A pair of iron shears (hedge clippers) manufactured by a formerly enslaved blacksmith from Fenwick Hall Plantation, South Carolina. The trimmer blades are crossed and attached with an adjustable screw near the blades. The top blade is thick with a straight…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.23.54
Shed Dungee (December 25, 1831–March 30, 1900) was a cobbler, preacher and state legislator in Virginia. He served two terms in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1879 to 1882. He was born enslaved and worked as a cobbler and became a preacher.
Sheet music for the Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education Society's Jubilee. The sheet music has black print on yellowed paper. The cover features a series of engravings of schools throughout the South. Inside, there are twelve pages of sheet music.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.54.11
Clay died in April 1865 of typhoid fever and was buried at the Alexandria National Cemetery in Virginia. A shield-shaped silver metal badge with stick-pin back. The badge decorative borders around the edge and is engraved in the center: "W. H. Clay Co. D…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.51.5
Shields Green (1836? – December 16, 1859), who also referred to himself as "Emperor", was, according to Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave from Charleston, South Carolina, and a leader in John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, in October 1859. He had lived…
An iron shingle froe. The froe has a long, rectangular blade with a slightly diagonal cutting edge and a round eye. Along the top edge of the blade is a stamped mark that reads [QUIKWERK]. Hand painted white text along the bottom edge of the eye reads…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.23.52
An iron shingle froe. The froe has a long, rectangular blade with a slightly diagonal cutting edge and a round eye. The eye has three (3) drilled holes. The blade narrows towards the cutting edge. Attached is a white paper tag with black text that reads…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.23.53
A handwritten ship's manifest, detailing the transport of ninety-two (92) enslaved persons. The document consists of a single sheet of off-white paper folded in half, with text handwritten in black ink on all pages. On the first page is a sworn, signed…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.6
Shirley A. Jefferson (born 1953) is an American law school administrator and faculty member. She serves as vice president of community engagement and government relations and associate law professor at Vermont Law and Graduate School. A native of Selma,…
This white shirt was worn by Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup in the film 12 Years a Slave (2013). The shirt is made from a synthetic and cotton blend, or all synthetic light-weight white cloth. It has been artificially distressed and stained with dirt,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.158.2.2
A shoe hoe blade. The blade is constructed from a single piece of rectangular metal that tapers into points at each end. There is a square eye through the center of the blade. The blade is heavily rusted. The blade points curves inward and the flat sides…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.23.84
A shoe hoe blade. The blade is constructed from a single piece of rectangular metal that curves to a point on one end and has a flat edge of the other end. There is a square eye through the back of the blade. The blade is heavily rusted. The blade point…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.23.85
These shoes were worn by Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup in the film 12 Years a Slave (2013). The brogan shoes have a high leg and squared toes, with dark brown leather uppers and stacked wooden heels. The soles and heel bottoms are made from leather.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.158.2.6ab
Lupita Nyong'o wears these shoes as the character Patsey in the film 12 Years a Slave (2013). The shoes are a pair of modified ballet flat slippers with the cord ties removed from the foot openings of the uppers. An elastic cord is still in place around…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.158.1.2ab
An iron shrub hook. The tool is J-shaped. It has a narrow, squared metal handle that tapers into a sharp spike at the bottom. The spike is slightly crooked. The top the handle is attached to a sharp, curved hook on one side and is stepped on the back side.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.23.64
A metal shrub hook. The tool is J-shaped. It has a narrow, squared metal handle that tapers into a squared point at the bottom. The top the handle is molded to a curved hook on one side and has a stepped on the back side. The hook tapers at the point. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.23.65
An iron shrub hook. The tool is J-shaped. It has a narrow, squared metal handle that tapers into a diagonal, squared point at the bottom. The top the handle is molded into a curved hook on one side and has stepped on the back side. The hook tapers at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.23.81
Mop with long wood handle. Mop head consists of orangic material fronds adhered to a wood frame. Material of mop head is brittle and flaking. Handle is loosely connected to mop head.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.312.21
A mid-nineteenth century iron shutter hook (or shutter dog) from Charleston, South Carolina. The shutter hook is constructed from two pieces of iron, a decorative scroll plate and a bolt, held together with a screw. The plate is scrolled in opposite…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.23.68
A wood shuttle probably used for sewing. The wood is light brown. The diamond shaped shuttle has a hollowed-out portion at center. The ends of the shuttle are pointed. The wood is cracked in several places, especially in the hollowed-out area. A tag…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.25.8
A light brown wooden shuttle. The shuttle is diamond shaped and has a hollowed-out portion at center. A piece of wood with knobs on either end is inside the hollowed-out area. The piece of wood is shaped like a barbell. The wooden piece is attached to the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.25.19
