Trade card for the slave dealers Blount & Dawson in Savannah, Georgia
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1860
name: label: Distributed by
content: Blount & Dawson, American
label: Subject of
content: Edmond M. Blount, American, born 1811
label: Subject of
content: William C. Dawson, American, born 1827
notes: label: Description
content: A letterpress printed trade card for the slave dealers Blount and Dawson, printd in black ink on off-white paper stock. Large text in various decorative fonts reads: [A CARD. / BLOUNT & DAWSON, / GENERAL BROKERS / For the Purchase and Sale of Negroes and Other / Property. / SAVANNAH, GEORGIA]. In smaller text, [Having taken the Office and New Jail completed by Wm. Wright, Esq., we are / able to afford secure and good accommodations for all negroes left with us for Sale / or Safe-Keeping would respectfully solicit a share of public patronage.]. At bottom left is [E.M. BLOUNT.] and at bottom right is [W.C. Dawson]. Along the bottom is [Having leased the above gentlemen my office and jail, would take pleasure in / recommending them to my patrons and the public generally. / WM. WRIGHT.].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, 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: Prisons
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1815-1861
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
label: Exhibition
content: Slavery and Freedom
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
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: 2009.9.8
objectType: label: Type
content: trade cards
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: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (6.4 x 8.9 cm)