × 6 5/16 × 7/8 in. (23.7 × 16 × 2.2 cm)

H x W x D (Open): 9 5/16 × 12 1/2 × 7/8 in. (23.7 × 31.8 × 2.2 cm)

Type:

books

Place printed:

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1852

Topic:

African American  Search this

Antislavery  Search this

Domestic slave trade  Search this

Fugitive enslaved  Search this

Literature  Search this

Race relations  Search this

Self-liberation  Search this

Slavery  Search this

Stereotypes  Search this

U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2011.26.6

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

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Classification:

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Movement:

Abolitionist movement

Exhibition:

Slavery and Freedom

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50fa60862-6d1d-41fc-aea1-b204753ada70

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.26.6

Written by:

Rev. George Bourne, British American, 1780 - 1845  Search this

Published by:

Edwin Hunt, American  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 6 x 3 3/4 x 3/4 in. (15.2 x 9.5 x 1.9 cm)

Type:

books

Place made:

Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1834

Topic:

African American  Search this

Antislavery  Search this

Christianity  Search this

Literature  Search this

Religion  Search this

U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2013.46.7

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

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Classification:

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Movement:

Abolitionist movement

Exhibition:

Slavery and Freedom

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd526702790-2126-48f2-8e2d-dd385122369b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2013.46.7

Created by:

The North Star, American, 1847 - 1859  Search this

Edited by:

Frederick Douglass, American, 1818 - 1895  Search this

Martin Robison Delany, American, 1812 - 1885  Search this

Published by:

John Dick, British  Search this

Medium:

ink on newsprint

Dimensions:

H x W (folded): 13 3/16 × 18 1/2 in. (33.5 × 47 cm)

Type:

newspapers

Place printed:

Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date:

September 8, 1848

Topic:

African American  Search this

Antislavery  Search this

Black Press  Search this

Communities  Search this

Free communities of color  Search this

Freedom  Search this

Fugitive enslaved  Search this

International affairs  Search this

Mass media  Search this

Self-liberation  Search this

Social reform  Search this

U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2014.151.3

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification:

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Movement:

Abolitionist movement

Colonization movement

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55eac1532-e202-4371-9070-7e1b33a478a7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.151.3

Written by:

Rev. William T. Catto, American, 1809 - 1869  Search this

Printed by:

Joseph M. Wilson, American  Search this

Subject of:

Rev. John Gloucester, American, 1776 - 1822  Search this

First African Presbyterian Church, American, founded 1807  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper, wood, and leather

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 9 x 6 x 1/2 in. (22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm)

Type:

books

Place made:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1857

Topic:

African American  Search this

Free communities of color  Search this

Literature  Search this

Preaching  Search this

Presbyterian  Search this

Religion  Search this

Slavery  Search this

The Black Church  Search this

U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this

Worship services  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2012.46.71

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

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Classification:

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Exhibition:

Slavery and Freedom

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd554aa6e95-4c5c-4749-be87-9f39cf58e8e2

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.46.71

Published by:

Unidentified  Search this

Owned by:

Nat Turner, American, 1800 - 1831  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper (fiber product)

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 4 15/16 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (12.5 x 8.9 x 3.8 cm)

Type:

Bibles

Place used:

Southampton County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1830s

Topic:

African American  Search this

Christianity  Search this

Faith  Search this

Preaching  Search this

Religion  Search this

Resistance  Search this

Slavery  Search this

U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Maurice A. Person and Noah and Brooke Porter

Object number:

2011.28

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

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Classification:

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Religious and Sacred Objects

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fe570ac6-df6c-4665-9c8d-1c867edc3255

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.28

Written by:

Olaudah Equiano, 1745 - 1797  Search this

Published by:

Isaac Knapp, American, 1808 - 1858  Search this

Owned by:

Mary J. West, American  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper, leather

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 7 × 4 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (17.8 × 11.5 × 2.8 cm)

H x W x D (open at 90 degrees): 7 × 4 1/2 × 5 in. (17.8 × 11.4 × 12.7 cm)

Type:

books

narratives

Place printed:

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted:

West Africa, Africa

England, Europe

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

West Indies, Caribbean, North and Central America

Date:

1789; republished 1837

Topic:

African American  Search this

Africa  Search this

Christianity  Search this

Emancipation  Search this

Literature  Search this

Men  Search this

Middle Passage  Search this

Religion  Search this

Slavery  Search this

Spirituality  Search this

Trans Atlantic slave trade  Search this

U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of William E. West, Sr. and Family

Object number:

2014.44

Restrictions & Rights:

Public Domain

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Classification:

