Object Details
- Description
- This is a square metal slave badge set on point with sharp corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “1093 [punched] / SERVANT [stamped] / 1856 [stamped].” There is a hole punched at the center top.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Created by
- William Veronee, American
- Date
- 1856
- 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: 1 9/16 × 1 5/8 in. (4 × 4.1 cm)
- Type
- slave hire badges
