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Names of all of the known enslaved people associated with the Patton family
List displayed in the exhibition at the Varner-Hogg plantation site
View of Varner Creek that leads to Brazos River
The second picture (without signage) is the view from the balcony of the second floor of the Main House.
Timeline of people who lived in and occupied the Varner-Hogg plantation site
Timeline found inside the exhibition house.
View of the interior of the Main House at Varner-Hogg plantation site
The original furnishings have been removed and stored separately.
Maria Cambinda at the National History Museum
This 19th-century sculpture and mask in wood was used in processions of the Brotherhood of Our Lady of the Rosary of Black Men, in Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais. She was adopted as a symbol of the Decolonial Brazil: other histories exhibition at the…
"Types of Walking Sellers" ("Tipos de Rua") at the National History Museum
These 19th and 20th-century works made in carved wood by Bahian artist Erotides Americo de Araujo Lopes represent Black female workers on the streets of Brazil. These women, both enslaved and free, are also called "ganhadeiras," referring to the…
Sambistas by Heitor dos Prazeres, at the MUHCAB
Oil painting by Heitor dos Prazeres, an Afro-Brazilian samba composer and artist.
Cannon yard (pátio dos canhões) at the National History Museum
Cannons left from the original fortress of Santiago which included the Trem House for guarding artillery and the War Arsenal. The region where the museum is located was a military area until 1908, when the War Arsenal was transferred to Ponta do…