An iron meat hook with three hooks. The hook is formed from two pieces of metal. One piece of metal is shaped into two hooks and is looped into an eye at the top. A third hook is soldered to the side of the shank. Painted just below the eye is a white…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.23.59
A bronze Prince Hall freemasonry medallion. The obverse features a design of three concentric circles. The innermost circle bears a likeness of Price Hall in relief around which is the text [PRINCE HALL / 1748 / 1807]. The middle ring has text along the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.16
Unbound medical reports, March 1866–October 1868, are arranged chronologically. These include weekly reports of sick and wounded, reports of attendants, and ration reports.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.43.3
A carved sepiolite meerschaum pipe (.1a) and stem (.1b) with original case (.2) made by F. J. Kaldenberg. The carved design of the pipe features the same scene and was inspired by Richard Ansdell's painting Hunted Slaves (1861), though the faces of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.166.37.1ab-.2
A membership certificate to the American Colonization Society for Sarah Emlen Cresson signed by James Madison as the president of the society on February 22, 1832. The certificate has pre-printed text with spaces for filling in the date and member name by…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.77.9
A third edition of Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave. Also, Poems by a Slave published by Isaac Knapp in Boston, Massachusetts. Frontispiece portrait of Phillis Wheatley, attributed to Scipio Moorhead, depicts her in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2021.113.1.23
A first edition of Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave, Dedicated to the Friends of the Africans published by George W. Light in Boston, Massachusetts. Bookplate of Michael Zinman. Frontispiece portrait of Phillis Wheatley,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2021.113.1.21
A second edition of Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave, Dedicated to the Friends of the Africans published by Light & Horton in Boston, Massachusetts. Frontispiece portrait of Phillis Wheatley, attributed to Scipio Moorhead,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2021.113.1.22
An 124-page hard bound book entitled Memoir of Pierre Toussaint, born a slave in St. Domingo by Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee. The cover is dark green with a blind-stamped geometrical design on the cover. There are floral motifs on the top and bottom edges of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.1.259
A document titled at the top "Memorandum." Written in a vertical column, the document lists names and monetary values. Some names have the notation "not Hired." On the reverse is written "Memorandum Negro hires 1794] in the center and "Bond for the year…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.11
The single volume of memorandums of events, April–September 1866 (311), is arranged chronologically. This volume also contains a register of complaints (Jan.–Sept. 1868), Wytheville.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.58.1
Unbound memorandums of examination of claimants, 1872–1876, are arranged numerically by the number of the certificate issued to the claimant. There are gaps in the numerical sequence. Confidential lists are interfiled with the memorandums of examination.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M2029, File 1.4.6
Unbound memorandums of examination of claimants, 1872–1877, are arranged numerically by number of certificate issued to claimants. The bulk of the documents are dated 1874–1877.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M2029, File 1.10.9
Unbound memorandums of examination of claimants, ca. 1876, are arranged alphabetically by initial letter of surname of claimant. Miscellaneous papers relating to a case are filed with the memorandums.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M2029, File 1.11.8
The single volume of memorandums relating to service of medical officers, January–August 1868 (65), is arranged by surname and thereunder chronologically and has a name index. The volume gives date of the assignment and date relieved. For memorandums…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, File 2.4.8
The single volume of memorandums relating to taxation policies in counties within the 2nd District (383) covers the year 1866. Information was gathered in response to Circulars 12 and 15 from the Office of the Assistant Commissioner. The volume is arranged…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.75.26
Mentor Dotson (c. 1837–?), was an American politician, teacher, minister, and storekeeper. As a state legislator he represented Sumter County, Alabama in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1872–1874. He has been noted as Minter Dotson, Minter…
Two metal boot hooks with wood handles. The metal and wood are dark brown. The handles of the hooks are tapered and curved with the center of the handles wider than the ends. The metal hook is attached through the center of the hook. The ends of the hook…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.25.10ab
A round, metal hearth griddle. The hearth griddle has two (2) round pressing plates and two (2) elongated handles are crossed and connected by a rivet near the plates. The handles are attached to the plates with two (2) rivets and welded into place. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.24.8
Michael A. Gomez (born 1955) is an American academic, historian, and author. He is the Silver Professor at New York University, noted for his work on West Africa, the African diaspora, Islam, and slavery.
Michael G. Shiner (c. 1805–1880) was an African-American Navy Yard worker and diarist who chronicled events in Washington D.C. for more than 60 years, first as a slave and later as a free man. His diary is the earliest-known by an African American resident…
This is a maquette for a memorial to the eleven million victims of the Transatlantic Slave Trade that the artist hopes to have erected in Washington, D.C. Formed in bronze in the shape of the letter 'H' this sculpture consists of two tall obelisks…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.9
