Am I not a man and a brother?
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| Format: | Physical Object |
| Language: | English |
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[U.K.?] :
[publisher not identified],
[before 1865?]
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| Item Description: | Title reads in reverse. Image of kneeling male slave in chains above banner proclaiming: Am I not a man and a brother? Likely from the workshop of Josiah Wedgwood. Wedgwood was a prominent slavery abolitionist. His friendship with Thomas Clarkson - abolitionist campaigner and the first historian of the British abolition movement - aroused his interest in slavery. Wedgwood "mass produced cameos depicting the seal for the 'Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade' and had them widely distributed, which thereby became a popular and celebrated image. The actual design of the cameo was probably done by either William Hackwood or Henry Webber who were modellers in his Stoke-on-Trent factory. Wedgwood reproduced the design in a cameo with the black figure against a white background and donated hundreds of these to the society for distribution. Thomas Clarkson wrote "ladies wore them in bracelets, and others had them fitted up in an ornamental manner as pins for their hair. At length the taste for wearing them became general, and thus fashion, which usually confines itself to worthless things, was seen for once in the honorable office of promoting the cause of justice, humanity and freedom. The design on the medallion became popular and was used elsewhere: large-scale copies were painted to hang on walls and it was used on clay tobacco pipes."--Wikipedia, viewed Nov. 11, 2013." The Cushing Library/Laughlin copy was acquired with Our countrymen in chains! / by J.G. Whittier [New York : Anti-Slavery Society of New York, 1835?] Purchased for the Cushing Library/Laughlin Collection by The Cushing Library. Realia. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 printing block : wood ; 24 x 19 cm. |