"enslaved african man\n" blog posts
Slavery and Snuff![Snuff box from the VG&M Collection. A smooth, round dark brown box with the profile of an African man's head. He has curly hair and has an earring. He is also shown with the band of a slave's collar round his neck.](https://vgm.liverpool.ac.uk/media/livacuk/victoriagalleryandmuseum/blog/Snuff.jpg)
![Snuff box from the VG&M Collection. A smooth, round dark brown box with the profile of an African man's head. He has curly hair and has an earring. He is also shown with the band of a slave's collar round his neck.](https://vgm.liverpool.ac.uk/media/livacuk/victoriagalleryandmuseum/blog/Snuff.jpg)
Slavery and Snuff
Sometimes, as a museum curator, you are responsible for items in the collection that you find distasteful and even upsetting. And yet, they represent a story that needs to be told. Here is a little snuff-box which represents a huge injustice in history: the transatlantic slave trade.
Posted on: 6 October 2020