Abolitionist Patch Box

Abolitionist Patch Box

Slavery & anti-slavery

Cosmetics

Patch box--often often used to hold beauty patches in the 18th century--with abolition motif, "AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER." A black figure with chains on his clasped hands and feet kneels on grass flanked by a ship on water and two houses surrounded by trees.

1790?

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