The Ragmud Series: Volume 8, Slave Epics
Artist: Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson (American, 1940 - 2015)
Date: 1987-2008
Dimensions:
Overall (with slipcase): H: 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm); W: 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm); Depth: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm);
Book: H: 16 1/4 in. (41.3 cm); W: 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm); Depth: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm);
Page: H: 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm); W: 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)
Medium: Book: mixed media.
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Museum purchase with funds given by Rita B. Kern and Dorothy Mackenzie Price, with additional support from the artist and Hammond Harkins Gallery, and Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Levis, by exchange
Object number: 2008.174A-D
Label Text:Stories of the horrible journey from Africa to America, the lives and traditions of slaves on the plantation, and freed blacks in Ohio. Incorporates a stand-alone book depicting the journey of the ancestors of Robinson’s father from Africa to slavery in Georgia and their eventual settling in Columbus.
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