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Great Migration Home Movie Study Collection
- smithsonian online virtual archive
- Record
- Creator
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.)
- name
- Church of God
- WHUT Howard University Television
- Mid-Atlantic Regional Moving Image Archive (MARMIA)
- Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of District of Columbia
- inclusive dates
- 1940 - Ongoing
- Physical description
- 825 Digital files
- Abstract
- The Great Migration is a unique, ongoing digitization service program that partners the National Museum of African American History and Culture with individuals across the United States to preserve their important analog audiovisual media. While major motion picture film and television historically lacked diverse representation, black history was instinctively being preserved in everyday home movies. Today, these personal narratives serve as an invaluable tool for understanding and re-framing black moving image history, and provide a much needed visualization of African American history and culture.
- Preferred Citation
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Supported by the Robert Frederick Smith Fund of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- Restrictions
- Collection is available online for open research.
- Scope and Contents
- The collection contains 825 digitized audiovisual media objects. However, as an ongoing project the scope of the collection will continue to increase over time. The scope will be updated as is appropriate.
- The content of the collection consists predominantly of amateur recordings created by families to document their lives. This includes major life events, such as birthdays, as well as family vacations and holidays. Additionally, the collection includes footage produced by professionals for broadcast on television. This particular footage entered the collection through partnerships with other memory institutions.
- object type
- Archival materials
- topic
- Amateur films
- Families
- Travel
- Parties
- African Americans
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Stock share certificate for the Royal African Company
- Issued by
- Ashby, Champion, British, born 1648
- Subject of
- Royal African Company, British, 1672 - 1821
- Signed by
- Ashby, Champion, British, born 1648
- Date
- 1691
- On ViewConcourse 3, C3 053
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Medium
- ink on paper, wax
- Dimensions
- H x W (folded): 12 7/8 × 8 1/8 in. (32.7 × 20.6 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 12 7/8 × 16 1/4 in. (32.7 × 41.3 cm)
- Caption
- The Royal Africa Company, chartered in 1672 by the English government, engaged in trade in gold and enslaved men, women and children in western Africa. This stock certificate demonstrates the investment in the company that provided the greatest number of enslaved persons to the British colonies.
- Description
- Stock option certificate from the Royal African Company. The document is handwritten in ink on one page of a bifolio sheet and discusses the transfer of stock shares from Champion Ashby to Thomas Louws (possibly Lowes or Loews). The document begins: [In consideration of Twenty guineys received of Thomas Louws of London XXX I Champion Ashby of London Esquire Do oblige my self [sic] my heires [sic] Execs & Adms to transferr or cause to be ~/~ transferred unto the said Thomas Louws ~ his Execs Adms or ~ assignes Two hundred pounds of the present credit in the Joint Stock of the Royal Affrican [sic] Company of England ...] At the bottom right is the signature and red wax seal of Champion Ashby. At the bottom left is
- [Sealed & Delivered / In the presence of / John Holker / Wm Thorowgood]. On the verso, at the top horizontal center is written: From 3d Aug / to 3d Sept } 1691 / Champion Ashby, Esq. / obligacon [sic] to Tho Loews to deliver / him 200 Afr. Stock paying 200 in 1 month / Void]. There is a circular watermark just below and to the right of "Void."
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place made
- London, England, Europe
- Place depicted
- West Africa, Africa
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents
- Type
- stock certificates
- Topic
- Africa
- Business
- Commerce
- Finance
- International affairs
- Law
- Slavery
- Trans Atlantic slave trade
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Seymour Schulich--Canada
- Object number
- 2017.101
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Stereoscope
- Created by
- Mattey, A., French, founded 1872
- Date
- 1905-1920
- Medium
- metal and glass on wood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 4 1/16 × 6 7/8 × 4 1/2 in. (10.3 × 17.5 × 11.4 cm)
- Description
- French stereoscope that is comprised of a wooden box with glass eyepieces and metal hardware. Above the black edged lenses is a metal plaque that reads, [76 / UNIS-FRANCE / 3 / STEROSCOPES - PARIS]. Underneath the lenses, a semi-circle is cut out of the wood for the viewer's nose. A metal turn is on the proper right of the stereoscope. A long thin rectangle is cut out to allow the metal hinge to be moved up and down. This opens the back of the stereoscope. The back door of the stereoscope is glass with wooden borders attached to the main body by a metal hinge at the bottom.
