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Percussion shotgun

Description: A composite gun made from various parts: blacksmith- made trigger guard; copper ramrod holders; wooden ramrod. Stamped on stock at butt: “LEVYON MADE MC LAWS PLANTA. 1841”; lockplate: “GOLCHER”; barrel: “_____PHILAD___”; possibly "slave made”"
Date: 1841
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Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Map showing the distribution of slaves in the Southern States.

Description: Map shows distribution of slave population, state and territorial boundaries, and major cities; agricultural products for the southern states on inset. Includes table of statistics and key to map. Insets: "British Isles on the same scale" and "Products of the Southern States." Scale [ca. 1:6,500,000].
Date: 1861
Creator: Steinwehr, A. von (Adolph), 1822-1877
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Postcard of Pavilion]

Description: Postcard with a colored drawing of a pavilion where a slave market was run in Louisville, Georgia. A note from Helen Landau to Harold Landau is written on the back of the card.
Date: [1942..1943]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Art on display at 2005 Hispanic Friends Conference]

Description: A photograph of artwork on display at the Hispanic Friends Conference hosted by the UNT Multicultural Center in the Golden Eagle Suite for Hispanic Heritage Month. There are four pieces in different styles and colors. The third has the words "Slave", "Fear", and "Sacrifice" spread across a longer poem.
Date: October 14, 2005
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Postcard of Melrose]

Description: Postcard of a two story red brick building with four white columns at the entrance, white wrought iron fence around the balcony and between the columns, and white and green accents. The postcard adds the following on the back, "One of the best preserved ante-bellum Mansions. House, grounds, and furnishings are practically unchanged since the forties. Suspended over the dining table is a relic of yesteryear, a Punkah. In slave days even after the Civil War, these fans were propelled to and fro b… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Transcript of Letter from Thomas F. McKinney to James F. Perry, October 22, 1835]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Thomas F. McKinney to James F. Perry, in which McKinney thanks Perry for the use of his "boy" in the completion of a challenging task. [It is unclear from this letter if "boy" is a diminutive way of addressing a male slave or if "boy" actually refers to Perry's son.]
Date: October 22, 1835
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
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