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Description: | Token, copper, 28mm diameter. Middlesex token, payable in Ireland, anti-slavery. (DH Mddx 1038). Issuer Probably the Society for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, late 18th century. Obverse Chained Negro kneeling in supplication: �Am I not a man and a brother�. Reverse Two hands clasped: �May slavery and oppression cease throughout the world�. Notes The design of the kneeling slave was done by Hackwood for Josiah Wedgwood who issued ceramic ware bearing the design. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | tokens | Temporal: | 1789-1800 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Hackwood, William (artist) | Identifier: | 1977-381/104 | Go to resource |
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