Anti-slavery token.
Copper halfpenny token, issued in Great Britain to promote the cause. Modeled after a 1787 medal issued by English potter and fervent abolitionist Josiah Wedgewood, the obverse portrays a "supplicant slave", a black man in chains on one knee, his arms in shackles with the legend "Am I...
| Format: | Physical Object |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[Great Britain] :
[Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade?],
[1795?]
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| Subjects: |
Cushing: Laughlin (Does not check out)
| Call Number: |
HT1161 .A57 1795 |
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| Call Number | Status | Get It |
| HT1161 .A57 1795 | Available | |