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Exhibition:

Slavery and Freedom

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd590f81561-b437-40c1-8a0b-4b80a76ab2bc

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.44

Written by:

William Lloyd Garrison, American, 1805 - 1879  Search this

Subject of:

Reverend Thomas H. Jones, American, 1806 - 1862  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper (fiber product)

Dimensions:

H x W: 9 3/8 x 7 3/8 in. (23.8 x 18.7 cm)

Type:

correspondence

Place made:

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted:

Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

Place used:

England, Europe

Date:

1851

Topic:

African American  Search this

Antislavery  Search this

Christianity  Search this

Fugitive enslaved  Search this

International affairs  Search this

Religion  Search this

Self-liberation  Search this

U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Beverly K. Hector-Smith, great-great granddaughter of Rev. Thomas H. Jones

Object number:

2014.86

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification:

Documents and Published Materials

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Movement:

Abolitionist movement

Exhibition:

Slavery and Freedom

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51c464982-e551-44bf-bd3b-917f50ff86b5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.86

Created by:

Oliver Wolcott Jr., 1760 - 1833  Search this

Thomas Day, 1777 - 1855  Search this

Received by:

John Andrew Shulze, 1775 - 1852  Search this

Medium:

iron gall ink on paper (fiber product)

Dimensions:

H x W (Folded into envelope): 3 1/8 × 5 5/16 in. (8 × 13.5 cm)

H x W (Folded once): 9 1/2 × 7 9/16 in. (24.1 × 19.2 cm)

H x W (Unfolded): 9 1/2 × 15 1/8 in. (24.1 × 38.4 cm)

Type:

letters (correspondence)

circular letters

certificates

Place depicted:

Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America

Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1825

Topic:

African American  Search this

Free communities of color  Search this

Government  Search this

Law  Search this

Slavery  Search this

U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2020.21.4

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

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Classification:

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a6c897ab-ed1a-4bdd-82ba-ee9a915a9238

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2020.21.4

Created by:

Unidentified  Search this

Medium:

copper

Dimensions:

H x W: 2 1/16 x 2 in. (5.2 x 5.1 cm)

Type:

slave hire badges

Place made:

Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1850

Topic:

African American  Search this

Labor  Search this

Skilled labor  Search this

Slave hire system  Search this

Slavery  Search this

U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2008.4

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification:

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Exhibition:

Making a Way Out of No Way

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58feedb3a-1c32-4f73-bf2f-3831d7af8c95

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2008.4

Created by:

Robert S. Duncanson, American, 1821 - 1872  Search this

Medium:

oil on canvas , wood

Dimensions:

H x W (unframed): 36 × 46 1/8 in. (91.4 × 117.2 cm)

Storage: 142.2 × 167.6 × 33 cm (56 × 66 × 13 in.)

H x W x D (framed): 46 1/4 × 56 × 3 1/8 in. (117.5 × 142.2 × 8 cm)

Type:

oil paintings

Place made:

Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1856

Topic:

African American  Search this

Art  Search this

U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2009.13ab

Restrictions & Rights:

Public Domain

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Classification:

Visual Arts

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53a1b3c52-564d-42a2-905f-48d9a18659af

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2009.13ab

Created by:

United States Congress, American, founded 1789  Search this

Printed by:

Thomas Ritchie, American, 1778 - 1854  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 9 3/4 x 7 11/16 in. (24.8 x 19.5 cm)

Type:

laws

Place depicted:

United States, North and Central America

Date:

1850

Topic:

African American  Search this

Fugitive enslaved  Search this

Government  Search this

Law  Search this

Politics  Search this

Self-liberation  Search this

Slavery  Search this

U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2009.14.4

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification:

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5398a20ab-70ff-4fbb-b4c2-a06d94891c9d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2009.14.4

Created by:

H. B. Boston  Search this

Signed by:

Martin Bridgeman, American  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 10 1/2 x 7 in. (26.7 x 17.8 cm)

Type:

bills of sale

Place made:

Jackson County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America

Place used:

Montgomery County, Texas, United States, North and Central America

Date:

December 23, 1835; modified 1851

Topic:

African American  Search this

American West  Search this

Children  Search this

Domestic slave trade  Search this

Fancy Girl trade  Search this

Finance  Search this

Slavery  Search this

U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Candace Greene

Object number:

2009.47.1

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

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Classification:

Documents and Published Materials

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Exhibition:

Slavery and Freedom

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54361fceb-03fd-47f3-b5a7-e5e74b1cf287

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2009.47.1

Written by:

John Berry, American  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 12 3/16 x 7 13/16 in. (31 x 19.8 cm)

