The bottom half of a plantation kraut cutter, or vegetable slicer. The cutter is rectangular with a wooden base and side tracks for the slide box. The base is constructed from two (2) pieces of flat wood that has large crack running through them, with four…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.23.3
Unbound planters' applications for provisions, 1868, are arranged alphabetically by the initial letter of the surname of applicant. "IB" on these applications refers to the register number in the eight volume series of registers of letters received (July…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 4.1.10
A plaster mold impression of a baluster from an iron balcony. The plaster mold is painted black at the top and white on the bottom. It is mounted with two (2) wires on a painted green wooden board with screw holes at each corner. At the top of mold is a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.24.10
Depicted at the center of a circular brass plate is a spread eagle bearing three arrows in his proper right claw and an olive branch in his proper left claw. A pair of raised circles decorates the edge. A pair of eyehooks on the reverse indicates that the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.4.3
White ceramic plate with raised floral design around rim; decorated with text and image (possibly a transfer image) relating to Uncle Tom's Cabin. The text reads, "PAY AWAY TILL HE GIVES UP! GIVE IT HIM; GIVE IT HIM! UNCLE TOM WHIPPED TO DEATH." The image…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.51.2
Plato C. Fludd (fl. 1865–1875) was a judge, public official, and politician in South Carolina. He had lived in Charleston and had been enslaved, lived in Florence, South Carolina and was one of its first elected politicians. In 1865, Fludd was one of a…
This is a domed cover for a platter. Its sides rise straight upward for approximately 7.9 cm then curved inward in an indentation, before swelling outward in a rounded curve. It appears to be have been made in separate sections; the straight rise is a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.20.19
A large letterpress playbill for the Theatre Royal in Newcastle featuring the performances of the black Shakespearean actor, Ira Aldridge in "Othello" and "The Slave". Printed on very thin paper in black ink.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.57.44
Pleasant Richardson (c. 1845- May 30, 1935) was a resident of Fincastle in Botetourt County, Virginia, where he was a former slave, a property owner, and Civil War veteran.
A wooden plow plane. The fence and stems of the tool are joined with wooden pegs. The stems slide through square openings in the body. The metal blade, at top, has a wooden blade edge. Wooden screws tighten to hold the stems in place at the decided width.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.8.1
A wooden plow plane. The fence and stems of the tool are joined with wooden pegs. The stems slide through square openings in the body. The metal blade, at top, has a wooden blade edge. Wooden screws tighten to hold the stems in place at the decided width.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.8.4
A wooden plow plane. The fence and stems of the tool are joined with wooden pegs. The stems slide through square openings in the body. The metal blade, at top, has a wooden blade edge. Wooden screws tighten to hold the stems in place at the decided width.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.8.2
A wooden plow plane. The fence and stems of the tool are joined with wooden pegs. The stems slide through square openings in the body. The metal blade, at top, has a wooden blade edge. Wooden screws tighten to hold the stems in place at the decided width.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.8.3
Pocket diary for 1864 used by Annie P. Merriam. The diary is brown leather-wrapped with a back cover that has a vertical, envelope-style flap that wraps over the diary’s fore edge and is secured with a tab closure that tucks into a leather loop at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.39
An inscribed gold pocket watch presented to William Lloyd Garrison. The watch has a half hunter case, with spring hinged glass cover over the dial and a hinged gold lid over the back, protecting the inscription and winding square. The dial is painted white…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.115.6.1
A second-edition copy of the book Poems on Comic, Serious, and Moral Subjects by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New England 2nd edition, corrected, printed in London for J. French, bookseller, in 1787. The frontispiece…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2021.113.1.7
A first edition of the book Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, by Phillis Wheatley, while she was enslaved to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston. The book has a brown leather cover, the original morocco spine label, and a frontispiece featuring a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.46
A reprint of Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral By Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston, in New-England. Reprinted from the London Edition by Barber & Southwick for Thomas Spencer. Book plate is for Michael Zinman.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2021.113.1.12
A reprint of Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral By Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston, in New-England, reprinted for Thomas & Thomas by David Newhall in 1802. Book has leather spine and marbled paper-covered birch…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2021.113.1.14
An 1816 reprinting of Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston, in New-England. Reprinted in New England, possibly Boston. Bookplate of Forbes Library in Northampton, Massachusetts.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2021.113.1.19
An edition of Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New-England printed in Philadelphia by Joseph James, 1787. Cover is a replacement for the original and has spots of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2021.113.1.8
