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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cwtokenman, post: 35360, member: 2100&quot;]Slave tags are extremely rare. Charleston, SC was the principal slave mart in the South prior to the Civil War, and was by far the largest issueing city of slave tags. In 1751, the City officials of Charleston began the requirement of certain slaves to wear an identification tag. The requirements were expanded to include more and more types of slaves, up to and including free blacks also had to wear a badge at all times. These practices came to an end in 1790. There are NO known badges known to exist dated from 1751-1790!</p><p><br /></p><p>The practice was instituted once again in 1800 and badges are known up to the year 1864. In the period 1830-1840, Charleston&#039;s slave population was around 15,000 to give some idea of the quantity of tags that may have been issued. Only 102 Charleston slave tags are known to have survived, 60 are in museums, 42 are in private hands.</p><p><br /></p><p>If Pam is selling slave tags, it is a pretty safe bet that they are fakes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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