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Slave Hire Badge for Servant, 1860
1860
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
Slave hire badges were worn by enslaved African Americans whose owners hired them out to work for other people. Their wages went back to the owner. Badges were used to identify individuals in Savannah, Georgia; Charleston, South Carolina; Mobile, Alabama; and New Orleans, Louisiana. This badge for a servant was issued in Charleston.
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Details
- Title: Slave Hire Badge for Servant, 1860
- Date Created: 1860
- Location: United States, South Carolina, Charleston
- Subject Keywords: Badges, Slaves (People), Slavery, Servants
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: http://collections.thehenryford.org/Collection.aspx?objectKey=175110
- Object Name: Badge
- Object ID: 93.168.2
- Image ID: THF153499
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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