Sujet
Pass for free woman Harriet Lawson to visit her husband, Caleb, May 21, 1832. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
To Visit Your Husband: Harriet Lawson’s Pass, 1832;Harriet Lawson carried this pass to visit her husband, Caleb, at work in a nearby town. As free blacks, the Lawsons could legally marry, but Maryland placed limits on their liberty. If they traveled without a pass, they could be fined $20 or sold into slavery.;The Back of Lawson’s Pass;If stopped, Lawson would face the humiliation of being physically inspected. This pass described her as: “Black, 29 yrs of age five feet high has a mole on the right side of her right eye no other perceptible mark.”;Slavery and Freedom Exhibition
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM21A73_245
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
82,4Mo (3,2Mo) / 56,1cm x 36,8cm / 6624 x 4349 (300dpi)