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment-Personal use
- Type
- stereoscopic cameras
- Topic
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alan Laird
- Object number
- 2017.111.16
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Presentation saber and scabbard used by Colonel Charles Young
- Created by
- S.N. Meyer Military & Society Goods, American, 1871 - 1925
- Owned by
- Col. Young, Charles, American, 1864 - 1922
- Date
- 1914-1922
- Medium
- silver, wood and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D ((.1) sword): 37 1/4 × 4 1/2 × 3 in. (94.6 × 11.4 × 7.6 cm)
- H x W x D ((.2) scabbard): 33 3/4 × 2 3/8 × 3/4 in. (85.7 × 6 × 1.9 cm)
- Description
- United States Army Officer's Presentation saber with scabbard owned by Colonel Charles Young. The long thin blade has an intricately designed pattern over a frosted silver background. The floral and Americana design features flags and cannons, as well as the text, [US], [Chas. Young, U.S.A.], and the Great Seal of the United States. The hilt has basket overtop and a wooden handle with carved finger molds. Above the hilt, inscribed into the medal, is text that reads, [S.N. Meyer / Washington DC]. On the edge of the blade above the hilt, [GERMANY] has been inscribed showing its place of origin.
- The scabbard is undecorated metal with two upraised lines attached to metal hoops. At the bottom the hilt has an extended curved design applied.
- Place made
- Germany, Europe
- Place purchased
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment-Military
- Type
- sabers
- scabbards
- Topic
- Buffalo Soldiers
- Military
- United States--History--1865-1921
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the children of Carrie E. Broadnax
- Object number
- 2018.2.1-.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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M1917 Revolver issued by US Army during WWI to Charles H. Houston
- Created by
- Colt's Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1855
- Owned by
- Houston, Charles Hamilton, American, 1895 - 1951
- Issued by
- United States Armed Forces, American, founded 1775
- Date
- January 1918
- Medium
- metal and wood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 5 1/2 × 11 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (14 × 28.6 × 3.8 cm)
- Description
- Colt Model 1917 Revolver .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) No 22-883 issued by the United States Army to Charles Hamilton Houston during World War I. The gun is comprised of metal with wood applied to the handle. The revolver has a six-round cylinder that is semi-removable so bullets can be loaded. There are multiple manufacturer's notes throughout the barrel and frame. On the left of the barrel, text reads [COLT D.A. 45]. On top of the barrel is the manufacture's information, [COLT’S PT FA MFG CO. HARTFORD, CT U.S.A. / PAT’D AUG. 5, 1884 JUNE 6 1900 JULY 4 1905]. On the left side of the frame, at the top next to the hammer are the letters [GHS] in a circle. Below the hammer on the frame is a horse standing on its hind legs with two spears. The bottom of the grip has a circular hinge with a cylinder shaped metal. Surrounding the hinge are the words, [U.S. / ARMY / MODEL / 1917 / N° / 22 / 883].
