Trade card for the slave dealers Blount & Dawson in Savannah, Georgia
- On View
- Slavery and Freedom Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Distributed by
- Blount & Dawson, American
- Subject of
- Blount, Edmond M., American, born 1811
- Dawson, William C., American, born 1827
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (6.4 x 8.9 cm)
- Description
- A letterpress printed trade card for the slave dealers Blount and Dawson, printd in black ink on off-white paper stock. Large text in various decorative fonts reads: [A CARD. / BLOUNT & DAWSON, / GENERAL BROKERS / For the Purchase and Sale of Negroes and Other / Property. / SAVANNAH, GEORGIA]. In smaller text, [Having taken the Office and New Jail completed by Wm. Wright, Esq., we are / able to afford secure and good accommodations for all negroes left with us for Sale / or Safe-Keeping would respectfully solicit a share of public patronage.]. At bottom left is [E.M. BLOUNT.] and at bottom right is [W.C. Dawson]. Along the bottom is [Having leased the above gentlemen my office and jail, would take pleasure in / recommending them to my patrons and the public generally. / WM. WRIGHT.].
- Place depicted
- Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
- Type
- trade cards
- Topic
- American South
- Business
- Commerce
- Domestic slave trade
- Prisons
- U.S. History, 1815-1861
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2009.9.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.