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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
- Written by
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Published by
- Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, American, founded 1835
- Subject of
- Garrison, William Lloyd, American, 1805 - 1879
- Phillips, Wendell, American, 1811 - 1884
- Date
- 1845
- On ViewConcourse 3, C3 053
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Medium
- ink on paper, cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 7 x 4 1/2 x 5 in. (17.8 x 11.4 x 12.7 cm)
- H x W x D (open at 90 degrees): 7 × 5 × 4 7/8 in. (17.8 × 12.7 × 12.4 cm)
- H x W x D (open at 60 degrees): 7 × 5 × 4 1/4 in. (17.8 × 12.7 × 10.8 cm)
- Description
- A first edition copy of the memoir and antislavery book Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself. The hardcover book has a brown cover with an imprinted decorative border and scrollwork. The title is stamped in gold lettering in the center: [NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE / OF / FREDERICK DOUGLASS]. The frontispiece illustration is a portrait of Douglass, seated at a table, wearing jacket, vest, and tie, with his hands crossed in his lap. The first page prints the full title in alternating large and small type: [NARRATIVE / OF THE / LIFE / OF / FREDERICK DOUGLASS, / AN / AMERICAN SLAVE. / WRITTEN BY HIMSELF]. The last part of the title appears between two horizontal lines. At the bottom center is the publishing information: [BOSTON: / PUBLISHED AT THE ANTI-SLAVERY OFFICE, / No. 25 CORNHILL / 1845.]. The book has a preface written by William Lloyd Garrison and a prefatory letter by Wendell Phillips. There are 125 pages.
- Place printed
- Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Type
- narratives
- hardcover books
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Caricature and cartoons
- Freedom
- Fugitive enslaved
- Identity
- Literature
- Men
- Resistance
- Self-liberation
- Slavery
- U.S. History, 1815-1861
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Elizabeth Cassell
- Object number
- 2011.43.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser No. 2747
- Published by
- Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser, American, 1784 - 1791
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Allair, Alexander
- Date
- November 24, 1787
- Medium
- ink on newsprint
- Dimensions
- H x W: 19 1/2 × 11 13/16 in. (49.5 × 30 cm)
- Description
- November 24, 1787 edition of the Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser. The four-page newspaper is on yellowed paper with black ink. The newspaper has several creases and the edges are torn in several places. The front and back pages have advertisements while the interior pages contain articles and additional advertisements. On the front page at the bottom left corner are two advertisements for the sale of two enslaved people. The top advertisement is for the sale of an unidentified enslaved male; 29 years of age. The bottom advertisement is for the sale of an unidentified enslaved female. On the front page in the third column beneath the fold is an advertisement for a ten dollar reward on information regarding a runaway enslaved person named Will. The advertisement describes Will in detail including his height and physical ailments as well as his language proficiency. It identifies Will as being from Buck County, Pennsylvania and belonging to Mr. Alexander Allair.
- Place made
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- newspapers
- Topic
- American South
- Business
- Commerce
- Domestic slave trade
- Finance
- Fugitive enslaved
- Self-liberation
- Slavery
- U.S. History, 1815-1861
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Liljenquist Family
- Object number
- 2018.43.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Golden Legacy Illustrated History Magazine: The Saga of Harriet Tubman, "The Moses of Her People," Vol. 2
- Written by
- Maynard, Joan Bacchus, American, 1928 - 2006
- Taylor Francis
- L.C. Arty
- Illustrated by
- Feelings, Tom, American, 1933 - 2003
- Jackson, Ezra
- Published by
- Fitzgerald Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1966
- Subject of
- Tubman, Harriet, American, 1822 - 1913
- Williams, Daniel Hale, American, 1858 - 1931
- Aldridge, Ira, American, 1807 - 1867
- Bishop Healy, James Augustine, American, 1830 - 1900
- Du Sable, Jean-Baptist-Point, Haitian, 1750 - 1818
- Golden Legacy: Illustrated History Magazine, American, founded 1966
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product) with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 10 1/4 × 6 13/16 × 1/8 in. (26 × 17.3 × 0.3 cm)
- H x W x D (Open): 10 1/4 × 13 3/8 × 11/16 in. (26 × 34 × 1.7 cm)
- Description
- Golden Legacy Illustrated History Magazine: The Saga of Harriet Tubman, "The Moses of Her People," Volume 2. The front cover of the book features a large detailed illustration of Harriet Tubman. Tubman is portrayed with her body facing the viewer but with her head turned, looking over her proper right shoulder at a large fire in the distance. Trees and tall grass surround her and two people are following behind her. She is wearing a blue coat, shirt, satchel bag, and has a kerchief tied over her hair. The illustration is framed with yellow bands and white columns on either side. The masthead at the top is printed in black text in a yellow box that reads [GOLDEN LEGACY / ILLUSTRATED HISTORY MAGAZINE], set against a black background. The logo for Fitzgerald Publishing Company is printed in a yellow circle to the left of the masthead. It has the initials [F / P] printed in white and black ink. A yellow circle to the right of the masthead displays the cover price [25¢] printed in black ink. The interior pages are newsprint with color illustrations. The last few pages include short biographies on Daniel Hale Williams, Ira Aldridge, Bishop James Augustine Healy, Jean-Baptiste-Pointe Du Sable, and a review of Golden Legacy. The back cover features a full color advertisement for Coca-Cola with Carmen de Lavallade. The comic book has thirty-one pages.