- Place made
- Hartford, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
- Place used
- France, Europe
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment-Weapons and ammunition
- Type
- pistols
- Topic
- Buffalo Soldiers
- Military
- World War I
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Hamilton Houston, Jr. and Dr. Rosemary Jagus
- Object number
- 2018.59.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Flight into Egypt
- Created by
- Tanner, Henry Ossawa, American, 1859 - 1937
- Owned by
- Barnett-Aden Gallery, American, 1943 - 1969
- Date
- ca. 1916
- Medium
- oil on wood panel
- Dimensions
- H x W: 16 5/8 × 22 in. (42.2 × 55.9 cm)
- Description
- This oil painting depicts an impressionist landscape with two dark human figures and two donkeys walking from the left to right frame. One swathed, indistinct figure rides on the back of a donkey, carrying a white bundle on its lap. The second human figure walks between the two donkeys, which are walking parallel to each other, the farther donkey slightly ahead. The four figures are set on a bare road, that can be seen to wind its way into the distance. In the background are low rolling hills, and a small squat tree in the left hand corner. There is a full moon overhead, set in a sky of mottled blue green.
- Place made
- Paris, Ile-de-France, France, Europe
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- paintings
- Topic
- Art
- Families
- Motherhood
- Religious groups
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert L. Johnson
- Object number
- 2015.2.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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1914 - 1918 Inter-Allied Victory medal issued to Cpl. Lawrence Leslie McVey
- Manufactured by
- Monnaie de Paris, French, founded 1864
- Issued by
- French Republic, French, founded 1792
- Received by
- Cpl. McVey,, Lawrence Leslie Sr., American, 1897 - 1968
- Designed by
- Morlon, Pierre-Alexandre, French, 1878 - 1951
- Subject of
- 369th Infantry Regiment, American, 1913 - 1945
- Date
- 1922
- Medium
- bronze and ribbon
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 1/2 × 1 7/16 × 1/8 in. (8.9 × 3.7 × 0.3 cm)
- Caption
- Due to racial tension within the US Army, the 369th Infantry Regiment was assigned to the French Army for the duration of US involvement in World War I. Formed from the 15th New York National Guard Regiment and nicknamed the "Harlem Hellfighters," the 369th was the first African American regiment to reach the battlefields of World War I and the first Allied troops to reach the banks of the Rhine. Upon completion of the 369th’s service in the war, the regiment had spent 191 days in combat, the longest of any American regiment. In appreciation for their actions in the Maison-en-Champagne campaign, the 369th was awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French Government for acts of bravery in conflicts against the enemy. In addition to this honor, 171 individual members of the 369th Regiment were awarded the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honor. The 369th Regiment finished their service in Europe and returned to the US in February 1919.
- Description
- 1914 - 1918 Inter-Allied Victory medal issued to Corporal Lawrence Leslie McVey for World War I. The ribbon is rainbow colored with red in the center surrounded by yellow, green, blue and purple. The rainbow-colored ribbon is dirty in spots and fraying at the end, but intact. There is no pin. The circular medal hangs from its ribbon by a circular metal loop. The front of the medal has an image of the Winged Victory with her arms outstretched and a sword hanging in its scabbard. The back of the medal is a Phrygian cap between the letters, [R / F]. Underneath the inscription reads, [LA / GRANDE GUERRE / POUR LA / CIVILISATION / 1914-1918].
- Classification
- Awards and Medals
- Textiles
- Type
- medals
- Topic
- Military
- World War I
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gina R. McVey, Granddaughter
- Object number
- 2011.108.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Union of Saint and Venus
- Created by
- Ekpuk, Victor, Nigerian American, born 1964
- Subject of
- Baartman, Saartjie, Khoikhoi, died 1815
- Date
- 2012
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 052
- Exhibition
- Visual Art and the American Experience
- Medium
- acrylic paint with paper, plastic and glass on Masonite
- Dimensions
- H x W: 72 × 42 × 2 5/16 in. (182.9 × 106.7 × 5.8 cm)
- Caption
- The Union of Saint and Venus was created in response to the exhibition Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe that was on view at the Walters Museum in Baltimore in 2012. According to Ekpuk, the painting "was inspired by the portrait of Alessandro de Medici, also known as il Moro ("the Moor"), the black Duke of Florence and Penne (1530-1537). He is rumored to have been born out of a relationship between Pope Clement VII from the Medici family and a black slave woman, Simonetta da Collevecchio."
