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Medal commemorating the ‘Emancipation in the West Indies’
Medal commemorating ‘Emancipation in the West Indies’. Obverse: An African man shakes hands with a European man attended by an African woman and child and a European woman wearing a bonnet. Legend: ‘WE ARE ALL BRETHREN’. Exergue: ‘EMANCIPATION/ AUG. 1. 1838’. Reverse: Legend: ‘THEIR NAMES SHALL BE SACRED IN THE MEMORY OF THE JUST’. Inscription within a palm wreath: ‘PENN/ GRAN. SHARP/ WILBERFORCE/ BENEZET/ CLARKSON/ BUXTON/ BROUGHAM/ STURGE/ SLIGO’.
The medal was produced to commemorate the ending of slavery in the British Empire on 1 August 1838. On the reverse side of the medal, there is a list of names associated with emancipation. All of these men – Penn, Granville Sharp, Wilberforce, Benezet, Buxton, Brougham, Sturge and Sligo – represent the European contribution to the anti-slavery campaigns.
The medal was produced to commemorate the ending of slavery in the British Empire on 1 August 1838. On the reverse side of the medal, there is a list of names associated with emancipation. All of these men – Penn, Granville Sharp, Wilberforce, Benezet, Buxton, Brougham, Sturge and Sligo – represent the European contribution to the anti-slavery campaigns.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA2812 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals; Special collections |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Display - Atlantic Gallery |
| Creator: | Halliday, Thomas |
| Date made: | 1838 |
| Exhibition: | The Atlantic: Slavery, Trade, Empire; Enslavement and Resistance |
| People: | Halliday, Thomas; Clarkson, Thomas |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund |
| Measurements: | Overall: 42 mm |