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mid 19th Century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA wooden table used at Cedar Grove plantation in Edgefield County, South Carolina. The four-legged table is made of yellow pine. The table top consists of three (3) machine-milled boards finished with scrub plane on the underside and with a cabinetmaker's…
early 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA lidded wooden trunk from the Jones-Hall-Sims House. The trunk is made from wide wooden planks nailed together at the corners. The truck had a hinged lid. The hinge is formed by narrow wooden bars nailed to the underside of the lid at each short end and a…
1828-1850
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA piece of a wool blanket. The piece of wool is a beige square with frayed and tattered edges. There are a few pieces of fabric missing from one of the sides. There are a few small holes in the fabric. There is a white tag sewn onto the proper top right…
ca. 1866-1869
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA yellow wove paper envelope addressed to John Sheaffer of Bareville, Leacock Township, PA. This envelope features a red three cents George Washington stamp on the front, is postmarked August 17, and has no markings on the reverse.
ca. 1866-1869
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA wove paper envelope addressed to John Sheaffer of Bareville, Leacock Township, PA. This envelope features a red three cents George Washington stamp on the front, is postmarked July 5, and features various illegible ink inscriptions written throughout the…
ca. 1866-1869
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn orange wove paper envelope addressed to John Sheaffer of Bareville, Leacock Township, PA. This envelope features a red three cents George Washington stamp on the front, is postmarked August 1, and has no markings on the reverse.
ca. 1866-1869
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA wove paper envelope addressed to John Sheaffer of Bareville, Leacock Township, PA. This envelope features a red three cents George Washington stamp on the front, is postmarked, and has no markings on the reverse.
1828-1850
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA framed coverlet counterpane fragment. The weaving fragment is made of tan and black thread and is in a geometric pattern with ovals, diamonds, and grids. It is in the shape of a long rectangle. The four edges are frayed and have some loose threads. The…
1810
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA writ of execution issued by Wentworth Cheswill in Newmarket, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, in 1810. Judgment is issued against Luther Barter for damages inflicted on a team of oxen, seized "with force and arms," owned by Samuel Bordman. Document is…
1800-1850
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis wrought iron collar is formed of two pieces of semicircular iron joined together by two interlocking metal loops. At each end of the two pieces are another two rings. Through these are looped a D-shaped ring attached to a locking mechanism. The outer…
before 1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA wood and iron scale used for the weighing of enslaved persons for sale. The scale consists of a wrought iron center fulcrum (.3) on an inverted T-shaped beams, to which was attached a round, wooden weight pan (.1) on one side and a wooden seat (.2) on…
1866
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Y – Z”.
c. 1770–c. 1832
York traveled the full route of the Corps of Discovery, hunting, scouting and voting alongside the expedition’s other members despite being enslaved by William Clark.
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Zacimba Gaba (fl. 17th century) was a princess from the Cabinda region of the Kingdom of Kongo, in modern-day Angola, who was forced into slavery and taken to Brazil in 1690. She was taken to the Fazenda José Trancoso plantation in what is now the state of…
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Zebulon Elijah (1836 or 1838 - 1910) became a state legislator and government official in Florida after having been enslaved. He was born in Santa Rosa County, Florida. Elijah served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1871 to 1873 representing…
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Zeferina (fl. 1826) was a female leader of an 1826 slave revolt, the Revolt of Quilombo do Urubu, outside Salvador, Bahia.
1655–1695
Zumbi defended Palmares, a major community founded by people who escaped slavery, and became an enduring Afro-Brazilian freedom symbol.
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