Slavery Artifacts: Penny
description: Mr. Taylor brought in this penny to the History Harvest to share with us, accompanied by a note from his grandaunt. This penny is a 'braided hair coronet'-style penny, dated 1840, and Mr. Taylor informed us that his great-great-grandmother held on to this penny until she passed away. He said it was a highly treasured object for his great-great-grandmother, as slaves were not allowed to have money of their own. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
source: Warren Taylor, North Omaha History Harvest, 2011
date: 1840
rights: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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