Anti-slavery woolwork picture. The central image depicts a kneeling African in black and grey. Although produced in a domestic context, not for distribution, it shows how widespread abolitionist imagery had become in Britain in the early 19th century. The iconic motif of an enslaved African begging for freedom, was originally an abolitionist design for ceramics by Josiah Wedgwood and his craftsmen, but soon appeared in all sorts of other forms.