Museum object · Slavery and Freedom Objects
Coffee grinder owned by Cornelia Wallis
1860s
Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
Coffee grinder from the late 1800s owned by a former Kentucky slave named Ms. Cornelia Wallis. The tool consists of a cast-iron hand cranked grinder mounted on a wooden box with a sliding drawer at the bottom.
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Catalog reference: 2011.129
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