Title
Trade card for the "Great Negro Mart" in Memphis, Tennessee, 1859-1860. Creator: Unknown.
Caption
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.
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Reference
HRM21A73_356
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
92,7Mb (3,3Mb) / 22,1in x 16,3in / 6638 x 4883 (300dpi)