Collection Highlights
An Address to the inhabitants of the British Settlements in America, upon slave-keeping
Date:
1773
Object Number:
LIB.Y1773.RushAddress
Medium:
Paper, book
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Luce Center
Repeal / 18th Amendment
Object Number:
Z.1195
Date:
1920-1930
Medium:
Metal and paint
Description:
With ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibition went into effect in the United States in 1920. The law proved difficult to enforce and was repealed under the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933.
Credit Line:
New-York Historical Society
Exhibitions:
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
