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[Anti-slavery medal.]

1790

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Medal in white metal, manufactured ca.1790, most probably in London, issued to promote the message of the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade; obverse with design of kneeling slave and text "Am I not a man and a brother"; reverse with text "Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them."
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Call Number
Q-000204
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Publisher
[Great Britain] : [Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade?], [1790?]
Language
English
Subject
Antislavery movements—Great Britain
Tokens—Great Britain—Specimens
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