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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
"Am I Not A Woman & A Sister" Anti-Slavery Hard Times Token
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

"Am I Not A Woman & A Sister" Anti-Slavery Hard Times Token

Artist Gibbs, Gardner, and Company; American Anti-Slavery Society (American, active 1830s)
CultureAmerican
Date1838
MediumCopper
Dimensions27 mm. (1 1/16 in.)
InscribedOn the front "AM I NOT A WOMAN & A SISTER". On the back: "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/LIBERTY/1838".
Credit LineGift of the Misses Borum in memory of their brother, Charles Borum, June 11, 1866-May 14, 1932.
Object number39.6.97F
On View
On view
DescriptionHard time coin with a woman in chains praying on the front with writing around her: "AM I NOT A WOMAN & A SISTER"

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
1837
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2012.
Pellatt & Green
ca. 1820-1830
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Peter Edward Gibbs
19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
John Gibbs
ca. 1803
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
John Gibbs
ca. 1803
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
John Gibbs
ca. 1803
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Peter Edward Gibbs
19th century