Explore people and objects across Black history. Start anywhere, or follow the collection by date.
115,761 matching cards · 24 cards per page
1803
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a round metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. 480 [stamped] / PORTER [stamped] / 1803 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the bottom center with the maker's name…
1803
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a round metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. 624 [stamped] / SERVANT [stamped] / 1803 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the bottom center with the maker's name…
1804
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a round metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. [stamped] 67 [punched] / PORTER [stamped] / 1804 [engraved].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the bottom center with the…
1805
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is an octagonal metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. [stamped] 194 [punched] / MECHANIC [stamped] / 1805 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the bottom center with…
1805
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is an octagonal metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. [stamped] 165 [punched] / PORTER [stamped] / 1805 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the bottom center with…
1805
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is an octagonal metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. [stamped] 342 [punched] / SERVANT [stamped] / 1805 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the bottom center with…
1806
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is an octagonal metal slave badge broken across the middle into two halves. The recto of the top half (a) has text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. [stamped] 36 [punched].” After the number is an incised “X”. The…
1806
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is an octagonal metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. [stamped] 4 [punched] / SERVANT [stamped] / 1806 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the bottom center with the…
1807
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is an octagonal metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. [stamped] 20 [engraved] / SERVANT [stamped] / 1807 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the bottom center with…
1808
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is the bottom half of an octagonal metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads “SERVANT [stamped] / 1808 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the bottom center with the maker's name “C PRINCE.”
1809
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a circular metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. [stamped] 64 [engraved] / SERVANT [stamped] / 1809 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the bottom center with the…
1809
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a circular metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “No. [stamped] 9 [engraved] / SERVANT [stamped] / 1809 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the bottom center with the…
1810
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is an octagonal metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “1810 [stamped] / FISHER [stamped] / No. [stamped] 24 [engraved] .” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the center with the…
1810
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is an octagonal metal slave badge. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “1810 [stamped] / PORTER [stamped] / No. [stamped] 167 [engraved] .” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the center with the…
1811
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a square metal slave badge with quarter-circles cut out of the four corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “1811 [stamped] / CARPENTER [stamped] / No. [stamped] 27 [engraved] .” There is no…
1811
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA square copper slave badge with scalloped corners that has the die stamped text "CHARLESTON / 1811 / FISHER / No." and engraved "92" on the recto. The maker's mark "LAFAR" is die stamped at the verso center. A hole is punched through the center top edge.
1811
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA square copper slave badge with scalloped corners with die stamped text on the recto reading "CHARLESTON / 1811 PORTER / No." and engraved text "27". The maker's mark "LAFAR" is die stamped on the verso center. A hole is punched through the center top edge.
1811
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA convex, four-sided badge with deeply scooped, rounded corners and a hole at the top for suspension. The elements on the front are as follows (top to bottom): *CHARLESTON*" in a lunate bar punch; "1811" bar punched; "PORTER" in a rectangular punch (at a…
1811
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a square metal slave badge with quarter-circles cut out of the four corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “1811 [stamped] / SERVANT [stamped] / No. [stamped] 180 [engraved] .” There is no…
1811
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a square metal slave badge with quarter-circles cut out of the four corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “1811 [stamped] / SERVANT [stamped] / No. [stamped] 39 [engraved] .” There is no…
1812
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA square copper slave badge set on point with clipped corners with die stamped and engraved text on the recto reading "CHARLESTON / No. [engraved] 103 / [stamped] FISHER / 1812". The maker's mark "LAFAR" is die stamped at the center verso. A hole is…
1812
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis 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] 104 [engraved] / SERVANT [stamped] / 1812 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped…
1812
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis 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] 426 [engraved] / SERVANT [stamped] / 1812 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped…
1813
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn octagonal copper slave badge with die stamped and engraved text on the recto reading "CHARLESTON / 1813 / CARPENTER / No. [engraved] 65". The maker's mark "LAFAR" is die stamped on the center verso. A hole is punched at the center top edge.
Biographies, museum objects and archive records are distinct card types. Every card links to its historical source.