Type:

free papers

Place made:

Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1827; modified 1831

Topic:

African American  Search this

American West  Search this

Emancipation  Search this

Families  Search this

Freedom  Search this

Slavery  Search this

U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Candace Greene

Object number:

2009.47.2

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

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Classification:

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ee4ed91d-97f9-4bc5-8ccd-280bbe860f3d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2009.47.2

Printed by:

Unidentified  Search this

Subject of:

J. A. Beard, English, born 1806  Search this

J. A. Beard and May, American  Search this

General William Henry Bailey, American, 1804 - 1878  Search this

President Thomas Jefferson, American, 1743 - 1826  Search this

Theodore O. Stark, American, born 1820  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 13 3/4 x 8 3/8 in. (34.9 x 21.3 cm)

Type:

broadsides

Place used:

New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1855

Topic:

African American  Search this

Agriculture  Search this

American South  Search this

Black Enterprise  Search this

Building Arts  Search this

Children  Search this

Commerce  Search this

Cooking and dining  Search this

Cotton  Search this

Domestic slave trade  Search this

Families  Search this

Health  Search this

Labor  Search this

Medicine  Search this

Men  Search this

Midwifery  Search this

Skilled labor  Search this

U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this

Women  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2009.9.7

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification:

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd595cf4a0b-78ae-4776-b7e9-a33a7ccda38a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2009.9.7

Distributed by:

Blount & Dawson, American  Search this

Subject of:

Edmond M. Blount, American, born 1811  Search this

William C. Dawson, American, born 1827  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (6.4 x 8.9 cm)

Type:

trade cards

Place depicted:

Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date:

ca. 1860

Topic:

African American  Search this

American South  Search this

Business  Search this

Commerce  Search this

Domestic slave trade  Search this

Prisons  Search this

U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this

U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2009.9.8

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements

Exhibition:

Slavery and Freedom

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a6147e16-15e2-4c5d-99b0-10c822cbc964

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2009.9.8

Created by:

National Anti-Slavery Standard, American, 1840 - 1870  Search this

Published by:

American Anti-Slavery Society, American, 1833 - 1870  Search this

Medium:

ink on newsprint

Dimensions:

H x W: 26 x 18 3/4 in. (66 x 47.6 cm)

Type:

newspapers

Place printed:

Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date:

September 24, 1859

Topic:

African American  Search this

Antislavery  Search this

Associations and institutions  Search this

Journalism  Search this

Mass media  Search this

Resistance  Search this

Self-liberation  Search this

Social reform  Search this

Societies  Search this

U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2010.1.298.34

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Movement:

Abolitionist movement

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ef76d61e-276c-44a9-ad37-65938ddc2d42

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2010.1.298.34

Created by:

Peter Bentzon, American, ca. 1783 - after 1850  Search this

Medium:

silver and wood

Dimensions:

H x W: 7 x 12 x 5 in. (17.8 x 30.5 x 12.7 cm)

Type:

teapots

Place made:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Cultural Place:

Virgin Islands of the United States, United States, Caribbean, North and Central America

Date:

ca. 1817-1829

Topic:

African American  Search this

African diaspora  Search this

Craftsmanship  Search this

Design  Search this

Free communities of color  Search this

Ornamentation  Search this

U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2010.14

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification:

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Exhibition:

Slavery and Freedom

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51d2d0213-3bbe-4345-a274-ce64478aa500

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2010.14

Created by:

John Joseph Lafar, American, 1784 - 1849  Search this

Medium:

metal

Dimensions:

H x W: 2 7/16 x 2 1/2 in. (6.2 x 6.3 cm)

Type:

slave hire badges

Place made:

Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1815

Topic:

African American  Search this

Labor  Search this

Skilled labor  Search this

Slave hire system  Search this

Slavery  Search this

U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2010.27.3

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification:

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Exhibition:

Slavery and Freedom

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fc9e8e63-6f04-44fc-90c1-b8267fb9ec0f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2010.27.3

Created by:

Alexander Gardner, Scottish, 1821 - 1882  Search this

Subject of:

John Brown, American, 1800 - 1859  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on cardboard

Dimensions:

H x W: 14 x 10 1/2 in. (35.6 x 26.7 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place depicted:

Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States, North and Central America

Date:

ca. 1859

Topic:

African American  Search this

Antislavery  Search this

Photography  Search this

Slavery  Search this

U.S. History, 1815-1861  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2010.77.4

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Media Arts-Photography

Movement:

Anti-slavery movements

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd595cfac44-1dd4-4f83-975d-fe02d0579127

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2010.77.4