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Underground Railroad #0027 - Slave Tags

Copper slave tags identified a slave only by number when they were hired out in South Carolina. Slaves without tags or identification papers were put in jail.

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Copyright: © Louie Psihoyos
Image Size: 2938x4289 / 13.5MB; Abolition Abolitionist African American American History Blacks Charleston Civil War Emancipation Flight to Freedom History Slave Tags Slavery Slaves South Carolina Underground Railroad
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Copper slave tags identified a slave only by number when they were hired out in South Carolina. Slaves without tags or identification papers were put in jail.