Object Details
- Issued by
- Hill, Ware, & Chrisp, American, 1859 - 1860
- Subject of
- Byrd Hill, American, 1800 - 1872
- John W. Chrisp, American
- John D. Ware, American, born ca. 1800
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Description
- A trade card with printed black type for the slave traders Hill, Ware and Chrisp. Text on the obverse reads, "GREAT / NEGRO MART, / No. 87, ADAMS STREET, / MEMPHIS, --- TENN. / The undersigned would announce to the community at large, that they will keep/constantly on hand a / GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF NEGROES / AT PRIVATE SALE AND AT AUCTION. / They will also receive on commission (to Board or for Sale) any Negroes consigned / to their care. / All sales warranted as represented. / HILL, WARE & CHRISP." On the back, a handwritten inscription in black ink reads "S Ward + Jones / Send me a vile of / fine Branday / Hill Ware + Chrisp." Below in the bottom left corner is the name "R. Griffith" handwritten in graphite.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 1859-1860
- Object number
- 2014.63.17
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- trade cards
- Medium
- ink on cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2 7/8 × 4 in. (7.3 × 10.2 cm)
- Place printed
- Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- American South
- Business
- Commerce
- Domestic slave trade
- Slavery
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2014.63.17
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54977d161-9005-45fc-b2ea-c3fe9a7d6b1c
