On View
Changing Exhibition Gallery
Exhibition
In Slavery's Wake: Making Black Freedom in the World
Manufactured by
I. Nutting & Son, British, ca.1805 - 1840
Subject of
Porter, Thomas II, British, 1790 - 1857
Date
ca. 1820
Medium
pewter
Dimensions
Diameter: 13/16 in., 3.2Grams (2.1 cm)
Description
Metal button with raised type on front reads, [TPORTER]. This button would have been sewn onto an enslaved person's shirt to identify him or her as belonging to Thomas Porter II. A circle border surrounds type on front of button. Back of button has illegible raised type.
Place made
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Place used
Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana, Caribbean, South America
Classification
Awards, Medals, and Insignia
Type
buttons (fasteners)
buttons (information artifacts)
Topic
Middle Passage
Trans Atlantic slave trade
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
Object number
2014.312.98
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e7be98c3-8b44-4ceb-8014-cb1d7cac57c5

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