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Type
- comic books
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Comics and graphic novels
- Education
- Fugitive enslaved
- Slavery
- U.S. History, 1815-1861
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States History
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2019.22.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1966 Fitzgerald Publishing Co., Inc. Permission required for use.
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The Liberator, Vol. XXIV, No. 16
- Created by
- The Liberator, American, 1831 - 1865
- Edited by
- Garrison, William Lloyd, American, 1805 - 1879
- Published by
- Knapp, Isaac, American, 1808 - 1858
- Printed by
- J.B. Yerrington & Son, American
- Date
- April 21, 1854
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (closed): 25 1/4 × 18 3/8 in. (64.1 × 46.7 cm)
- Description
- A copy of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, Vol. XXIV, No. 16 dated April 21, 1854. The paper is printed on a single bi-folded sheet of paper with text printed on the front and back of the four (4) pages. The name "E. Richards" is handwritten in black ink vertically at the top right facing side of the first page.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place printed
- Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Type
- newspapers
- Topic
- Activism
- Antislavery
- Fugitive enslaved
- Journalism
- Mass media
- Resistance
- Self-liberation
- Slavery
- Social reform
- Societies
- U.S. History, 1815-1861
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2016.166.41.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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The Liberator, Vol. XXV, No. 8
- Created by
- The Liberator, American, 1831 - 1865
- Edited by
- Garrison, William Lloyd, American, 1805 - 1879
- Published by
- Knapp, Isaac, American, 1808 - 1858
- Printed by
- J.B. Yerrington & Son, American
- Date
- February 23, 1855
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (closed): 25 × 17 15/16 in. (63.5 × 45.6 cm)
- Description
- A copy of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, Vol. XXV, No. 8 dated February 23, 1855. The paper is printed on a single bi-folded sheet of paper with text printed on the front and back of the four (4) pages. The name "E. Richards" is handwritten in black ink at the top edge of the first page.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place printed
- Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Type
- newspapers
- Topic
- Activism
- Antislavery
- Fugitive enslaved
- Journalism
- Mass media
- Resistance
- Self-liberation
- Slavery
- Social reform
- Societies
- U.S. History, 1815-1861
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2016.166.41.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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The Liberator, Vol. XV, No. 26
- Created by
- The Liberator, American, 1831 - 1865
- Edited by
- Garrison, William Lloyd, American, 1805 - 1879
- Published by
- Knapp, Isaac, American, 1808 - 1858
- Printed by
- J.B. Yerrington & Son, American
- Date
- June 27, 1845
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (closed): 24 7/8 × 18 1/2 in. (63.2 × 47 cm)
- Description
- A copy of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, Vol. XV, No. 26 dated June 27, 1845. The paper is printed on a single bi-folded sheet of paper with text printed on the front and back of the four (4) pages.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place printed
- Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Type
- newspapers
- Topic
- Activism
- Antislavery
- Fugitive enslaved
- Journalism
- Mass media
- Resistance
- Self-liberation
- Slavery
- Social reform
- Societies
- U.S. History, 1815-1861
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2016.166.41.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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The North Star, Vol. I No. 37
- Created by
- The North Star, American, 1847 - 1859
- Edited by
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Delany, Martin Robison, American, 1812 - 1885
- Published by
- Dick, John, British
- Date
- September 8, 1848
- On ViewConcourse 3, C3 053
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Medium
- ink on newsprint
- Dimensions
- H x W (folded): 13 3/16 × 18 1/2 in. (33.5 × 47 cm)
- Description
