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Carved figure inside a glass bottle, depicting a slave on an auction block. The figure was carved by Frederick I. Douglas to represent a story passed down by his father, Thomas O. Douglas, who had been sold in a similar manner in Tennessee. Thomas Douglas was an Exoduster who settled in Wabaunsee County in 1879. His son Frederick's carvings won ribbons when exhibited at a Topeka fair in 1927.
Creator: Frederick I. Douglas
Date: between 1927 and 1933
Item Number: 209877
Call Number: 1982.163.3
KSHS Identifier: 1982.163.3
Collections - Museum
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Art
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Art - Artists
Date - 1920s
Date - 1930s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Original Art - Sculpture - Novelty
People - African Americans - Exodusters
People - African Americans - Slavery
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - Tennessee
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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