Object Details
- Description
- This is a square metal slave badge with clipped corners. On the recto is text that reads ”CHARLESTON [stamped]” across the top. Under that is “1822 [stamped] / SERVANT [stamped] / No. [stamped] 1048 [punched].” On the verso is a stamped cartouche at the top center with the maker's name “LAFAR.” There is a hole punched at the center top.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Created by
- John Joseph Lafar, American, 1784 - 1849
- Date
- 1822
- 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: 2 1/16 × 2 1/16 in. (5.3 × 5.3 cm)
- Type
- slave hire badges
