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Medal Commemorating the Abolition of the slave trade
The obverse of the medal depicts a European and an African standing, facing each other in the background, with five Africans are dancing around a tree. It has the legend: 'WE ARE ALL BRETHREN', and the exergue: 'SLAVE TRADE ABOLISHED BY GREAT BRITAIN 1807'. The reverse bears an Arabic inscription: 'Sale of slaves prohibited in 1807, Christian era, in the reign of George thie Third verily, we are all brothers'.
See also ZBA2788.
See also ZBA2788.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA2818 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals; Special collections |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Pidgeon, G. F. |
| Date made: | 1807 |
| People: | Pidgeon, G. F. |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund |
| Measurements: | Overall: 36 mm |