- In the painting, two of the pope's golden croziers, or staffs, are literally translated into a symbolic phallus that penetrates, or more specifically rapes, the figure of Sarah Baartman. Baartman (c. 1770s-1815) was a South African Khoikhoi woman who was exhibited in Europe in the early 19th century as a medical oddity because of her large buttocks and given the moniker the "Hottentot Venus." After her death her body was dissected and her brain, skeleton and genitals were displayed at public museums in Paris for over a century. Her remains were not returned to South Africa until 2002. Baartman’s violated body is also symbolizes the continent of Africa.
- Description
- Painting depicting the pope's mitre composed of red-tinted textual clippings and encrusted with faux-jewels. The text includes both Latin and English copies of the Dum Diversas, images of the Brookes Slave Ship, and advertisements for the purchasing of enslaved persons. A white line figure wears the mitre and uses two golden croziers as a symbolic phallus to penetrate the black abstract figure of the South African Khoikhoi woman Sarah Baartman, which lies horizontally beneath the pope figure. The light grey background is composed of many varied and repeating abstract figures including a ship carrying enslaved persons, shackles, a trio of enslaved figures, and crosses.
- Place made
- United States
- Place depicted
- Africa
- Europe
- Portfolio/Series
- Slave Narrative
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2019.23
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Victor Ekpuk
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Spanish colonial document related to slavery in Peru
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Date
- March 22, 1610
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- L x W: 12 1/16 x 8 3/8 in. (30.6 x 21.3 cm)
- Description
- A single sheet Peruvian Spanish language manuscript written in brown ink regarding payment for [indios alquilado] or the renting of indigenous persons and involving a [camayo] or overseer named Juan Malco. The text is concentrated on the top half of the front page, with several signatures and notations on the bottom half. On the verso is a short summary of the document in the upper right quadrant to appear as the cover when the document is folded.
- Place used
- Peru, Latin America, South America
- Cultural Place
- Spain, Europe
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Type
- legal documents
- Topic
- Colonialism
- Slave hire system
- Slavery
- Spanish colonialism
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.1.141
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Puerto Rican registration form for enslaved persons, Maricelle Ana and Mauricio
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Date
- September 24, 1867
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 7/16 × 12 3/16 in. (21.5 × 31 cm)
- Description
- A single sheet Puerto Rican Spanish language form titled [Empadronamiento General de Esclavos] ("General Registration of Slaves"). The form is printed on both sides in black ink and completed by hand on the recto in brown ink. Across the top of recto is printed [ISLA DE PUERTO-RICO]. The form is made up of 12 columns reading from left to right: [Nombres. / Sexo. / Nacion. / Edad. / Estado. / Oficio. / Nomb. del padre. / Id. del cónyuga. / Id. de los hijos / Señas personales. / Observaciones.] There are six total individuals listed on the form: Maricelle Ana, with the names of her four children given as: [F(?)es / Asoncion / Lorenzo / Mauricio]; and Mauricio, listed on a separate line. The enslaved individuals are listed as [propiedad de la sucesión de] ("property of the estate of") [Don José Anto. Medina] at the top and Medina's signature is also in the bottom right corner. The verso is composed of printed text in two sections of two columns each with headings reading [Instrucciones para llenar esta Cédula] and [Arcticulos de la Ley el trafico negrero.].
- Place used
- Menati, Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- Spain, Europe
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Type
- forms (documents)
- Topic
- Colonialism
- Finance
- Law
- Slavery
- Spanish colonialism
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.1.224
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Will of Joseph Rickett leaving enslaved individuals to his brother
- Written by
- Rickett, Joseph, British, died 1737
- Subject of
- Rickett, Edward
- Signed by
- Hoskins, Samuel, British, 1713 - 1761
- Watkins, Samuel, British, died 1743
- MacEnnery, Joseph
- Date
- September 23, 1736
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W (folded): 12 5/16 × 7 11/16 in. (31.3 × 19.5 cm)
- H x W (unfolded): 12 5/16 × 15 1/8 in. (31.3 × 38.4 cm)
- Caption
- This is a will dated September 23, 1736 from the Caribbean Island of Antigua. Within it, Joseph Rickett grants his brother, Edward his belongings, amongst them, the enslaved individuals he owns.
