Trade Token Commemorating the Abolition of the Slave Trade in 1807, commissioned by Zachary Macaulay (1768-1838), the former Secretary of the Sierra Leone Company in 1814
Soho Mint, Birmingham, England
John Phillip, English, active early 19th century
G. F. Pidgeon, English, active early 19th century
1814
Bronze
Diameter: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the John M. McDonald 1940 Fund
2013.95
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Sculpture: Medal
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
WE ARE ALL BRETHREN / SLAVE TRADE ABOLISHED BY GREAT BRITIAN, 1807; on reverse: Arabic inscription, translates as: 'Sale of slaves prohibited in 1807, Christian era, in the reign of George the Third;verily, we are all brothers'.
Course History
ANTH 12.13, Moving House in Prehistory, Benjamin Valentine, Spring 2015
Provenance
Neverbird Antiques, Surry, Virginia; sold to present collection, 2013.
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