- Collection:
- Selections from the Collections of the Tubman African American Museum, 1800-2012
- Title:
- Plantation markers
- Date of Original:
- 1800/1900
- Subject:
- Boundaries (Estates)--Southern States
Landowners--Southern States; Planting (Plant culture)--Southern States
Slavery--United States--History
African Americans--History--To 1863 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434 - Medium:
- terra-cotta
clay - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Plantation markers.
According to the donor, clay markers like these were often placed at the edges of a field to identify the boundaries of a plantation. The raised dashes and symbols gave instructions to the slaves on when and where to plant.
Gift of Cheryl Scott Walker to the Tubman African American Museum. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:tbmn_sftm_tm07292011-108
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/sftm/do:tm07292011-108
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact the Tubman African American Museum re: reproduction and usage. The information contained in this resource may not be re-purposed, reproduced, quoted without proper citation, or offered for sale in any form without the express written permission of the Tubman African American Museum.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Selections from the Collections of the Tubman African American Museum, 1800-2012, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- 3 clay markers : terra cotta ; 22 x 22 x 4 cm.
- Holding Institution:
- Tubman African-American Museum
- Rights:
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