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Description: | A post-Medieval copper-alloy anti-slavery medal, c. 1790. Obverse: AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER; central motif illustrates a male slave manacled and in chains, kneeling right on ground, in supplication. Reverse: MAY SLAVERY & OPPRESSION CEASE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD; Central motif of clasped hands. The edge of the medal is plain. Diameter: 28.0mm. Weight: 6.20g. Images and inscriptions such as these, with their appeal to the sympathy of the viewer, were common devices circulated by anti-slavery abolitionists in Britain to further their campaign. Medals such as this would have been distributed at meetings or sold, with the proceeds going to fund the abolitionist campaign.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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