The oral history consists of eleven digital files: 2011.174.106.1a, 2011.174.106.1b, 2011.174.106.1c, 2011.174.106.1d, 2011.174.106.1e, 2011.174.106.1f, 2011.174.106.1g, 2011.174.106.1h, 2011.174.106.1i, 2011.174.106.1j, and 2011.174.106.1k. Robert Brown…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.174.106.1a-k
Robert J. Patterson (1809–1884) was a former slave and a restaurateur in Saint John, New Brunswick. Patterson was born enslaved in Richmond, Virginia, in November 1809. He escaped slavery in 1842 and made his way north first to New York and then to Boston,…
Robert James Harlan (December 12, 1816 – September 21, 1897) was a civil rights activist and politician in Cincinnati, Ohio from the 1870s to the 1890s. He was born a slave but was allowed free movement and employment on the plantation of Kentucky…
Robert Meacham (1835–1902) was an educational, religious and political leader in Florida during and after Reconstruction. An African-American, he was a slave in Quincy, Florida; one of the sons of his enslaver, he was educated by him. He purchased his…
Robert Norton (born about 1840) was a former slave who became a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1869 until 1874 and 1876 until 1883. He was one of three brothers who held office. His much older brother Frederick S. Norton was a member of the…
Robert Purvis (August 4, 1810 – April 15, 1898) was an American abolitionist in the United States. He was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and was likely educated at Amherst Academy, a secondary school in Amherst, Massachusetts. He spent most of his…
Rev. Dr. Robert Simon Laws, a formerly enslaved person and Howard University graduate, founded two African American Baptist churches in the 19th century that have active congregations in the 21st century.
Robert Wedderburn (1762 – 1835/1836?) was a British-Jamaican radical and abolitionist of multiracial descent active in early 19th-century London. Wedderburn was born in Kingston, Jamaica, an illegitimate son of an enslaved Black woman, Rosanna, and…
Robyn Maynard is a Canadian writer focusing on race and gender-based state violence. She is most noted for her 2017 book Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present, which received praise in some Canadian publications and…
A metal rod attached to a metal plate. The rod is thin, long, and has a rounded shaft. It has threading at the top with nuts capping both sides of the threaded portion. A thin metal wire wraps around the threading and the nut just below the plate. Also…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.23.77
The unbound roll of refugees at the refugee home at Nashville, April 30, 1865, is arranged alphabetically by the initial letter of the surname of the refugee.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1911, File 3.25.15
A wooden rolling pin owned by the Snowden family. The rolling pin has a piece of fabric tied to one handle for hanging. A piece of paper taped to the rolling pin reads “From the / Snowden kitchen.”.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.65.3
Rope Hammock by Sheldon Scott. The handwoven, sculptural, rope hammock is constructed primarily with raw, white, cotton rope coated with black paint. The hammock features a woven net sling, squared spreader-bars at the head and foot of the hammock, and a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.98
Rosa Egipcíaca, also known as Rosa Maria Egipcíaca of Vera Cruz and Rosa Courana (1719 – 12 October 1771), was a formerly enslaved writer and religious mystic, who was the author of A Sagrada Teologia do Amor de Deus Luz Brilhante das Almas Peregrinas (The…
Rosana Paulino (born 1967, in São Paulo) is a Brazilian contemporary artist, curator, and researcher. Paulino holds a doctorate in Visual Arts from the University of São Paulo, School of Communications and Arts and a specialization in printmaking from…
Rose Fortune (March 13, 1774 – February 20, 1864) was a child born in or around Philadelphia of runaway slaves. Her parents became Black Loyalists during the American Revolutionary War when they pledged to be loyal to the British Army in exchange for their…
Rosette Rochon (1767–1863) was an American placée and businesswoman, who was an important figure in the Gens de couleur libres society of New Orleans. She belonged to the most famous of the placées of New Orleans alongside Eulalie de Mandéville and Marie…