- The September 8, 1848 issue of the North Star, an antislavery newspaper published in Rochester, New York by Frederick Douglass. The paper is printed with black text on yellowed newsprint. The masthead reads [THE NORTH STAR. / RIGHT IS OF NO SEX-TRUTH IS OF NO COLOR-GOD IS THE FATHER OF US ALL, AND ALL WE ARE BRETHREN. / ROCHESTER, N. Y., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1848.] On the left side of the masthead is [FREDERICK DOUGLASS, / M. R. DELANY, / EDITORS / VOL. 1. NO. 37.] Printed on the right side of the masthead is [JOHN DICK, PUBLISHER / WHOLE NO.-37.]. The main text is organized into seven columns of small print. At the top of the column on the far left, above the publisher's notices and list of agents, is printed: [The object of the NORTH STAR will be to attack SLAVERY in all its forms and aspects; advocate UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION; exalt the standard of PUBLIC MORALITY; promote the moral and intellectual improvement of the COLORED PEOPLE; and hasten the day of FREEDOM to the THREE MILLIONS of our ENSLAVED FELLOW COUNTRYMEN.] This issue contains several anti-slavery essays and letters, including a letter from Douglass to his previous enslaver Thomas Auld, titled [To My Old Master], as well as a critique of the Liberian colonization movement, news of the rebellion in Ireland, poetry, notices of anti-slavery society meetings around the region, and general advertisements.
- Place printed
- Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Colonization movement
- Type
- newspapers
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Communities
- Free communities of color
- Freedom
- Fugitive enslaved
- International affairs
- Mass media
- Self-liberation
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1815-1861
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.151.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Gordon Under Medical Inspection
- Created by
- McPherson & Oliver, American
- Subject of
- Gordon, American
- Mercer, Frederick W., American, 1838 - 1910
- Date
- 1863
- On ViewConcourse 3, C3 053
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4 x 2 3/8 in. (10.2 x 6 cm)
- Description
- Carte-de-visite of a formerly enslsaved man identified only as Private Gordon. Gordon is seated wearing trousers and no shirt. Facing the camera is his bare back, with severe raised scars from just above his shoulder blades to his lower back. He head is facing to the left and can be seen in profile while his left hand is resting on his left hip. Written on the back is "FROM LIFE, Taken at Baton Rouge, La. April 27, 1863 / Camp Parapet, La. / Augst. 4th 1863 / Colonel, / I have found a large number of the four hundred contrabands examined by me to be as badly lacurated as the specimen represented in the enclosed photograph. / Very respectfully Yours, / J.W. Mercer / Asst. Surgeon 47th M.V.". There is also a stamp in black ink which states: "FacSimile of original Official Report to Col. L.B. Marsh."
- Place captured
- Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Fugitive enslaved
- Health
- Medicine
- Military
- Self-liberation
- Slavery
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States Colored Troops
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.155.54
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
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Virginia Herald Vol. XVIII No. 1386
- Published by
- The Virginia Herald, American, 1787 - 1876
- Date
- November 30, 1804
- Medium
- ink on newsprint
- Dimensions
- H x W (page): 17 x 10 1/2 in. (43.2 x 26.7 cm)
- Description
- Two newspaper pages including a front page. The newspaper is discolored, some damage at edges and other losses. Content includes news from Virginia, the United States, and the world, including reports of the French in Louisiana and notice of a French ban on printed news of any sort allowed into colony of Guadaloupe. Advertisements includes notices for sales of enslaved persons, skilled enslaved persons being hired out by their owners, and rewards for the capture and return of fugitive enslaved persons.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place depicted
- Guadeloupe, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- France, Europe
- Place printed
- Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Type
- newspapers
- Topic
- Advertising
- Colonialism
- Domestic slave trade
- French colonialism
- Fugitive enslaved
- Mass media
- Self-liberation
- Slave hire system
- Slavery
- U.S. History, 1783-1815
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2011.51.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
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Proof copy of the first printing of The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
- Created by
- United States Congress, American, founded 1789
- Printed by
- Ritchie, Thomas, American, 1778 - 1854
- Date
- 1850
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 3/4 x 7 11/16 in. (24.8 x 19.5 cm)
- Description
- Proof copy of the first printing of The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 consisting of a single leaf folded sheet to form four pages, quarto, on U.S. Government-issued blue stock printed in black ink. There are two annotations handwritten in black ink -correcting "B it enacted" to "Be it enacted," and "courts of United States" to "courts of the United States."
