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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) "Negro Woman who Sittest Pining in Captivity and weepest over thy Sick Child . . ."
(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) "Negro Woman who Sittest Pining in Captivity and weepest over thy Sick Child . . ." Silk anti-slavery doily with a transfer of an African woman holding her child on one side and a long motto on the reverse; 7 1/4 inches with a 1 1/2 inch tasseled fringe. Np, circa 1830's-1850's
- Notes: A rare survival. In both America and Great Britain, anti-slavery sentiment was commonly expressed in books, pamphlets and broadsides. Less common are pieces such as this.
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