A bloodstained 1843 map of the Mississippi River Basin found in the pocket of abolitionist David Hoyt, who was murdered by pro-slavery forces near Lawrence, Kansas in August of 1856. The map is printed in black ink on off-white paper and consists of only…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.23.1
March Haynes (March 4, 1825 Pocotaligo, Jasper, South Carolina – July 16, 1899 Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia) was an African American abolitionist. He freed over three hundred enslaved people using his knowledge of the waterways of Savannah, Georgia,…
Margaret Garner (died 1858) was an enslaved African-American woman who killed her own daughter and intended to kill her other three children and herself rather than be forced back into slavery. Garner and her family had escaped enslavement in January 1856…
Margaret Morgan (between 1800 and 1805–after 1837) was an African-American woman who was born to former slaves. They were considered free by their slaveholder, but they had not received an official deed of manumission. They lived on their former…
Maria do Carmo Gerônimo (died 14 June 2000) was a Brazilian woman of African descent and former Brazilian slave who, according to baptism records, was the oldest person in the world before her death. However, due to the lack of a birth certificate or any…
Maria W. Stewart (née Miller) (1803 – December 17, 1879) was an African American writer, lecturer, teacher, and activist from Hartford, Connecticut. She is widely recognized as the first woman in the United States to give a public speech and the first…
Mariah Bell Otey Reddick (1832–1922) was an American midwife, nurse, and domestic worker who was held as a slave at Carnton Plantation in Franklin, Tennessee. She worked for the family of Colonel John McGavock for four generations, both as a house slave…
An abstract mixed media sculpture by Adebunmi Gdabedo. The sculpture consists of a large, cylindrical ceramic vessel with human and ceramic locs attached along the back. The vessel is made with red clay hand dug from the True Blue Plantation in South…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.84
Marie-Josèphe dite Angélique (c. 1705–1734) was an enslaved Black woman in New France who was accused, tried, and executed for allegedly setting fire to Montreal in 1734. While earlier historical interpretations accepted her guilt, more recent scholarship…
Marie Marguerite Rose (c. 1717–1757) was a Guinean-born Canadian slave. In 2008, Rose was made a Person of National Historic Significance by the Government of Canada.
Marie Thérèse dite Coincoin, also known Marie Thérèse Métoyer (born Coincoin with no surname; August 1742 – 1816), was a planter, slave owner, and businesswoman at the colonial Louisiana outpost of Natchitoches, later known as Natchitoches Parish. A…
Marilyn Vann is a Cherokee Nation engineer and activist who is the first citizen of Freedmen descent to be appointed to a government commission within the Cherokee Nation. She has served on the Cherokee Nation Environmental Protection Commission since 2021.
A reddish brown stereograph photograph of a butcher shop scene. In the image, two men stand in front of a display of meat that appears to be staged in a photography studio. The man on the left is wearing khakis, a coat, and a hat with an up-turned rear…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.43.14
A maroon dress with gold sequins and beaded fringe designed by Peter Davy. The dress is made of maroon synthetic velvet, it has a single cap sleeve on the proper right side. The neckline is bordered with trim made of gold plastic sequins and gold metallic…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.121
A maroon wool hat with an asymmetrical upturned brim. The body of the hat is made of red blocked wool felt. The top of the crown is flat and slightly raised at the center. There is a matching hatband made of the same red felt that has a knot with two tails…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.414
Hand-written document (folio leaf) of "Marriage Bond", signed by James Trumbo, and Abram Marshall, presumably his "best man" and witness. The document is a single page, one-sided, handwritten in black ink. The marriage bond reads in full: "Marriage Bond.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.9.3