- Type
- laws
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2009.14.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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The Hunted Slaves
- Created by
- Ansdell, Richard, English, 1815 - 1885
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1862
- Medium
- oil paint on canvas , wood
- Dimensions
- H x W (unframed): 36 × 60 in. (91.4 × 152.4 cm)
- H x W x D (framed): 48 1/4 × 72 7/16 × 3 1/4 in. (122.5 × 184 × 8.2 cm)
- Description
- This oil painting depicts a fugitive enslaved man and woman beset by three mastiff dogs in a marshy landscape. On the right side of the painting are two human figures who face left across the painting to the dogs.The man stands in a half-crouch between the dogs and the woman, wielding a hatchet in his upraised right hand. Dangling from his clenched left wrist is a pair of manacles, with one cuff broken open. He wears a pair of faintly patterned brown trousers to mid-thigh, and has a red sash around his waist. His body has numerous scars and a round brand or tattoo on his left shoulder. The woman is half-crouched behind him knees bent, both arms raised to shoulder height, palms faced outward as she peers over the man's shoulder. She wears a sleeveless, loosely draped soiled white top, and a brown striped skirt tucked above her knees. Her hair is drawn back and she has small hoop earrings. The dogs are on the left side of the painting, with one of the dogs lying wounded between the two groups of figures. The scene takes place in an area of trampled tall grass with grey water in the background and a livid red horizon. In the bottom right corner there is a striped snake twining up a mossy dead log.
- Place depicted
- Great Dismal Swamp, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Great Dismal Swamp, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Movement
- Anti-slavery movements
- Type
- oil paintings
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Art
- Fugitive enslaved
- Slavery
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2009.34ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
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Frederick Douglass' Paper
- Published by
- Douglass, Frederick, American, 1818 - 1895
- Date
- July 28, 1854
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (open): 26 1/2 × 38 in. (67.3 × 96.5 cm)
- H x W (closed): 26 1/2 × 19 1/8 in. (67.3 × 48.5 cm)
- Description
- The July 28, 1854 issue of Frederick Douglass' Paper, a Rochester-based weekly newspaper published and edited by Frederick Douglass that centered on antislavery efforts and other social reform causes. The title [Frederick Douglass' Paper] is printed in large text across the top, just underneath the title are the issue details printed between two horizontal black lines: [Vol. VII, No. 32, ROCHESTER, N.Y. FRIDAY JULY 28, 1854., Whole Number 344]. The text of the paper is densely concentrated in seven vertical columns and there is both a vertical and horizontal crease through the center. An inscription of the name [Stephen Reeves] is written in black ink at the top right corner of the front page. The last page contains a large advertisement: "Call for a National Emigration Convention of Colored Men to be held in Cleveland Ohio" and is signed in print by Martin R. Delany.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place printed
- Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Colonization movement
- Type
- newspapers
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Education
- Fugitive enslaved
- International affairs
- Mass media
- Self-liberation
- Social reform
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.63.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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The Fugitive Slave Bill
- Written by
- United States Congress, American, founded 1789
- Subject of
- Fillmore, Millard, American, 1800 - 1874
- Burns, Anthony, American, 1834 - 1862
- Sims, Thomas, American, born ca. 1834
- Date
- 1854
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 x 6 in. (22.9 x 15.2 cm)
- Caption
- This printing of the Fugitive Slave Bill was sponsored by anti-slavery groups as a protest against the new law that required local and state authorities to assist slave owners in retrieving slaves.