- Description
- A handwritten will for Joseph Rickett of Antigua dated September 23, 1736. The right side of the front of the document is a formal will written by Joseph Rickett granting his brother his [money Depts goods Houses Lands negroes and claims].
- The middle quadrant on the left side of the document states [Recorded in the Secrys Office of Antigua this 14 July 1737] and has an illegible signature beneath this statement.
- On the upper portion on the back of the document Samuel Hoskins and Joseph MacEnnery signed as witnesses to the signing, sealing, and delivering of this document. Joseph Rickett signed to left of these signatures.
- Beneath this is a legal binding agreement signed by Samuel Watkins and Joseph MacEnnery.
- This document has been previously folded once lengthwise, and twice widthwise, showing four separate vertical quadrants on each side of the document.
- The upper left quadrant of the verso has scattered deep red stains.
- Place used
- Antigua and Barbuda, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- England, Europe
- Type
- wills
- Topic
- British colonialism
- Colonialism
- Families
- Finance
- Law
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.1.225
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Bahamian bill of sale for enslaved individuals, Trim and Flora
- Written by
- Stevens, James, Bahamian
- Received by
- Addison, John, British
- Signed by
- Sutherland, Dan, British
- Stevens, John, British
- Date
- February 8, 1799
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- L x W: 13 5/8 x 8 1/8 in. (34.6 x 20.6 cm)
- Caption
- This is a Bahamian bill of sale for two enslaved individuals, Trim and Flora. The seller, James Stevens notes that the buyer, John Addison will benefit from Flora’s future “increase,” a term enslavers used to value unborn children of slaves.
- Description
- A partially typed, partially handwritten Bahamian bill of sale for [a certain negroe man slave named Trim] and a [negroe woman slave named Flora]. Trim and Flora were sold to John Addison from J. James Stevens on February 8, 1799 on the Bahamian Island of Nassau. The middle of the bill includes language on [the future issue and increase] of Flora. The bottom is signed by witnesses Dan Sutherland, John Stevens and the seller, James Stevens.
- On the upper portion of the back of the document, James Stevens has confirmed that John Addison received the document on February 8th 1799 and [John Addison note of hand for the within payable in six weeks]. James Stevens has signed his name below this statement.
- The lower portion of the back of the document has a short summary of the sale of Trim and Flora by James Stevens to John Addison for 220 British pounds.
- The document has four distinct horizontal crease lines showing it has been folded into fourths. The outer edges of the fourths are torn and deteriorating.
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents
- Type
- bills of sale
- Topic
- British colonialism
- Business
- Colonialism
- Domestic slave trade
- Finance
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.1.226
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Jamaica legal document concerning an enslaved woman named Zaire
- Written by
- Gordon, Martin
- Subject of
- Valdec, Marie Anne
- Joubert, M, French
- Van Eeckhout, Nicholas Charles, German, 1751 - 1821
- Date
- February 8, 1811
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W (2010.1.227a): 14 3/4 × 16 13/16 in. (37.5 × 42.7 cm)
- H x W (2010.1.227b): 14 3/4 × 16 13/16 in. (37.5 × 42.7 cm)
- Description
- Two handwritten depositions from a court case, Valdec v. Gravier in Kingston, Jamaica. Document a is Nicholas Charles Van Eeckhout’s deposition and b is a deposition given by an unidentified person with the surname of Gravier who appears to be the defendant. It appears that Doctor M. Joubert sold an enslaved woman, Zaire to Marie Anne Valdec when the British entered Port-au-Prince, Haiti during the Haitian Revolution. After this English invasion, it seems that Zaire went missing. She may have been sold to an American Captain who took her to Jamaica, or she may have ended up in Havana, Cuba.
