We have been very fortunate to dig a few of these rare relics
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pokerbear said:Nice finds but it is truley unfortunate that such things were ever in use.
its_toby said:Those are in really good shape! Did you clean them up or did they look that good when you dug them?
I be a museum would be willing to pay a decent price for those types of finds if you would be willing to part with them.
congrats on the truly rare finds!
dg39 said:Are we sure these are not just occupational license tags? I don't think we can be certain on how these tags were looked upon during the stated time period. I don't think the term, "Slave hire tags" may be 100 percent correct. Freemen may have also been required to use them. Slave s were a merchandise with papers just as land,, etc. during that time period. Not trying to stur the pot, just looking at facts I have studied. Remember the history of yesterday is oft changed to fit the politics of today. They are wonderful items of history, no matter how you look at them.
DG
FMarion2ndRegSC said:If I'm not mistaken, Oprah and Bill Cosby both have quite a personal collection of slavery exonumia, including tags.