Collection box of the Rhode Island Anti-Slavery Society owned by Garrison family: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

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 kneeling enslaved figure surrounded by implements of bondage.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1830s - 1850s
• Created by: Rhode Island Anti-Slavery Society, American, 1833 - 1850s
• Owned by: George Thompson Garrison, American, 1836 - 1904
• Owned by: William Lloyd Garrison, American, 1805 - 1879
• 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)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (a - body): 3 × 2 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (7.6 × 6.2 × 4.4 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (b - lid): 13/16 × 2 5/16 × 1 11/16 in. (2.1 × 5.9 × 4.3 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Antislavery
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Slavery
• Topic: Social reform
• Topic: Societies
• Object number: 2014.115.9
• 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
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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