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Copper slave badge imprinted "Charleston 1840 Servant 1869," Walter Pantovic Artifact Collection, courtesy of the Avery Research Center of African American History and Culture.
Copper slave badge, square in shape. Face is stamped "Charleston 1840 Servant 1869." 1840 is the year produced and 1869 signifies that it was the 1,869th "servant" badge sold that year.
Copper slave badge imprinted "Charleston No. 261 Fruiterer 1812," Walter Pantovic Artifact Collection, courtesy of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture.
Copper slave badge imprinted "Charleston No. 261 Fruiterer 1812." The badge is a contemporary counterfeit--"Fruiterer" is not a known occupation to be printed upon slave badges.
