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NMAAHC: National Museum of African American History and Culture · 1841
A first edition manuscript of Roger Sherman Baldwin’s arguments before United States Supreme Court in the trial United States v. Schooner Amistad, 1841. The Octavo pamphlet-manuscript is constructed of handstitched …
NMAAHC: National Museum of African American History and Culture · 1832
A membership certificate to the American Colonization Society for Sarah Emlen Cresson signed by James Madison as the president of the society on February 22, 1832. The certificate has pre-printed …
NMAAHC: National Museum of African American History and Culture · 1818
A telescoping spyglass presented to Sir Llewelyn Turner by Admiral Lord Clarence Edward Paget. The outer tube of the spyglass is made of mahogany and has brass fittings holding glass …
NMAAHC: National Museum of African American History and Culture · 1800
Contemporary manilla, a form of currency that circulated in West Africa, in a semi-circular horseshoe shape, with slight flairs at ends. The manilla has white and green pigmentation from corrosion.
NMAAHC: National Museum of African American History and Culture · 1800
Contemporary manilla, a form of currency that circulated in West Africa, in a semi-circular horseshoe shape, with slight flairs at ends. The manilla has slight green pigmentation from corrosion.
NMAAHC: National Museum of African American History and Culture · 1800
Contemporary manilla, a form of currency that circulated in West Africa, in a semi-circular horseshoe shape, with slight flairs at ends. The manilla has green pigmentation from corrosion.
NMAAHC: National Museum of African American History and Culture · 1774
Fox’s Wages Book This volume contains information regarding a voyage of the ship Fox, a 146 ton brigantine that left Liverpool on March 8, 1774. The ship stopped first in …
NMAAHC: National Museum of African American History and Culture · 1750
A large wooden bowl with an uneven shape and a rounded bottom. The lip is decorated with incised Adinkra symbols. Formed metal pieces were nailed over 2 separate cracks, acting …
NMAAHC: National Museum of African American History and Culture
This flyer solicits pledges to stand against South African apartheid. The top of the flyer reads: [we say no / to apartheid / We take this pledge: in solemn resolve …
NMAAHC: National Museum of African American History and Culture
This object is a poly-chrome, three-dimensional, woodcarving depicting a male slave trader figure holding an enslaved female figure in bondage, both standing on an elongated oval platform. Both figures are …