- Description
- Booklet of yellowed paper and black text. Title reads "THE FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL ENACTED BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS." The entire bill is 8 pages, seven of which are printed with bold black mourning borders. The rear cover features a reproduction of an engraving with the caption, "The Boston Police executing the infamous law, in the case of Simms, who was delivered into the hands of the oppressor, between the hours of moon-setting and sun-rising, in 1851." The illustration on the back cover consists of a captured man being carried down the steps of a building by two armed men. The building is surrounded by rows of armed men and two dogs are facing off against each other in the foreground.
- Place printed
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Topic
- Antislavery
- Free communities of color
- Fugitive enslaved
- Law
- Politics (Practical)
- Self-liberation
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.46.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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I Can't Breathe (Water Table)
- Created by
- Dyson, Torkwase, American, born 1970
- Subject of
- Brown, Henry Box, American, 1815 - 1897
- Date
- 2018
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 052
- Exhibition
- Visual Art and the American Experience
- Medium
- acrylic paint on canvas with wood and wire
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 96 × 72 × 2 in. (243.8 × 132.9 × 5.1 cm)
- Caption
- The Water Table series is conceived as a latter to Henry "Box" Brown (c. 1815-1897), an enslaved African American who escaped to freedom by shipping himself in a crate from Virginia to Philadelphia. The paintings in this series are visual deconstructions of natural and built environments that consider how individuals negotiate and negate various types of systems and spatial order.
- Description
- An acrylic painting on cotton canvas with a grey background. Centrally depicted three distinct shapes created with various brushstrokes. On each side of the canvas is a bright cloudy white cube. Bright and wide brushstrokes of red and white impasto feature strongly at the top middle and right of the canvas, while the same white and red impasto features minimally at the top and bottom of the canvas. The painting was executed primarily in thin, horizontal washes, which resulted in the layering of numerous vertical drips. Occasional passages of thick impasto are present throughout.
- Place made
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Water Table
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Type
- paintings
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2018.77
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Torkwase Dyson
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Affidavit of apprehension of Moses, property of Edward Rouzee
- Owned by
- Rouzee Family, American
- Date
- April 2, 1830
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- L x W: 12 1/2 x 8 in. (31.8 x 20.3 cm)
- Caption
- This document is from a collection of financial papers related to the plantation operations of several generations of the Rouzee Family in Essex County, Virginia. The papers date from the 1790s through 1860.
- Description
- 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 one-half (2 1/2) miles away from the Rouzee plantation. The one page, single-sided document is handwritten in black ink. Below the text to the right is the ornate signature of Thomas Wright, Jr. Below the text to the left is the calculation of the money owed, five dollars ($5.00) for the apprehension plus twenty-five cents ($0.25) for the distance, totaling five dollars and twenty-five cents ($5.25). The paper has a small notch torn at the top left. The paper has been folded twice vertically and once horizontally. On the reverse is written "Magistrate Certificate respecting Moses a Runaway."
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place made
- Essex County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Portfolio/Series
- Rouzee Family Papers
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents
- Topic
- Agriculture
- Business
- Finance
- Freedom
- Fugitive enslaved
- Law
- Men
- Resistance
- Self-liberation
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Liljenquist Family
- Object number
- 2011.104.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Payment receipt for apprehending Braxton, property of Edward Rouzee
- Owned by
- Rouzee Family, American
- Date
- September 16, 1829
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- L x W: 8 1/2 x 8 in. (21.6 x 20.3 cm)
- Caption
- This document is from a collection of financial papers related to the plantation operations of several generations of the Rouzee Family in Essex County, Virginia. The papers date from the 1790s through 1860.
- Description
- A one page legal document drafted by hand in ink by Richard Rouzee, Justice of the Peace for Essex County, Virginia, granting payment to Silas Goulding of Essex County for apprehending the enslaved man "Braxton," believed to be the property of Edward Rouzee. Braxton was found on the plantation of Robert P. Waring. At the bottom left of the document is the calculation that $5.00 be paid to Goulding for apprehension and an additional $0.60 for the distance of six miles between the place of apprehension and the plantation of Edward Rouzee. At the bottom right is the elaborate signature of Richard Rouzee. The document is dated September 16, 1825.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place made
- Essex County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Portfolio/Series
- Rouzee Family Papers
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Liljenquist Family
- Object number
- 2011.104.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
-
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Affidavit of apprehension of James and John, property of Harriot Rouzee
- Owned by
- Rouzee Family, American
- Date
- August 23, 1817
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- L x W: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
- Caption
- This document is from a collection of financial papers related to the plantation operations of several generations of the Rouzee Family in Essex County, Virginia. The papers date from the 1790s through 1860.
