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Description: | An anti-slavery farthing. On the obverse is depictes an enchained slave kneeling to the right. It has the legend: 'AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER', and the exergue: 'JAMES'. The reverse has the inscription 'THOS. SPENCE, SIR THOS. MORE, THOS. PAINE, 1795'. It also has the legend: 'ADVOCATES FOR THE RIGHTS OF MAN'.
caption: farthing | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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