Connecting Threads | Rebecca’s Dolls

The story of the dolls is explained in notes written by Maria Ahmuty's grand-daughter in the 1850s. The notes explain that ‘Quasheeba [referring to one of the dolls] was a present to Grand[mama] from a slave woman to whom she partly gave freedom’. The family papers also note that Rebecca took the last name Ahmuty ‘in compliment’ to Maria Ahmuty. The note references only one doll, but all three are made of the same materials, suggesting they were made as a set.

Related Database Records

Entry no. 42085:On how the dolls came to be in possession of the Ahmuty family
Entry no. 42091: On a letter written by Rebecca Magg who was formerly enslaved
Entry no. 955: [coming soon]

Set of three dolls attributed to Rebecca Ahmuty Snagg Grenada, late 1700s Bristol Museum and Archives, 2007/038/001, 002, & 003

Hand-written label documenting the story of the dolls Written by a descendent of Maria Ahmuty in the 1850s Bristol Museum and Archives