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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07731.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1880s |
| Title | "Any holder but a Slave holder" potholder |
| Date | ca. 1882 |
| Document Type | Object |
| Content Description | Based on the accompanying letter (GLC 7731.01), created by Miss Lena, who gave the potholder to Frederick Douglass as a gift after reading his narrative. Depicts two African Americans (one male and one female) holding hands and dancing against a caramel colored background. Text is stitched above and below the dancing figures. Appears to be a form of needlepoint stitching. |
| Subjects | African American Author African American History Gift Women's History Children and Family Home Furnishings Abolition Slavery Textile |
| People | Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | Reconstruction; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |