Mary Richardson Jones owned this commemorative Douglass spoon. Chicagoan Samuel W. Thompson, an African American man who sold jewelry, designed it in 1896, a year after Douglass’s death. The years on the handle mark moments in his life, including escaping from slavery (1838) and recruiting African Americans into the Union army (1863).

Gift of Ms. Joyce P. Adams, 2001.114.1-. CHM, ICHi-186864