- On View
- Slavery and Freedom Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Published by
- American Bible Society, American, founded 1816
- Owned by
- Collins, Richard, American, 1844 - 1918
- Subject of
- Collins, Kate Hunter, American, died 1910
- Date
- 1869
- Medium
- ink on paper, leather covered cardboard, and ribbon
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed-without ribbon): 2 1/2 × 6 7/16 × 8 3/8 in. (6.4 × 16.4 × 21.3 cm)
- H x W x D (Open-Flat): 2 × 14 1/8 × 8 3/8 in. (5.1 × 35.9 × 21.3 cm)
- H x W x D (Closed-with ribbon): 2 1/2 × 722 × 11 11/16 in. (6.4 × 1833.9 × 29.7 cm)
- H x W x D (Open-In Cradle): 3 1/4 × 13 1/2 × 8 3/8 in. (8.3 × 34.3 × 21.3 cm)
- Description
- A printed copy of the Christian Bible printed in 1869, containing the family history of Richard Collins. Blank pages between the Old Testament and the New Testament are filled in with the marriage, birth, and death dates of various members of Collins's family, including his ancestors and his descendants. The information is written in ink and pencil by at least two different hands. The book has been rebound in a tooled leather-covered cardboard cover. A red satin ribbon page marker is attached at the top edge of the spine.
- Place used
- Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Texas, United States, North and Central America
- California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Religious and Sacred Objects
- Type
- Bibles
- Topic
- American South
- American West
- Associations and institutions
- Christianity
- Emancipation
- Faith
- Families
- Freemasonry
- Identity
- Migrations
- Race relations
- Religion
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Richard Allen Collins-Diggs, Thanks Grandpa, Mom, Carlotta, Denise, Diane
- Object number
- 2014.173
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.