Slave Badge
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Description:
1861 slave badge with chamfered corners currently on exhibit in First Hall stamped "1115 Servant". This badge would have been worn by a slave who was hired out to work as a house servant, washer woman or maid.
- Site: Heyward-Washington House
- Site Number: 38Ch108
- Date: 1861
- Dimensions: H-4.6 W-4.6 cm
- Makers Mark: No maker's marks
- Collection: Slave Badge Collection
- Object Name: Badges
- Object Id: ARL 19751
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