Created by

Black Star Line, Inc., American, 1919 - 1922

Owned by

Burrows, Percival Leon, Barbadian American, born 1879

Date

September 14, 1920

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 9 x 10 3/4 in. (22.9 x 27.3 cm)

Description

Stock certificate issued to Percival L. Burrows for four shares of stock in the Black Star Line, Inc. on September 14, 1920. The certificate has a green border with light green rays extending from the bottom border to the middle of the page. In the top, center, is a black and white graphic of a man to the left of a globe with the continent of Africa prominent. On the globe in black text is a phrase: [AFRICA / THE LAND OF / OPPORTUNITY]. To the right of the globe is an ocean liner with two smoke stacks. On the bottom of the certificate, centered, is an embossed seal for the Black Star Line Incorporation. The text in ink, stamp, and by hand reads: [No. 24401 / Shares - 4 - / INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE / BLACK STAR LINE, INC. / CAPITAL STOCK $10,000,000 / SHARES $5. EACH / This Certifies that Percival L. Burrows is the owner of / Four Shares of the Capital Stock of / BLACK STAR LINE, Inc. full paid and non-assessable / transferable only on the books of this Corporation in person or by Attorney / upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. / IN WITNESS WHEREOF. the said Corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed / by its duly authorized officers and its Corporate Seal to be hereunto affixed / this 14th day of Septr A.D.1920. / (illegible signature) / Treasurer. / J. Meyers Inc. 301 B'way / (illegible signature) / President.]. The back side has black text regarding the transference of the shares with blanks provided for inserting the appropriate information. The text reads: [For value Received__hereby sell, assign, and transfer unto / Shares / of the Capital Stock represented by the within Certificate. / and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint / Attorney / to transfer the said stock on the Books of the within named / Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises. / Dated____19__ / In Presence of]. To the right of the text are two vertical lines of text regarding the appropriate people who may sign the reverse of the certificate: [NOTICE. THE SIGNATURE OF THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE / FACE OF THIS CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICIULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT, OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.]

Place depicted

Delaware, United States, North and Central America

Classification

Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents

Type

stock certificates

Topic

Africa

Black Enterprise

Business

Transportation

U.S. History, 1919-1933

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of P.L. Burrows' daughter, Leota Burrows Henry and family

Object number

2011.138.13

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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GUID

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