National Museum of African American History and Culture

Washington, D.C., United States

4,642 artworks

Oyster jar from the Thomas Downing oyster house

Unknown, 1840

Oyster jar from the Thomas Downing oyster house

Thomas Downing, 1840

Charleston slave badge from 1841 for Servant No. 641

American William M. Rouse, 1840

<I>The American Female Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices</I>

Phillis Wheatley Peters, American, ca., 1840

<I>The American Female Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices</I>

Caroline May, English, c., 1840

<I>The American Female Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices</I>

American Lindsay and Blakiston, 1840

Charleston slave badge from 1844 for Fruiterer & etc. No. 102

Peter J. Mood Jr., American, born 1796, 1840

Charleston slave badge from 1844 for Fruiterer & etc. No. 102

American John Mood, 1840

Record of taxable property, included enslaved persons, owned by Edward Rouzee

American Rouzee Family, 1840

Charleston slave badge from 1844 for Fruiterer & etc. No. 80

Peter J. Mood Jr., American, born 1796, 1840

Charleston slave badge from 1844 for Fruiterer & etc. No. 80

American John Mood, 1840

Record of taxable property, included enslaved persons, owned by Edward Rouzee

American Rouzee Family, 1840

Last Will and Testament of Stephen G. Wells

American Stephen G. Wells, 1840

Charleston Neck slave badge from 1848 for Servant No. 433

American David H. Deveaux, 1840

Charleston slave badge from 1847 for Servant No. 2164

American William M. Rouse, 1840

Broadside offering reward for capture of George, Jefferson, Esther, and Amanda

Unidentified Child, 1840

Broadside offering reward for capture of George, Jefferson, Esther, and Amanda

American Joseph Frazee, 1840

Broadside offering reward for capture of George, Jefferson, Esther, and Amanda

Unknown, 1840

Broadside offering reward for capture of George, Jefferson, Esther, and Amanda

American John D. Morford, 1840

Broadside offering reward for capture of George, Jefferson, Esther, and Amanda

American Anderson Doniphan, 1840

Broadside offering reward for capture of George, Jefferson, Esther, and Amanda

Unidentified Man, 1840

Violin owned by Ginger Smock

Czech Ferdinand August Homolka, 1840

Violin owned by Ginger Smock

American Ginger Smock, 1840

Letter to a British captain from Eyo Honesty II

Nigerian Eyo Honesty II, 1840