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Tuesday Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 8
- Published by
- Tuesday Publications, Inc., American, 1965 - 1970s
- Edited by
- Evans, William Leonard Jr., American, 1914 - 2007
- Subject of
- Sir Jordan, Edward, British, 1801 - 1869
- Lightbourne, Robert Charles, Jamaican, 1909 - 1995
- Owned by
- Robinson, Avis Collins, American, born 1954
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 13 × 10 7/8 in. (33 × 27.6 cm)
- Place printed
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Kingston, Surrey County, Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Date
- April 1970
- Description
- Edition of Tuesday Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 8. The cover has black printed text at the top and graphics below. The text reads [NATIONAL / EDITION Tuesday / MAGAZINE] with [APRIL 1970 · ISSUED MONTHLY] in the upper right corner. A list of topics discussed in the magazine is below this [SPOTLIGHT ON CAMPUS / SCIENCE WITH SOUL? / THE NEGRO IN WORLD HISTORY / SIR EDWARD JORDAN / SICKLE CELL ANEMIA / CAN IT BE STOPPED?]. The front cover has layered images of the Jamaican Minister of Trade and Industry Robert Lightbourne and the cargo docks of Kingston with a ship on the right. The cover photography is by David Parks. The lower right corner reads [JAMAICA: BLACK ECONOMY AT WORK/PAGE 18]. There are various articles and advertisements in the issue. The back cover has a Kool cigarettes advertisement. The magazine has thirty-six (36) pages.
- Topic
- African American
- Advertising
- Business
- Labor
- Mass media
- Medicine
- Transportation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2018.17.11.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Tuesday Publications, Inc, 1970. Permission required for use.
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Deed of sale including 237 enslaved persons in transaction
- Written by
- Moulton and Rushton, British
- Signed by
- Smith, Robert,1st Baron Carrington, British, 1752 - 1838
- Payne, René, British
- Smith, Samuel, British, 1754 - 1834
- Smith, George, British, 1765 - 1836
- Smith, John, British, 1767 - 1842
- Medium
- ink on vellum, wax
- Dimensions
- H x W (page 1): 22 7/16 × 27 15/16 in. (57 × 71 cm)
- H x W (page 2): 21 7/8 × 27 15/16 in. (55.5 × 71 cm)
- H x W (page 3): 22 1/4 × 27 7/8 in. (56.5 × 70.8 cm)
- H x W (page 4): 22 7/16 × 27 15/16 in. (57 × 71 cm)
- H x W (page 5): 22 7/16 × 27 15/16 in. (57 × 71 cm)
- H x W (page 6): 22 1/4 × 27 15/16 in. (56.5 × 71 cm)
- H x W (page 7): 22 1/4 × 27 3/4 in. (56.5 × 70.5 cm)
- Type
- deeds
- indentures
- Place made
- London, England, Europe
- Place used
- Saint Catherine, Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Date
- August 20, 1798
- Description
- Seven (7) paged deed of sale document between Samuel Smith, Rene Payne, George Smith, John Smith and Robert Lord Carrington for the sum of [nineteen thousand] one hundred and seventeen pounds, eleven shillings. The indenture document is sold by Moulton and Rushton of Chancery Lane, as indicated in the upper left corner of the front of the first page. The document is bordered in red lines. The top of the document in the upper left corner is stylized script [This indenture of three parts/Sold by/Moulton and Rushton,/Chancery Lane] Following the first line of stylized text is the start of the indenture [made the Twenty Eighth day of August in the/thirty eighth year of the Reign of our/Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain Ffrance and Ireland King Defender of the ffaith and soforth and in the year of our Lord One/thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight Between Samuel Smith and/Rene Payne of the City of London (illegible) of the first part The said Samuel Smith and Rene Payne and their (illegible)/George Smith and John Smith of the City of London (illegible) of the second part and The Right Honorable Robert Lord/Carrington of the third part]. On the left side in the upper third are two (2) blue squares of paper with embossed seals. On the reverse of the first page in the upper left corner is the payment of the indenture received to Robert Lord Carrington for the sum of [nineteen thousand] (AA, 1/29/15) one hundred and seventeen pounds and eleven shillings. The payment is witnessed and signed. At the top in the middle is a note regarding the sealing and endorsing of the document. On the left side in the middle third, is a note regarding where the indenture was filed [Enrolled in the Office of Enrollments in Jamaica/May 25th 1799 Lib: 465 fol 187/(illegible)/(illegible signature]. In the middle of the center of the reverse of the document is a summary of the document contents and the date [Dated 20th of August 1798./Samuel Smith Esq./and others...../to/The Right (illegible)/Lord Carrington../Conveyance/of two thirds of the ffarm/plantation/Enrd 25th May 1799/(illegible)/6.. 15 71/2 . 6/ 6.. 18 . 17]. Included in the indenture is a schedule of property listed on the sixth and seventh pages. On the last page are five (5) wax seals and signatures along the bottom. The signatures include Samuel Smith, Rene Payne, George Smith, John Smith and Lord Carrington.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Topic
- African American
- Business
- Trans Atlantic slave trade
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.1.317a-g
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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The Portuguese slaver Diligenté captured by H.M. Sloop Pearl with 600 slaves on board, taken in charge to Nassau
- Created by
- Lieutenant Hawker, Henry Samuel, English, 1816 - 1889
- Medium
- watercolor on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 3/8 x 17 1/8 in. (28.9 x 43.5 cm)
- Type
- watercolors
- Date
- May 1838
- Caption
- The slave ship Diligente was engaged in the illegal slave trade when it was seized in 1838. A lieutenant in the British Royal Navy painted this scene from the ship. He captured the trauma of the Middle Passage in images of malnutrition and overcrowding.
