Trade card for the "Great Negro Mart" in Memphis, Tennessee
date: label: Date
content: 1859-1860
name: label: Issued by
content: Hill, Ware, & Chrisp, American, 1859 - 1860
label: Subject of
content: Byrd Hill, American, 1800 - 1872
label: Subject of
content: John W. Chrisp, American
label: Subject of
content: John D. Ware, American, born ca. 1800
label: Printed by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place printed
content: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Commerce
label: Topic
content: Domestic slave trade
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
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: 2014.63.17
objectType: label: Type
content: trade cards
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 2 7/8 × 4 in. (7.3 × 10.2 cm)