- The two statements given on these documents relate to the same events however the accounts of the events differ.
- The first document (a) is signed at the bottom by Nicholas Charles Van Eeckhout. The back of the document has the filing notes for the case, entitled [Valdec v Gravier]. The subject matter [Deporting] is written alongside these two names. The papers were filed February 8, 1811 by Martin Gordon.
- The second document (b) is signed by the unknown individual with last name Gravier.
- Both documents are torn vertically down the middle and an additional piece of paper has been added to the back of each document as support. These missing portions leave out large gaps of writing in the depositions. The ink from the documents has also bled over time, which has expanded the script. Both documents are very frail.
- Place used
- Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Havana, Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- England, Europe
- Type
- documents
- Topic
- British colonialism
- Business
- Colonialism
- Law
- Slave trade
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.1.227ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Spanish colonial document related to slavery in Peru
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 12 5/8 × 8 11/16 in. (32 × 22 cm)
- Description
- A Peruvian Spanish language manuscript document consisting of a single sheet with handwriting in brown ink on both sides. There are multiple signatures across the bottom of the verso.
- Place used
- Peru, Latin America, South America
- Cultural Place
- Spain, Europe
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Type
- documents
- Topic
- Colonialism
- Slavery
- Spanish colonialism
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.1.232
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Djuka: The Bush Negros of Dutch Guiana
- Written by
- Kahn, Morton Charles, American, 1896 - 1959
- Published by
- Viking Press, founded 1925
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product), cardboard, and thread
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8 7/16 × 6 × 1 5/16 in. (21.4 × 15.2 × 3.3 cm)
- Description
- A 233-page first edition hardcover book entitled Djuka the Bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana. The front cover has a dark brown imprint of a close-up depiction of an African maroon from Dutch Guiana. The spine of the book has a brown decorative print with a border along the upper and lower edges. The spine reads [DJUKA / THE / BUSH / NEGROES / OF / DUTCH / GUIANA]. Beneath the title the author’s name is imprinted [ MORTON C. / KAHN]. [ VIKING ] is located just above the lower decorative print.
- The interior end leaf of the book includes a map of the continents of South America, Africa, and a small portion of North America. This entire graphic is brick-red and light yellow in color. The light yellow continent of Africa is on the right side of the map. The early twentieth century boundary lines of Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana/British Gold Coast, Togoland, Nigeria, and Cameroon are filled in with the brick red color. The Niger River and the Congo River are also noted on the map. The interior of Africa has an illustration of individuals from their necks up. They all have coffles around their necks linking them together and the group is headed towards the western coast of Africa. The left side of the end leaf shows [SOUTH AMERICA], the [WEST INDIES] and the top of Florida labelled [N / A] presumably signifying North America. South America is light yellow, but [GUIANA] is blocked out in the same brick red color as the west African countries. The interior of South America has an illustrated depiction of a group of maroons with a dwelling behind them. The [SLAVE ROUTES] between these continents are depicted with bulleted arrows. The arrow starts at western Africa and branches to Guiana, the West Indies, and North America. The tip of the arrow pointing to Guiana has the labels of [BRITISH / DUTCH / FRENCH].
- The book includes 65 photographs. Among them are benches almost identical to those of the Ashanti in West Africa, drums, carved calabash gourds used for eating, carved wooden combs, images of transportation along waterways, and other images of daily life, dress, and culture.
- There is an inscription on the page facing the title page which appears to have been written in 1999 and was for documentation purposes.
