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Slate
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This writing slate belonged to the Copp family of Stonington, Connecticut during the 19th century. Slate boards like this one were primarily owned for schooling, with student practicing writing on one side and arithmetic on the other. Slate boards and slate pencils were more economical than pencils, pens, and paper and were the most popular writing instrument for schoolchildren during the 19th century.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineSlate. 1800 - 1870. Copp Family. National Museum of American History, John Brenton Copp. CC0.
