Circa 1860, Staffordshire
Transfer printed ceramic, 11 ½ cm diameter
Staffordshire plate with transfer print featuring the cruel plantation owner, Simon Legree, from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
© The American Museum in Britain (Bath, UK)
Accession reference: The American Museum in Britain (Bath, UK),1970.103
Themes
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The Campaign for Abolition
Understand the forces that led to abolition, the resistance and rebellion on the part of the enslaved, and the…