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Archival documents & files

Station Book of Officers and Civilians — Petersburg (Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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The single–volume station book of officers and civilians (381) covers the period July 1865–March 1868. The section for 1865 and 1866 is arranged by station; the section for 1867 and 1868 is arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1913, File 3.75.10
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Station Book of Officers — Columbia (Acting Assistant Commissioner – District of Columbia)

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The single–volume station book of officers, January 1867–June 1868 (137), is arranged chronologically. The station book only includes officers in or near Columbia.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1910, File 5.17.10
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Station Book of Officers in the Louisville Subdistrict — Louisville (Superintendent and Subassistant Commissioner)

Date not recorded

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The single–volume station book of officers in the Louisville subdistrict is undated and not arranged. The volume has a name index.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, File 4.20.24
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Statistical Reports

Oct. 1865–Oct. 1866

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Cataloged as “Statistical Reports”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M843, File 9.3.1
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Statistical Reports of Operations and Conditions of Freedmen — Newberne (Superintendent – Eastern District)

July 1865–Nov. 1867

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Unbound statistical reports of operations and conditions of freedmen, July 1865–November 1867, are arranged chronologically.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1909, File 4.30.10
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Literature

Stella Dadzie

1952–

Stella Dadzie (born in 1952) is a British educationalist, activist, writer and historian. She is best known for her involvement in the UK's Black Women's Movement, being a founding member of the Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent (OWAAD) in…

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Scholarship

Stephanie Jones-Rogers

Biography

Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers is an American historian. She is an associate professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South. She is an expert in…

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Civil Rights & Community

Stephen Myers

Biography

Stephen Myers (c. 1800 – February 13, 1870) was an abolitionist and agent of the Underground Railroad through the 1830s–1850s. He was also the editor of multiple abolitionist newspapers such as The Elevator, The Northern Star, and Freeman's Advocate, and…

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Business

Stephen Smith

1797–1873

Rev. Stephen Smith (1797–1873) was an African American businessman, philanthropist, preacher, real estate developer, and abolitionist. He lived in Pennsylvania in the 19th century and contributed large amounts of his wealth in the effort to abolish slavery.

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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Stereograph of a deceased Confederate soldier in a trench

1865

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This albumen print stereograph depicts the body of an unidentified deceased Confederate States of America soldier lying in a muddy trench with his head nearest the camera. Two people are standing above the trench in the background and are out of focus of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.222.14
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Stereograph of a deceased soldier on the battlefield after Gettysburg

1863

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This photographic print stereograph depicts the body of a deceased Confederate soldier as he fell on the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in July 1863. The man lies on his back with his feet nearest the camera. His canteen lies near his left hand…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.222.17
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Stereograph of deceased Confederate soldiers near a fence at Antietam, Maryland

1862

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This albumen print stereograph shows the bodies of two (2) deceased Confederate soldiers lying in front of a fence on the battlefield at Antietam, Maryland. A piece of clothing or a blanket lies in the right foreground. The print is mounted on yellow…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.222.20
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Stereograph of deceased soldiers on the battlefield after Gettysburg

1863

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This photographic print stereograph depicts the bodies of several deceased soldiers lying in an open field. A wooden fence in front of a dense forest of trees are in the background. The photographic print is mounted on orange cardboard that is pinkish on…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.222.19
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Stereograph of two deceased Confederate soldiers in a trench

1865

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This photographic print stereograph depicts the bodies of two (2) deceased Confederate States of America soldiers lying in a trench. The first soldier is in the center foreground and is only partly visible, with most of his body buried under dirt and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.222.15
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Stereoview card of the slave dealers Birch & Co. in Alexandria, Virginia

1862

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This stereograph card depicts the exterior of a building with armed troops standing in front. Part of the building exterior is a storefront with the words "Price, [illegible] /Dealers in Slaves" over the door and front windows. The rest of the building has…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.248.5.1
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Education & Scholarship

Sterling Stuckey

1932–2018

P. Sterling Stuckey (March 2, 1932 – August 15, 2018) was an African-American professor of history, and a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), specializing in American slavery, the arts and history, and…

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Visual Arts

Steve Ashby

1904–1980

Steve Ashby (1904–1980) was an American folk artist. The son of an emancipated slave, Ashby was born in Delaplane, Virginia, one of twelve children. He received little formal schooling, and remained illiterate for his entire life.

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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Stitching pony clamp arm

mid 19th-mid 20th century

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A stitching pony clamp arm, or vise arm, for leather saddle and harness sewing. The vise is constructed from four (4) pieces of wood. The jaws of the vise are parallel to each other and are slightly curved near the center. The jaws taper to flushed points…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.23.57
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Stock share certificate for the Royal African Company

1691

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Stock option certificate from the Royal African Company. The document is handwritten in ink on one page of a bifolio sheet and discusses the transfer of stock shares from Champion Ashby to Thomas Louws (possibly Lowes or Loews). The document begins: [In…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.101
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Stone slave auction block from Hagerstown, Maryland

early 19th century

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A large gray carved marble Calc-silicate shist stone with a flattened top and bottom, squared back and sides, and a rounded front used as a slave auction block in Hagerstown, Maryland. A rectangular metal plaque is screwed to the top of the stone, with…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.213
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Stoneware jug created by Thomas Commeraw

ca. 1797 - 1819

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An ovoid saltglaze stoneware jug with incised blue clamshell and bell flower decoration around the front shoulder over inscription. A loop handle extends from neck and is attached on side opposite from inscription, with blue glaze surrounding the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.61
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Stoneware storage jar by David Drake (Dave the Potter)

1852

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Edgefield stoneware storage jar, ovoid form with tooled rim and two small handles on the upper portion of body near rim. Signed and dated vertically at upper body: [LM August 9, 1852 Dave]. On the verso are six punctuates and a "V" in punctuate.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.69
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Film & Television

Storm Reid

2003–

Storm Reid (born July 1, 2003) is an American actress. After early roles in the television show A Cross to Bear (2012), the drama film 12 Years a Slave (2013), and the superhero film Sleight (2016), she played the lead role of Meg Murry in the fantasy film…

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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Stove bucket

1850-1950

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This bucket stove consists of an inner container made of a ceramic material and an outer metal shell in the shape of a bucket. It has a thin metal swinging handle made of wire whose ends are looped through flanges attached to the metal sides. At the bottom…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.20.1
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