[Anti-slavery dessert service]

Title:

[Anti-slavery dessert service]

Description:

In Great Britain and the United States, women organized anti-slavery bazaars throughout the North to raise money and awareness for the cause. Members of female anti-slavery societies sold tokens, pottery, quilts, books, prints, and needlework. Some items were commercially produced, others made by hand. This dessert service is likely Staffordshire pottery transfer-ware. The images of two iconic elements of the visual vocabulary of the abolitionist movement—a black man kneeling in chains, and a black woman cradling a child—as well as the surrounding biblical passages were meant to evoke sympathy for the cause. The collection holds ten pieces, including a footed compote.

Date:

1820

Coverage:

[Staffordshire]

Display Date:

[ca. 1820s]

Hover Text:

Anti-slavery fairs

Published Item:

U

Item Index:

9

Item Sort:

1800s

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