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Civil War Cover (detail)
Description:
Civil War Cover detail, Treason.
Civil War Covers are envelopes printed during or subsequent to the Civil War, that depict various scenes and themes. Many are of a patriotic nature, and were used to send US Mail, or simply as souvenirs.
Publication of Civil War envelopes began as early as the mid-1850’s, when north-south divisions began to take shape, but ended prior to the war’s conclusion because most believed that it was too indulgent and expensive to continue production in a time of war.
This envelope, having been printed in Cincinnati, Ohio USA, was produced by the North, so is giving an anti-slavery message.
The caption underneath the picture reads:
We is de innocent root ob dis yere trubble, Mass Jeff, but its gwine to take all us poor niggas breff away to keep de wind in it.
The American Civil War began in 1861. It was fought mainly over the issue of whether the different states in the Union had the right to allow slavery in their own state. Most of the southern states supported slavery, most of the northern states were opposed to it. The war ended in 1865, and slavery was abolished throughout the United States.
The language used to describe people of African descent in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries is unacceptable in today’s terms. We cannot avoid using this language in its original context. To change the words would impose 20th century attitudes on history.
Contributed by John Judkyn Memorial.
Date: 1800s
Copyright: The American Museum in Britain, Bath
Object ID:65.205.5(detail)
Set of 12 slave cards
Description:
Set of 12 slave cards, framed. Prints.1860. These were probably produced for the Abolition movement in the USA.
1. In the Cotton Field
2. The Christmas Week
3. The Sale
4. The Parting – Buy us too
5. The Lash
6. Blow for Blow
7. In the Swamp
8. Free!
9. Stand up a man!
10. Make way for Liberty!
11. Victory!
12. He died for me!
Contributed by John Judkyn Memorial.
Date: 1860
Copyright: The American Museum in Britain, Bath
Object ID:65.194
Uncle Tom’s Cabin , volume 2
Description:
Uncle Tom’s Cabin , Volume 2. Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published by John P Jewett and Co, Clevelans, Ohio. Uncle Tom’s Cabin was an emotional account of slavery, from a slave’s point of view.
Contributed by John Judkyn Memorial.
Date: 19th Century
Copyright: The American Museum in Britain, Bath
Object ID:64.546
20th Century Writers poster (detail)
Description:
20th Century Writers poster (detail).
The caption underneath the images reads:
Paul Lawrence Dunbar, poet.
Contributed by John Judkyn Memorial.
Date: 20th Century
Copyright: The American Museum in Britain, Bath
Object ID:74.179.13
Civil Rights crisis poster (detail)
Description:
Detail of Civil Rights Crisis poster
On August 27, 1963, a quarter of a million Americans marched on Washington to demand equal rights for black people. There was no violence.
Contributed by John Judkyn Memorial.
Date: 1963
Copyright: The American Museum in Britain, Bath
Object ID:74.179.15
Page of log book of ship Lloyd
Description:
Page from the log book of the Bristol ship, the Lloyd. A voyage from Dominica to London, 1772.
Date: 1772
Copyright: Copyright BCC Record Office
Object ID:BRO 38032
Page of log book of ship Lloyd
Description:
Page from the log book of the Bristol ship, the Lloyd . This page shows the Lloyd muster roll for 1772.
The muster roll is a list of all crew signed on for all or part of a voyage, which was used to calculate the money each man should pay to the Sailors Hospital Fund (insurance).
Date: 1772
Copyright: Copyright BCC Record Office
Object ID:BRO 38032
Page of log book of ship Lloyd
Description:
Page from the log book of the Bristol ship, the Lloyd. A voyage from Dominica to London, 1772.
Date: 1772
Copyright: Copyright BCC Record Office
Object ID:BRO 38032
Page of log book of ship Lloyd
Description:
Page from the log book of the Bristol ship, the Lloyd. A voyage from Dominica to London, 1772.
Date: 1772
Copyright: Copyright BCC Record Office
Object ID:BRO 38032
Page of log book of ship Lloyd
Description:
Page from the log book of the Bristol ship, the Lloyd. A voyage from Dominica to London, 1772.
Date: 1772
Copyright: Copyright BCC Record Office
Object ID:BRO 38032
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