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Medal Commemorating the Abolition of the slave trade
Medal comemmorating the abolition of the slave trade produced for distribution in Sierra Leone. The medal is contained in its original screw pop, turned wooden case.
The obverse depicts a European and an African standing, facing each other with hands clasped and in the background are huts, palms and Africans dancing and tilling the soil. Legend: 'WE ARE ALL BRETHREN'. Exergue: 'SLAVE TRADE ABOLISHED BY GREAT BRITAIN 1807'. The reverse has an Arabic inscription: 'Sale of slaves prohibited in 1807, Christian era, in the reign of George the Third; verily we are all brothers'.
The obverse depicts a European and an African standing, facing each other with hands clasped and in the background are huts, palms and Africans dancing and tilling the soil. Legend: 'WE ARE ALL BRETHREN'. Exergue: 'SLAVE TRADE ABOLISHED BY GREAT BRITAIN 1807'. The reverse has an Arabic inscription: 'Sale of slaves prohibited in 1807, Christian era, in the reign of George the Third; verily we are all brothers'.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA2788 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals; Special collections |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Display - Sea Things Gallery |
| Creator: | Pidgeon, G. F.; Phillip, John |
| Date made: | 1807 |
| People: | Pidgeon, G. F.; Phillip, John |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund |
| Measurements: | Box: 10 x 40 mm |
| Parts: | Medal Commemorating the Abolition of the slave trade |