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Medal commemorating the abolition of the slave trade
Medal commemorating the abolition of the slave trade. Obverse: a European and an African standing, facing each other, with hands clasped; beyond are huts, palms and Africans dancing and tilling the soil. Legend: 'WE ARE ALL BRETHREN'. Exergue: 'SLAVE TRADE ABOLISHED BY GREAT BRITAIN 1807'. Reverse: Arabic inscription (translation): 'Sale of slaves prohibited in 1807, Christian era, in the reign of George the Third; verily, we are all brothers'.
This medal, produced for distribution in Sierra Leone, announced Britain’s newly imposed ban on slave trading and was intended to deter Arab-speaking African traders from sending slave caravans to the coast for sale to European ship captains.
This medal, produced for distribution in Sierra Leone, announced Britain’s newly imposed ban on slave trading and was intended to deter Arab-speaking African traders from sending slave caravans to the coast for sale to European ship captains.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA2808 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals; Special collections |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Pidgeon, G. F.; Phillip, John |
| Date made: | 1807 |
| Exhibition: | The Atlantic: Slavery, Trade, Empire; Enslavement and Resistance |
| 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: | Overall: 36 mm |