A eulogy for Jake Turner written by Preston H. Turner after Jake's death on October 18, 1906. The text is handwritten in graphite on three (3) sheets of paper, with text on the front and back sides of the first two sheets and on the front only of the final…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.166.1abc
Eunice Russ Ames Davis (October 22, 1800 – 1901) was an American abolitionist and one of the founding members of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society. In 1896, The New York Times named her the "oldest living female abolitionist in the world". She was one…
Strand of semi-translucent white beads strung on natural fiber. Beads are spherical in shape with holes drilled through center. Beads are all roughly the same size. Beads are drilled through center.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.312.31
Strand of white glass beads strung on natural fiber. Beads are round, with flat edges. Beads are all roughly the same shape, though there is some variation in size. Beads have drilled hole at center.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.312.34
Eva Bates (September 1, 1799 – May 24?, 1903) was an American domestic servant who worked for two U.S. Presidents, John Adams and James Monroe. Eva Bates was also known as Mammy Bates. According to news reports published at the time of her death, she was…
51-page booklet of the Secretary of War’s report to the 40th US Congress. The string bound booklet features the Secretary of War’s report to the 40th United States Congress 2nd Session in the House of Representatives. The report includes freedmen's affairs…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.160.96
Exchange Bank of South Carolina five dollar note featuring a central image of a woman sitting next to a Grecian bust surrounded by flowers and shields. Above the illustration is the text that reads, [THE EXCHANGE BANK OF / COLUMBIA]. The text continues on…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.9.19
Exchange Bank of South Carolina five dollar note featuring a central image of a woman sitting next to a Grecian bust surrounded by flowers and shields. Above the illustration is the text that reads, [THE EXCHANGE BANK OF / COLUMBIA]. The text continues on…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.9.20
Exchange Bank of South Carolina ten dollar note featuring a central image of Lady Liberty with an eagle, shield, laurel leaves, and holding a spear. Below the illustration is text that reads, [THE EXCHANGE BANK OF / COLUMBIA / Will Pay / TEN DOLLARS / to…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.9.21
An edition of a speech by Congressman Francis P. Blair printed in black ink on off-white wove paper in a center bound booklet. The cover page reads: [Extension of the Ku Klux Act. / SPEECH / OF / HON. FRANCIS P. BLAIR, / OF MISSOURI, / DELIVERED / IN THE…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.26.42.9ab
A rectangular pamphlet off-white paper front covers, white interior pages with black type, a green-dyed fore edge, and sewn through the fold. The front cover has the title centered and written in a font with varying sizes that reads [[EXTRAC?]TS / FROM THE…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.22.2
Ezekiel Gillespie (May 31, 1818 – March 31, 1892) was an African-American civil rights and community leader who won a landmark case securing voting rights in Wisconsin. Gillespie was born a slave in Canton, Mississippi or Greene County, Tennessee, probably…
F. H. Fyall was a state Representative in the U.S. state of Georgia during the Reconstruction era. He was one of the Original 33 African Americans elected as legislators in Georgia. He was owned as a slave earlier in his life. His eligibility to hold…
