Collection box for the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society

Collection box for the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society

Abolitionist movement in the United States

Side of collection box of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. Inscription on the box: "Let this box remain stationary upon the chimney piece or table in the most public room in your dwelling, as it will not only give strangers an opportunity to aid in swelling the bondman's treasury, but it will also remind the contributors of their weekly pledge."

Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society

Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University

Wikicommons

1850

Physical object - collection box