Female version of the abolitionist symbol with the biblical reference Hebrews 13, 3 below (‘Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them’). The back of this item has an extract from the ‘Royal Jamaican Gazette’ of 1 August 1827, with a notice of the sale of a black child aged seven, with a biblical quotation beneath.

Abolitionism in Britain attracted support from a broad cross section of society. Women played a prominent role at both the local and national level. Particular aspects of the campaign allowed them to take the lead, especially when abolitionism entered the domestic sphere.