A cotton bag (2017.78.2a) containing a piece of brick (2017.78.2b) from Fort Sumter owned by Marquis Peterson. The bag is brownish white and has a braided drawstring at top. Hand written in black ink on the front of the bag is “THIS ROCK / WAS FROM / FT.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.78.2ab
A partially typed, partially handwritten Bahamian bill of sale for [a certain negroe man slave named Trim] and a [negroe woman slave named Flora]. Trim and Flora were sold to John Addison from J. James Stevens on February 8, 1799 on the Bahamian Island of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.1.226
A two prong bale hook. The hook is constructed from metal and has a wooden handle. The hook projects perpendicularly from the bottom center of the handle and is held in place with a metal washer at the top of the handle. On the sides of the handle have two…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.23.58
A baluster from the Dock Street Theatre in Charleston, South Carolina. The bottom third of the baluster shaft is square straight up to a square band. The rest of the shaft is clover shaped. There is a hollow diamond shape near the top third of the shaft.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.24.11.1
A baluster from the Dock Street Theatre in Charleston, South Carolina. The bottom third of the baluster shaft is square straight up to a square band. The rest of the shaft is clover shaped. There is a hollow diamond shape near the top third of the shaft.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.24.11.2
A six-string banjo handmade by Lew Snowden. The banjo is made of wood and metal with a skin drum head. The skin is split and curled in several places. The head of the banjo has only one tuning peg attached, and no strings are attached. There are faint…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.65.1
Banjo made in the style of William Esperance Boucher, Jr. (circa 1850s). The banjo has a circular head, with a tension head pulled tight across the front. There is a slightly tilted bridge on the head, with a tailpiece at the bottom holding the strings…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.311
This Banneker's Almanack is a 48-page printed booklet printed in 1793. The almanac is a booklet comprised of 8 segments of folded paper, bound together by two stitches of cream-colored thread on the left-hand side that are knotted at the back. The top edge…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.63.31
Barbados penny from 1788. One side of the coin shows an African figure in profile wearing a plumed crown with [I · SERVE] at the bottom. The other side depicts a large pineapple. Around the border [BARBADOES [sic] · PENNY · 1788] is in raised relief. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.17.13
Barbara Chase-Riboud (born June 26, 1939) is an American and French visual artist, sculptor, novelist, and poet. After becoming established as a sculptor and poet, Chase-Riboud gained widespread recognition as an author for her novel Sally Hemings (1979).…
Barney Lancelot Ford (January 22, 1822 – December 14, 1902) was an escaped slave who became a wealthy entrepreneur and civil-rights pioneer in Colorado. Ford persevered in his quest for new businesses despite barriers due to racism, war, fire and…
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