Identification button used by Thomas Porter II
- On View
- Slavery and Freedom Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- Porter, Thomas II, British, 1790 - 1857
- Date
- ca. 1820
- Medium
- copper alloy
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm), 2.7Grams
- Description
- A round copper-alloy button with the initials "T*P" on the front. This button would have been sewn onto an enslaved person's shirt to identify him or her as belonging to Thomas Porter II. There is an inscription on the reverse of the button in two concentric circles that reads, "FINE ORANGE STANDARD GILT." There is a considerable amount of verdigris on both sides of the button.
- Place collected
- Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place used
- Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana, Caribbean, South America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Awards and Medals
- Topic
- Business
- Commerce
- Middle Passage
- Slavery
- Trans Atlantic slave trade
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2009.32.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.