Object Details
- Description
- This is an octagonal metal slave badge. On the recto is text “No 14 [engraved] / FISHER [stamped] /1800 [stamped].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the top center with the maker's name “ATMAR.” There is a hole punched at the center top. Proper right edge of the badge is folded over on itself.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Created by
- Ralph Atmar Jr., American, 1767 - 1809
- Date
- 1800
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Partial Gift of Harry S. Hutchins, Jr. DDS, Col. (Ret.) and his Family, dedicated to the individuals these Slave Hire Badges represent and their descendants
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 1 5/8 × 1 9/16 in. (4.1 × 4 cm)
- Type
- slave hire badges
