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Description: | This medal, in its original holder, was produced for distribution in Sierra Leone and was intended to deter African traders from sending slaves to the coast. The obverse depicts a European and an African standing, facing each other, with hands clasped; beyond are huts, palms and Africans dancing and tilling the soil. It has the legend: 'WE ARE ALL BRETHREN', and the exergue: 'SLAVE TRADE ABOLISHED BY GREAT BRITAIN 1807'. On the reverse there is an Arabic inscription: 'Sale of slaves prohibited in 1807, Christian era, in the reign of George the Third; verily we are all brothers'.
See also ZBA2808.
caption: Medal Commemorating the Abolition of the Slave Trade
caption: medal commemorating the abolition of the slave trade | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Phillip Pidgeon G. F. John | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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