National Museum of African American History and Culture

Washington, D.C., United States

4,642 artworks

Letter to Samuel Fox from Giles Saunders regarding the slave trade

American Giles Saunders, 1840

Letter to Samuel Fox from Giles Saunders regarding the slave trade

American Samuel M. Fox, 1840

Letter to Mrs. Mary Denham from Joseph May

Nigerian Joseph May, 1840

Letter to Mrs. Mary Denham from Joseph May

British Mary Denham, 1840

Broadside for sale of enslaved woman and children from estate of Joseph McCoy

American Joseph McCoy, 1840

Broadside for sale of enslaved woman and children from estate of Joseph McCoy

Unknown, 1840

Charleston slave badge from 1840 for Porter No. 148

American William M. Rouse, 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

Charleston slave badge from 1845 for Porter No. 625

American William M. Rouse, 1840

Charleston slave badge from 1847 for Servant No. 2164

American William M. Rouse, 1840

<I>The North Star, Vol. I No. 37</I>

American Frederick Douglass, 1840

<I>The North Star, Vol. I No. 37</I>

American The North Star, 1840

<I>The North Star, Vol. I No. 37</I>

John Dick, 1840

<I>The North Star, Vol. I No. 37</I>

American Martin Robison Delany, 1840

Oyster jar from the Thomas Downing oyster house

Unknown, 1840

Oyster jar from the Thomas Downing oyster house

Thomas Downing, 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

Cavalry saber with scabbard

Unknown, 1840