Record 42102 from 1855
Summary
This record provides information on letters from Maria Michell, Maria Ahmuty's grand-daughter, discussing the dolls send by formerly enslaved woman Rebecca Magg.
Record Excerpt
Verso Quasheeba was a present… [to Grand] mama from a slave woma[n] [to w]hom she partly gave freed[om] arranging for her to work out [the] other part. I am have been told the doll came with real gold chain, now lost. Grand- mama’s husband was a lawyer who went from England to Grenada where he died early. Recto [Quas]heeba. The oldest doll in [her] original petticoat [and?] the tu… [r] [ba]…n. Frills, pockets &c are imitat tion. The pockets were made originally to wear, one in front & one behind.
Source: Copy of two notes by Maria Elizabeth Michell. Document enclosed with Bristol Museums & Art Gallery and Bristol Archives, 2007/038/001, 2007/038/002 and 2007/038/003
Item Metadata
Primary Textile Types: No textiles attached (context record)
Secondary Textile Types: No secondary textile types available.
Primary Subjects: Enslaved People
Secondary Subjects: Material Culture
Keywords: Enslavement, Cultural References
Circulation: Consumption
Source type: Primary Source (Archival): Correspondence
Year: 1855
Reference: Copy of two notes by Maria Elizabeth Michell. Document enclosed with Bristol Museums & Art Gallery and Bristol Archives, 2007/038/001, 2007/038/002 and 2007/038/003
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