- Place depicted
- Suriname, South America
- Place printed
- New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Netherlands, Europe
- Cultural Place
- West Africa, Africa
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- hardcover books
- Topic
- African diaspora
- Colonialism
- Communities
- Dance
- Dutch colonialism
- Foodways
- Free communities of color
- Music
- Race relations
- Religion
- Resistance
- Rural life
- Self-liberation
- Trans Atlantic slave trade
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.1.253
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Slavery in the West Indies
- Written by
- Wilberforce, William, British, 1759 - 1833
- Macaulay, Zachary, British, 1768 - 1838
- Published by
- Greenwood Press, Inc., American, 1967 - 2008
- Date
- 1823; republished 1969
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product), cardboard, and thread
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8 7/8 × 5 11/16 × 5/8 in. (22.5 × 14.5 × 1.6 cm)
- Description
- A 148-page hardbound book entitled Slavery in the West Indies. The entire cover is made of a brown woven material. The front and back covers are blank. The spine reads [SLAVERY IN THE WEST INDIES] vertically and includes the Negro Universities Publishing logo at the bottom. All text on the spine is gold. The original publication of this volume was in 1823. This book was reprinted in 1969 by Negro Universities Press, a division of Greenwood Publishing Press.
- This book is composed of two separate essays compiled into one volume, as noted on the Contents page. The first essay is “An Appeal to the Religion, Justice, and Humanity of the Inhabitants of the British Empire, in Behalf of the Negro Slaves in the West Indies” written by William Wilberforce. The second essay is “Negro Slavery ; Or, a View of Some of the More Prominent Features of That State of Society, as It Exists in the United States of America and in the Colonies of the West Indies, especially Jamaica” by Zachary Macaulay.
- There are no inscriptions or signatures anywhere on the object.
- Place depicted
- Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Barbados, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Bahamas, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Place printed
- New York, United States, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- England, Europe
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- hardcover books
- Topic
- Activism
- Agriculture
- Antislavery
- British colonialism
- Colonialism
- Law
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.1.261
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
-
Registration certificate for an enslaved man named Eustaquio
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Date
- February 19, 1870
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (15.9 x 21 cm)
- Description
- A Spanish-language printed registration form [2704] for an enslaved person identified as [Eustaquio], completed with handwritten black ink and affixed with a stamp. The heading reading [REGISTRO DE ESCLAVOS] is cut off at the top. The document is made up of two columns of typed and handwritten text. On the right is information regarding the enslaved person and the enslaver, identified as [Feliciano Parés]. On the left is a column headed [FILIACION]. Between the two columns is a narrow divider reading [REGISTRO DE ESCLAVES - ISLA DE PUERTO RICO] in decorative printed text. The document is dated [February 1870] and there are three signatures along the bottom.
- Place used
- Manatí, Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- Spain, Europe
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents
- Type
- forms (documents)
- Topic
- Colonialism
- Slavery
- Spanish colonialism
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.1.4.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
-
Puerto Rican Slave Registration form number 2508 for Julian Charó
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Date
- March 19, 1870
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (15.9 x 21 cm)
- Description
- A Spanish-language printed slave registration form [2508] for an enslaved man, Julian Charó. The document is filled in with black ink and affixed with a stamp. The heading reading [REGISTRO DE ESCLAVOS] is cut off at the top. The document is made up of two columns of typed and handwritten text.
