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| Collection | Michael Graham-Stewart collection, Coins and medals, Special collections |
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| Exhibitions | The Atlantic: Slavery, Trade, Empire, Enslavement and Resistance |
| Gallery location | Atlantic Gallery (Floor plans) |
| People | Maker: Pidgeon, G. F. Maker: Phillip, John |
Object details:
| Object ID | ZBA2808 |
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| Description | 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. |
| Date made | 1807 |
| Artist/Maker | Pidgeon, G. F. Phillip, John |
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| Place made | Birmingham |
| Credit | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund |
| Materials | bronze |
| Measurements | Overall: 36 mm |
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