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Identification button used by Thomas Porter II

Diameter: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm), 2.7Grams Citation Source image

A round copper-alloy button with the initials "T*P" on the front. This button would have been sewn onto an enslaved person's shirt to identify him or her as belonging to Thomas Porter II. There is an inscription on the reverse of the button in two concentric circles that reads...

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