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Image: Ashley's Sack (Slave Sack c. mid-19th century)

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Description: This is an image of an embroidered cotton feed sack from the mid-19th century. The sack was embroidered by Ruth Middleton with the story of how the sack was a gift from an enslaved mother, Rose, to her daughter, Ashley, when the nine-year old was sold.
Title: Ashley's Sack (Slave Sack c. mid-19th century)
Credit: Courtesy Middleton Place
Author: Shameran81
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
License Link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
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