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Description: | On the obverse of the medal is a depiction of an African woman with shackled wrists, kneeling before the figure of Justice. The legend reads: 'AM I NOT A WOMAN AND A SISTER?', and the exergue: 'LET US BREAK THEIR BANDS ASUNDER AND CAST AWAY THEIR CORDS. PSALM II.3'. On the reverse there is a wreath with the names, 'PENN, GRANVILLE SHARP, WILBERFORCE, BENEZET, CLARKSON, TOUSSAINT, LOUVERTURE, STEPHEN, D. BARCLAY', and the inscription 'TO THE FRIENDS OF JUSTICE, MERCY, AND FREEDOM'.
caption: Medal commemorating the Abolition of slavery | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Halliday Thomas Clarkson | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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