Anti-slavery pitcher (side A)

Probably made for the American market and specifically designed for the anti-slavery movement, this relief-molded stoneware pitcher depicts two scenes from the American enslavement of Africans. One side of the pitcher features a slave auction while the opposite side features an incident from slave lore probably from the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin where Eliza flees across the partially frozen Ohio River with Harry. Items such as this pitcher generated funds for anti-slavery activities in the U.S. and England.