- Source: Nancy Bercaw, Curator, Slavery and Freedom
- Description
- A watercolor painting of a slave ship showing five crew members with multiple enslaved persons crowded on the weather deck. A Portuguese flag flies from the ship and the sketched outline of another ship is visible in the background.
- Topic
- African American
- Africa
- Art
- Law
- Military
- Slavery
- Trans Atlantic slave trade
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.21.2ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Members of the Stewardess Board sit together dressed in all white suits at the Greater Allen Cathedral of New York, Jamaica, New York, 2000
- Photograph by
- Johnson, Jason Miccolo, American
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Created by
- Greater Allen AME Cathedral of New York, American, founded 1834
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (sheet): 15 15/16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.5 × 50.5 cm)
- H x W (image): 12 1/2 x 18 7/8 in. (31.8 x 47.9 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Place captured
- Jamaica, New York City, Queens County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- 2000; printed 2012
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of three rows of women sitting in church pews. All of the women are wearing white coats and hats. They are facing away of from the camera. No inscriptions on the front or back.
- Topic
- African American
- Photography
- Religious groups
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.141.42
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Jason Miccolo Johnson
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Nicodemus on the Mike, U-Brown on the Spliff
- Photograph by
- Lesser, Beth, Canadian
- Subject of
- King Sturmar Roots, Jamaican
- Nicodemus, Jamaican, 1957 - 1996
- U-Brown, Jamaican, born 1956
- Tenor Saw, Jamaican, 1966 - 1988
- Manjor Manzie, Jamaican
- General Jah Mikey, Jamaican
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 11 × 14 in. (28 × 35.5 cm)
- H x W (Image): 8 11/16 × 12 7/8 in. (22 × 32.7 cm)
- Type
- inkjet prints
- Place captured
- Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Date
- 1987; printed 2004
- Description
- A color photograph of the dancehall sound system King Sturmar Roots in Kingston, Jamaica. Nicodemus, who is wearing a red sweater vest and performing with a microphone, is pictured in the center. To his right, U-Brown is smoking, while Major Manzie, in a camouflage print shirt, looks on; two Heineken beers are on top of the turntable case in front of them. General Jah mikey is in the background,w earing a white hat. To the left of Nicodemus, a man in a pink and white striped shirt appears to be focusing on a turntable just out of frame, whileTenor Saw, standing behind them, looks to the camera. On the back is the photographer's signature and date along with an inscription by Bill Adler identifying the subjects and place.
- Topic
- African American
- African diaspora
- Musicians
- Photography
- Reggae (Music)
- United States--History--1969-2001
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.132.245
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Beth Lesser
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Collection title
- Eyejammie Hip Hop Photography Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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My Green Hills of Jamaica
- Written by
- McKay, Claude, Jamaican American, 1889 - 1948
- Published by
- Heinemann Educational Books, British, 1890 - 2001
- Medium
- paper (fiber product) and ink
- Dimensions
- 8 x 5 1/4 x 3/8 in. (20.3 x 13.3 x 1 cm)
- Type
- books
- Place depicted
- Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Place made
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- 1979
- Description
- A paperback book titled, in yellow text: [My Green Hills / of Jamaica]. The cover shows a landscape scene of a jungle. At the top of the cover the author's name is listed in black text: [CLAUDE McKAY]. This autobiographical book about the Harlem Renaissance writer Claude McKay was published posthumously.
- Topic
- African American
- African diaspora
- Identity
- Immigration
- Literature
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.158.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Heinemann Educational Book (Caribbean) 1979. Permission required for use.
