Object Details
- Created by
- Rhode Island Anti-Slavery Society, American, 1833 - 1850s
- Owned by
- George Thompson Garrison, American, 1836 - 1904
- William Lloyd Garrison, American, 1805 - 1879
- Description
- Cardboard coin collection box produced by the Rhode Island Anti-Slavery Society. The box is constructed in two pieces, a top and bottom. 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 an enslaved person in chains on his knees surrounded by implements of bondage.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Garrison Family in memory of George Thompson Garrison
- 1830s - 1850s
- Object number
- 2014.115.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Type
- boxes (containers)
- Medium
- ink on cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 3 1/8 × 2 7/16 × 1 13/16 in. (7.9 × 6.2 × 4.6 cm)
- H x W x D (a - body): 3 × 2 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (7.6 × 6.2 × 4.4 cm)
- H x W x D (b - lid): 13/16 × 2 5/16 × 1 11/16 in. (2.1 × 5.9 × 4.3 cm)
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Antislavery
- Societies
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2014.115.9
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51812d554-b14d-4d08-8d4e-c91e66e14bd2
