Silk lace and linen shawl given to Harriet Tubman by Queen Victoria
Object Details
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Harriet Tubman, American, 1822 - 1913
- Caption
- Harriet Tubman escaped the bonds of slavery as a young woman in the early 1800s. She returned to the South many times as a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad to lead other African Americans to freedom. During the Civil War, Tubman served as a spy, nurse, and cook for Union Forces. In 1863, she helped free more than 700 African Americans during a raid in South Carolina - a feat that earned her the nickname "General Tubman." England's Queen Victoria gave Tubman this shawl around 1897.
- From Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863, and the March on Washington, 1963.
- Description
- A white, square-shaped shawl made of silk lace and linen, given to Harriet Tubman by Queen Victoria around 1897.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles L. Blockson
- ca. 1897
- Object number
- 2009.50.39
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- shawls
- Medium
- silk lace and linen
- Dimensions
- H x W: 36 1/2 x 28 1/2 in. (92.7 x 72.4 cm)
- Place used
- Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- England, Europe
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Clothing and dress
- Emancipation
- Freedom
- Slavery
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2009.50.39
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e626c62e-bd45-44ed-bb87-bd2f87abf700
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