- Description
- 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 the justice of the peace for Caroline County, George J. Hord. The bottom left is the calculation of the fee to be paid to Jones, including the two (2) dollars for the apprehension and ten (10) cents for every mile of conveyance. The document consists of a single page, handwritten in black ink. The ink has bled and smudged heavily througout the document and there is a small loss to the page at the upper right corner.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place made
- Essex County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Caroline County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Portfolio/Series
- Rouzee Family Papers
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Liljenquist Family
- Object number
- 2011.104.30
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
-
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The Daily Picayune
- Published by
- The Daily Picayune, American, 1837 - 1914
- Date
- July 10, 1856
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 21 1/8 × 32 1/4 in. (53.7 × 81.9 cm)
- Description
- This newspaper is the July 10, 1856, edition of The Daily Picayune of New Orleans, Louisiana. The newspaper includes advertisements for purchasing ready made clothing, including clothing for enslaved people. There are numerous advertisements offering rewards for the capture of enslaved men and women who have escaped, particularly numerous on the fourth page, but also listed elsewhere in the advertisements. The rewards range from ten dollars to two hundred dollars. Each of the notices are marked with a small illustrated figure of a male or female runaway slave caricature. There are also advertisements for the hiring of enslaved persons.
- Place printed
- New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Type
- newspapers
- Topic
- Advertising
- American South
- Business
- Clothing and dress
- Fugitive enslaved
- Labor
- Resistance
- Self-liberation
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.174.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
-
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The Justices' Practice Under the Laws of Maryland
- Written by
- Latrobe, John, 1803 - 1891
- Published by
- Lucas Bros. Inc., founded 1804
- Date
- 1861
- Medium
- ink on paper, leather, and bast fiber string
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (closed): 24 1/4 × 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (61.6 × 15.9 × 6 cm)
- Description
- This book is a sixth edition of The Justices' Practice Under the Laws of Maryland; Including the Duties of a Constable, and also of a Coroner by John H. B. Latrobe. The book was published by Lucas Brothers of Baltimore in 1861. The volume is bound in light brown leather and is bound with a bast fiber string. Text is stamped on the inside of the front cover reading "WM. WARREN, / Baltimore County, Md." with an additional inscription on the following page.
- Place printed
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Type
- books
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2015.222.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
-
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Ambrotype of Elisa Greenwell with handwritten note
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Greenwell, Elisa, American
- Date
- early 1860s
- Medium
- cased photograph (a): collodion and silver on glass photographic plates, with wood, papier-mâché, and metal case;
- note (b): ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (a): 3 11/16 × 3 1/4 × 7/16 in. (9.4 × 8.3 × 1.1 cm)
- H x W (b): 3/4 × 2 13/16 in. (1.9 × 7.1 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Elisa Greenwell (a) accompanied by a handwritten paper note with identifying information (b). In the photograph, Greenwell is seated and faces the camera directly, with her right elbow propped on a table and both hands resting in her lap. Her hair is pinned up at the back of her head. She wears a light-colored dress with a large-scale plaid pattern, white lace collar and stock, and a dark-colored shawl draped over her shoulders. Her cheeks and lips are hand-tinted in a pinkish hue and a spot of gilt is placed over a pin worn at her center front neck. The ambrotype is housed in one half of a wooden case with a papier-mâché cover in a floral design and painted black. The glass plate is surrounded by a gold metal frame with an oval-shaped cut out. A metal hook for fastening the case to the missing lid is present on the right side of the case.
- The accompanying loose paper note (b) has handwritten text in black ink reading: "Elisa Greenwell resident of Philadelphia / runaway from the residence of / William Edelen of Leondardtown Md / in 1859". The reverse is blank.
- Place depicted
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- ambrotypes
- portraits
- notes
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.97.4ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions