This is a square metal slave badge set on point with clipped corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. [stamped] 48 [punched] / FRUITERER & Etc. [stamped] / 1821 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.5.40
This is a square metal slave badge with clipped corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “1822 [stamped] / PORTER [stamped] / No. [stamped] 705 [punched].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the top…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.5.41
This is a square metal slave badge with clipped corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “1822 [stamped] / SERVANT [stamped] / No. [stamped] 1006 [punched].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.5.43
This is a square metal slave badge with clipped corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “1822 [stamped] / SERVANT [stamped] / No. [stamped] 1048 [punched].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.5.42
This is a square metal slave badge set on point with clipped corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. [stamped] 88 [punched] / FISHER [stamped] / 1823 [stamped] / LAFAR [stamped].” There is a hole…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.5.45
This is a square metal slave badge set on point with clipped corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. [stamped] 229 [punched] / SERVANT [stamped] / 1823 [stamped] / JJ LAFAR [stamped].” There are a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.5.44
This is a square metal slave badge with clipped corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “1824 [stamped] / PORTER [stamped] / No. [stamped] 469 [punched] / LAFAR [stamped].” There is a hole punched at…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.5.46
This is a square metal slave badge set on point with clipped corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “1825 [stamped] / MECHANIC [stamped] / No. [stamped] 179 [punched] / LAFAR [stamped].” There is a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.5.49
This is a square metal slave badge set on point with clipped corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “1825 [stamped] / PORTER [stamped] / No. [stamped] 754 [punched] / LAFAR [stamped].” There is a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.5.47
This is a square metal slave badge set on point with clipped corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “1825 [stamped] / SERVANT [stamped] / No. [stamped] 1052 [punched] / LAFAR [stamped].” There is a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.5.48
A square copper slave badge with clipped corners with die stamped and punched text on the recto reading "CHARLESTON / MECHANIC / No. [punched] 103 / [stamped] 1826". The maker's mark "LAFAR" is stamped on the center verso. A hole is punched at the center…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.166.29
This is a square metal slave badge with clipped corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “MECHANIC [stamped] / No. [stamped] 336 [punched] / 1826 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.5.50
This is a square metal slave badge set on point with clipped corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. [stamped] 646 [punched] / SERVANT [stamped] / 1827 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.5.51
This is a square metal slave badge with clipped corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “1828 [stamped] / SERVANT [stamped] / No. [stamped] 136 [punched].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche with the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.5.52
This is a square metal slave badge with clipped corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “1828 [stamped] / SERVANT [stamped] / No. [stamped] 758 [punched].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche with the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.5.53
This is a square metal slave badge with clipped corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “1828 [stamped] / SERVANT [stamped] / No. [stamped] 918 [punched].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche with the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.5.54
This is a square metal slave badge set on point with clipped corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. [stamped] 1308 [punched] / SERVANT [stamped] / 1829 [stamped].” There is a hole punched at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.5.55
This is a square metal slave badge set on point with clipped corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “1830 [stamped] / SERVANT [stamped]/ No [stamped] 1531 [punched].” There is a hole punched at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.5.56
A square copper slave badge set on point with clipped corners with die stamped and punched text on the recto reading: "CHARLESTON / 1830 / SERVANT / No. [punched] 1638". A hole is punched through the center top corner.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.166.24
This is a square metal slave badge set on point with clipped corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. [stamped] 939 [punched] / SERVANT [stamped] / 1831 [stamped].” There is a hole punched at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.5.57
This is a square metal slave badge set on point with clipped corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “1832 [stamped] / PORTER [stamped]/ No [stamped] 216 [punched].” There is a hole punched at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.5.60
This is a square metal slave badge set on point with clipped corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “1832 [stamped] / SERVANT [stamped]/ No [stamped] 1994 [punched].” There is a small hole at the end…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.5.59
This is a square metal slave badge set on point with clipped corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “1832 [stamped] / SERVANT [stamped]/ No [stamped] 855 [punched].” There is a hole punched at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.5.58
This is a square metal slave badge set on point with clipped corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. [stamped] 16 [punched] / SERVANT [stamped] / 1833 [stamped].” There is a hole at each corner.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.5.62