- Place used
- Manatí, Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- Spain, Europe
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents
- Type
- forms (documents)
- Topic
- Colonialism
- Slavery
- Spanish colonialism
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.1.4.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
-
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World War I Gold Star Mothers Pilgrimage Medal issued to Mrs. Margaret A. Neal
- Manufactured by
- Bailey Banks & Biddle, American, founded 1832
- Owned by
- Neal, Margaret A., American
- Subject of
- Second Lieutenant Neal, Ralph T., American, 1890 - 1918
- Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, French, founded 1918
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- 2019.16a (medal): copper and copper alloy and silk (textile)
- 2019.16b (box): ink on cardboard with paper (fiber product) and satin
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (2019.16a): 3 3/16 × 1 5/8 × 1/4 in. (8.1 × 4.2 × 0.6 cm)
- H x W x D (2019.16b): 11/16 × 2 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (1.8 × 6.3 × 10.8 cm)
- Description
- 2019.16a: A World War I Gold Star Mothers Pilgrimage medal issued to Mrs. Margaret A. Neal of Massachusetts, in commemoration of her pilgrimage to her stepson's, Second Lieutenant Ralph T. Neal's, gravesite at the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial in France. This medal is a composite object: a gold toned, nameplate bar pin with a safety catch, holding a red, white, and blue ribbon, attached to a gold medal. The front of the bar pin has a small relief frame with relief text that reads [Mrs. Margaret A. Neal / Massachusetts]. The ribbon is looped over a pin at the bottom of the bar pin and held in place with thread. The medal is attached to the bottom of the ribbon. It is gold toned and roughly teardrop shaped. The obverse is dominated by a five-pointed star at the center of the medal. The star is set inside a circular frame with relief text that reads [PILGRIMAGE OF MOTHERS AND WIDOWS]. Wrapped around the bottom of the circular frame is a wreath. At the top of the medal is the Great Seal of the United States: a bald eagle with its wings displayed, holding a bundle of thirteen (13) arrows in its left talon and an olive branch in its right talon. In its beak the eagle clutches a scroll with the motto [E PLURIBUS] and [UNUM]. Over the eagle’s head there is ring of circular clouds with a starburst at the center. Within the cloud ring is a cluster of thirteen (13) five-pointed stars. A striped shield covers the eagle's breast. Below the seal are two partial American flags. On the reverse of the medal at the top is a stamped maker’s mark for Bailey Banks & Biddle that reads [B.B.B.CO. / ©]. Along the bottom edge are stamped numbers that read [6479].
- 2019.16b: A royal blue medal presentation box for World War I Gold Star Mothers Pilgrimage Medal issued to Mrs. Margaret A. Neal (2019.16a). The box is royal blue with a faux leather finish and a white satin padded insert. At the center of the box is a white, outlined five-pointed star set inside a circular frame with relief text that reads [PILGRIMAGE OF MOTHERS AND WIDOWS]. Below is white text that reads [GUEST OF THE UNITED STATES]. The lid interior has small, centered white text that reads [THE / ·BAILEY·BANKS&·BIDDLE· / ·COMPANY· / Philadelphia]. Below and to the left is additional text that reads [DEPARTMENT OF INSIGNIA]. The lid is hinged to the base with glued black fabric. The box contains a folded piece of yellow tissue paper.
- Place made
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Place used
- Meuse, France, Europe
- Classification
- Awards and Medals
- Type
- commemorative medals
- Topic
- Families
- Military
- Motherhood
- World War I
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2019.16ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
-
Poster advertising a Josephine Baker performance at the Folies Bergère
- Printed by
- Jombart Fres Imp. Asnieres, French
- Illustrated by
- Ranson, Gontran, French, 1891 - 1977
- Subject of
- Baker, Josephine, American, 1906 - 1975
- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (folded): 24 3/16 × 16 in. (61.4 × 40.6 cm)
- H x W (unfolded): 27 5/8 × 16 in. (70.2 × 40.6 cm)
- Description
- A poster advertising a Josephine Baker performance at the Folies Bergère of Un Vent De Folie. An illustration of Baker is a center. Baker is featured upside-down, wearing green gloves, pearls, a green and white bra, and green tights with bells and red fringe. Next to the drawing is the illustrators mark: [Ranson]. Text at the top and bottom of the poster reads: [Folies- Bergère / Joséphine Baker / Hyper-Revue / Un Vent De Folie / Jombart Fres Imp. Asnières]. To the left of the illustration there are two French postage stamps. Both of the postage stamps have a blue ink stamp over them that reads: ANNULE]. The back of the poster has two inscriptions of a number.
- Place depicted
- Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- posters
- Topic
- Actors
- Advertising
- Dance
- Entertainers
- Jazz (Music)
- Singers (Musicians)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and National Portrait Gallery, Gift from Jean-Claude Baker
- Object number
- 2016.135.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible