A poem titled "The Ballad of the Free" written by Margaret Walker and published by Broadside Press as Broadside No. 4. The poem is printed on blue paper in red ink. The body of poem is centered with alternating stanzas indented further. The copyright,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.154.3
A broadside offering a $400 reward for three enslaved men, identified as Lee, Bill, and Bushrod, wanted as fugitives for escaping from enslaver George W. McCarty in Loudoun County, Virginia. The broadside is printed in black ink on grey paper with the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.26.7
A broadside with printed black text on off-white paper. Large, bold text at the top reads [$1000 / REWARD!] Followed by smaller text reading [RAN AWAY from the subscribers on the night of the 5th inst. a NEGRO MAN named / George, / aged 22 or 23 years, 5…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.51.17
A letterpress broadside offering a reward for the capture of Maria, Susan and Harriet Johnson, three fugitive enslaved girls owned by Charles Alexander Burnett. The broadside features large, bold, black print, which from top to bottom reads: [$250 /…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.26.8
Matted and framed runaway slave broadside with reward information. Black printed text on off white paper. The top is captioned with "100 Dolls. Reward." A matted and framed broadside advertising a reward for the return of a fugitive enslaved man, Richard…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.155.293
A brown and black striped silk moiré women’s day ensemble consisting of a bodice and skirt. The bodice (a) is made of brown and black striped silk moiré faille and has dropped shoulders. The bodice’s round neckline and armscye seams are piped, and a band…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.159ab
A brown and cream striped cotton day dress from the Civil War era. The dress has a fitted collarless bodice that buttons at the center front with six (6) black vulcanized rubber buttons marked on the reverse "I.R.C. Co. / 1851. / GOODYEAR". The fitted…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.34
Bruce H. Williams (died 1916) was a state legislator in South Carolina. He was born in Waccamaw Neck in Georgetown, South Carolina and was a slave owned by Dr. J. D. McGill. After the American Civil War he went to high school in Raleigh, North Carolina and…
A clay brick that was once part of the structure of the White House. The brick is a standard solid style brick, slightly uneven in shape. It is a reddish-brown color, and is covered with faint remnants of white-colored mortar on all sides. A chunk of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.232.1
A red clay brick that was once part of the structure of the White House. The brick is a standard solid style brick, slightly uneven in shape. It is a reddish-brown color, and is covered with faint remnants of white-colored mortar on all sides. There are…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.232.2
