Anti-slavery Medal, Great Britain, 1834
date: label: date made
content: 1834
label: associated date
content: 1834
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) anti-slavery medal
label: Description (Brief)
content: Great Britain, 1834
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Chained slave kneeling.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER / A VOICE FROM GREAT BRITAIN TO AMERICA / 1834
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Chained slave kneeing on a rock.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: BRITISH & FOREIGN ANTI SLAVERY SOCIETY / AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER / DAVIS / BERM.
label: Description
content: This silver medal cast by Joseph Davis was produced in 1834 by the British & Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. Sculptor, Henry Webber, initially designed the image of the kneeling enslaved person with chained, outstretched hands, for the ceramic medallions produced by Josiah Wedgwood & Co. in 1787. The accompanying text, “Am I not a man and a brother?” was added to highlight the cruel treatment of slaves and invoke accounts of abuse in the abolitionist literature. Though England abolished slavery in 1833 – a year before the silver medal’s production – slavery continued in the United States until the passage of the 13th Amendment in 1865.
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: Grand Bretagne
label: associated place
content: United Kingdom: Grand Bretagne
label: location where used
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition
content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: S. A. Peerless
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.74.73.59
label: catalog number
content: 74.73.59
label: accession number
content: 315111
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
label: Other Terms
content: Medal; Commemorative; Commemorative
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: struck 1 (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .3 cm x 4.39 cm; 1/8 in x 1 23/32 in
label: Measurements
content: medal: 4.37 cm; x 1 3/4 in