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Wage book for the slave trading ship Fox captained by Robert Mitchell
- Written by
- Captain Mitchell, Robert
- Subject of
- Davenport, William, English, 1725 - 1797
- Medium
- ink on paper, bast thread
- Dimensions
- Closed: 12 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 11/16 in. (31.8 × 21.6 × 1.7 cm)
- Open: 12 1/2 × 16 5/16 × 1 3/4 in. (31.8 × 41.4 × 4.4 cm)
- Type
- account books
- Place used
- Liverpool, Merseyside, England, Europe
- Place depicted
- Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Barbados, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
- County Cork, Ireland, Europe
- Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa
- Date
- 1774-1775
- Caption
- Fox’s Wages Book
- This volume contains information regarding a voyage of the ship Fox, a 146 ton brigantine that left Liverpool on March 8, 1774. The ship stopped first in the Cameroons, West Africa, where 148 African people were enslaved and brought aboard. The ship then crossed the Atlantic Ocean westward, landing first in Dominica. Seventeen (17) of the enslaved people died during the Atlantic crossing. After likely making other landings in the Caribbean to sell enslaved people the ship returned to Liverpool, completing the trip on February 22, 1775. The wages book recorded wages and debts of the crew, desertions, and several deaths of crew members by drowning. There are also records of enslaved people who worked on the ship and were paid in clothing.
- Source: Nancy Bercaw, Curator, Slavery and Freedom
- Description
- This bound volume contains information regarding Captain Robert Mitchell and his crew aboard the slave trading ship Fox. The covers are made from a brown paper and the text "Fox's Wages Book / Feb.y 1775 Capt Mitchell" is written on the front cover in black ink. The thirty-six (36) total interior pages have text pertaining to wages and debts of the crew, desertions of the crew, and several deaths of crew members by drowning, all written in black ink. There are also records of enslaved people who worked on the ship and were paid in clothing. Most pages have writing on the front and back sides, but there are some blank pages toward the back of the volume. The pages are bound together with bast fiber thread.
- Topic
- African American
- Clothing and dress
- Finance
- Health
- Labor
- Medicine
- Trans Atlantic slave trade
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.5.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Program for a boxing match between Joe Frazier and George Foreman
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Foreman, George, American, born 1949
- Frazier, Joe, American, 1944 - 2011
- Medium
- ink on paper, metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 12 × 9 1/8 × 1/8 in. (30.5 × 23.2 × 0.3 cm)
- Type
- souvenirs
- programs
- Place depicted
- Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Date
- 1973
- Description
- A thirty-two page program for a boxing match between Joe Frazier and George Foreman. The front cover features stylized images of George Forman and Joe Frazier's faces. Black and gold type on front of program reads: [THE SUNSHINE SHOWDOWN / JOE / FRAZIER / UNDEFEATED CHAMPION / VS / GEORGE FOREMAN / UNDEFEATED NO.1 CHALLENGER / JAN. 22 1973 / NATIONAL STADIUM / KINGSTON / JAMAICA]. The interior features advertisements for Jamaica travel and business, messages from political figures, features on Jamaican sports/athletes, profiles of Frazier, Foreman and other boxers Percy Hayles, Al Ford, Bunny Grant.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.89.7.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 052
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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General Colin L. Powell Oral History Interview
- Created by
- National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
- Recorded by
- Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
- Interview of
- General Powell, Colin L., American, born 1937
- Interviewed by
- Bunch, Lonnie G. III, American, born 1952
- Subject of
- President Bush, George W., American, born 1946
- United States Army, American, founded 1775
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration (2016.129.15.1a): 57.2 minutes
- Duration (2016.129.15.2a): 56.4 minutes
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Date
- August 2016
- Description
- The oral history consists of 2016.129.15.1a and 2016.129.15.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
- 93.98498 GB
- General Colin Powell was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. General Powell donated several items including a uniform that is on display to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- In this interview conducted by National Museum of African American History and Culture Director Lonnie Bunch, General Colin Powell discusses his early life as the son of Jamaican immigrants and the journey to a long and distinguished military career that culminated in being appointed the first African American Secretary of State under President George W. Bush.
- Unedited File: Unedited digital file of oral history interview. This file is necessary in case we need to refer to the original recording for any reason and/or want to use a portion of the file that has been edited out.
- Edited File: Videographer has minimized or eliminated interruptions, false starts and any unnecessary sounds. An agreed upon slate has also been added with title, date, and logo. Separate files of the same interview have been concatenated. This is the copy that will be made available to the public and/or researchers and uploaded to the website.
- Topic
- African American
- Immigration
- International affairs
- Military
- Museums
- Politics (Practical)
- Race relations
- United States--History--1961-1969
- United States--History--1969-2001
- United States--History--2001-
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.129.15.1a-2a
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Collection title
- The Collection Donor Oral History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture