Identification button worn by enslaved persons on Golden Grove Plantation
date: label: Date
content: 1828-1834
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Used by
content: David Baillie, British, 1786 - 1861
notes: label: Description
content: A round pewter button with "D BAILLIE / G•GROVE" stamped on the front. This button would have been sewn onto an enslaved person's shirt to identify him or her as belonging to David Baillie of Golden Grove Plantation, British Guyana. The button has considerable wear with pitting on both sides.
place: label: Place collected
content: Georgia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana, Caribbean, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Commerce
label: Topic
content: Middle Passage
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Awards, Medals, and Insignia
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2009.32.5
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (fasteners)
label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pewter
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm), 4.4Grams