Slave Pass For "Aunt Jemima Johnston." Three-inch diameter, with "Aunt Jemima Johnston, Born 1799, Nicholas Plantation, Warrenton, Virginia," on obverse; crude folk art representation of the plantation on reverse; weight, 7 ounces of pure pewter. Np

Slave Pass For "Aunt Jemima Johnston." Three-inch diameter, with "Aunt Jemima Johnston, Born 1799, Nicholas Plantation, Warrenton, Virginia," on obverse; crude folk art representation of the plantation on reverse; weight, 7 ounces of pure pewter. Np [Virginia], circa 1825 30 E7,500/8,500 VERY RARE, UNUSUAL PIECE. This "passport" was carried when she went from one plantation to another or into the village. When the family was emancipated in 1865, their owners gave them a rifle, a pocket watch and this pewter "passport." Provenance over four generations of the Morton-Calden family: James Fronlyn Taylor (born 1822), attorney and collateral relative of Zachary Taylor, was given this piece by the family of Aunt Jemima Johnston for services rendered It then passed (about 1888) to Mary E. Taylor Morton and Joseph Herdy Taylor Morton; then to Elvin Morton Calden (about 1919); then to his heirs. Usually, "passports" were printed or written documents. We find no record of a similar piece in com-merce, though they are found in museums. [SEE ILLUSTRATION]