Collection Box of the Rhode Island Anti-Slavery Society Owned by Garrison family

Image
Metadata
Content type
Image
Title
Title
Title
Collection Box of the Rhode Island Anti-Slavery Society Owned by Garrison family
Collection(s)
Collection(s)
Thomas Wilson Dorr and the Gag Rule of 1836
Organizations
Organizations
Associated name (asn): Rhode-Island State Anti-slavery Society
Origin Information
Origin Information
Date Created
1833
Date Range
1833 to 1859
Resource Type
Resource Type
Still image
Genre
Genre
cardboard
Subject
Subject
Antislavery movements--United States
Faceted Subject
Faceted Subject
Antislavery movements
United States
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Rhode Island--History--1775-1865
Geographic Subject
Geographic Subject
Rhode Island
Extent
Extent
H x W x D: 3 1/8 × 2 7/16 × 1 13/16 in. (7.9 × 6.2 × 4.6 cm)
Language
Language
English
Description
Description
Cardboard coin collection box produced by the Rhode Island Anti-Slavery Society. The top has a slot for coins and fits into the bottom. The box is yellow with black print, including a tableau on the front of kneeling enslaved figure surrounded by implements of bondage.
Physical Location
Physical Location
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Note
Note
Note Type
acquisition
Note
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Garrison Family in memory of George Thompson Garrison
Item Identifier
Item Identifier
2014.115.9
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