National Museum of African American History and Culture

Washington, D.C., United States

4,642 artworks

Document appointing nine men to a slave patrol

John Miller, 1840

Document appointing nine men to a slave patrol

American James M. Fitzgerald, 1840

Document appointing nine men to a slave patrol

American Col. William Clark Grasty, 1840

Document appointing nine men to a slave patrol

American Edmund Fitzgerald, 1840

Cream and red appliqued quilted bedcover

Unknown, 1840

Charleston Neck slave badge from 1848 for Porter No. 230

American David H. Deveaux, 1840

Charleston slave badge from 1840 for Porter No. 148

American William M. Rouse, 1840

Daguerreotype of Rhoda Phillips

Unknown, 1840

Daguerreotype of Rhoda Phillips

American Rhoda Phillips, 1840

Letter to William Turner from Eyo Honesty II

Nigerian Eyo Honesty II, 1840

Letter to William Turner from Eyo Honesty II

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1840

Wood handled and metal leatherworking edger

American Mary Elizabeth Sugg, 1840

Wood handled and metal leatherworking edger

American William Sugg, 1840

Wood handled and metal leatherworking edger

American Vernon Sugg McDonald, 1840

Ambrotype of a man

Unknown, 1840

Ambrotype of a man

Unidentified Man, 1840

Charleston slave badge from 1848 for Porter No. 270

American William M. Rouse, 1840

Bill of sale with two transactions for an enslaved man named Joe or Joseph

George S. Harding, American, died 1863, 1840

Bill of sale with two transactions for an enslaved man named Joe or Joseph

American Henry P. Goldsmith, 1840

Bill of sale with two transactions for an enslaved man named Joe or Joseph

Joseph Locke, 1840

Bill of sale with two transactions for an enslaved man named Joe or Joseph

Charles Davis, 1840

Bill of sale with two transactions for an enslaved man named Joe or Joseph

American James Akins, 1840

Bill of sale with two transactions for an enslaved man named Joe or Joseph

Unidentified Man, 1840

Glasses of Henry W. Dennis with eyeglass case

Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust, American, founded 2001, 1840