A digital aerial photograph showing remnants of rice fields near Townsend, Georgia. The lower left corner of the image features the South Newport River meandering eastward through Bull Town Swamp and underneath the Georgia I 95. The river appears almost…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.216.3
A high-contrast digital aerial photograph depicting remnant rice fields in the ACE Basin area of South Carolina. The fields appear as various shades of green, while water in the vestigial canals appears black. “Quarter” ditches are clearly visible between…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.216.106
A digital aerial photograph of fields near the Altamaha River, south of Darien, Georgia. Many streams flow through the wet grassland. Patches of green, black and brown create amorphous shapes in the topography.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.216.29
A sworn affidavit of Henry Pier, affirming Benjamin Davis as a free man. The document was issued by the City and County of New York. It bears the signature of Peter Mesier and the mark of Henry Pier. The print is black ink on off-white paper. Standard…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.5.3
A sworn affidavit of Henry Wenshell affirming that Peter Garretson is a free man. Document was issued by the City and County of New York. It bears the signature of Peter Mesier and mark of Henry Wenshell. There is black ink on the off-white paper. Standard…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.5.2
This document is an affidavit of capture of the enslaved men James and John, owned by Mrs. Harriot Rouzee of Essex County, Virginia. The men were apprehended by "S.Lang[illegible] Jones" in Caroline County, Virginia. At the bottom right is the signature of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.30
A payment receipt and affidavit drafted by Thomas Wright Jr, justice of the peace, regarding an enslaved man named Moses. The document states that Robert M. Callip of Essex county apprehended Moses, property of Edward Rouzee of Essex County, two and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.12
An affidavit written by N. A. Ball at Harrison's Landing, Virginia certifying that four bags of crackers were taken from W. Backinan to supply rations to "contrabands" on the barge "Amos C. Page".
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.26.9.2
Unbound affidavits and other papers relating to freedmen's complaints, 1865–68, are arranged alphabetically by initial letter of surname of the freedman.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1903, File 3.11.12
