Title
Medallion for the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade
Creator
Made at Josiah Wedgwood’s Etruria Factory, Staffordshire, England
Date
1787-1800
Label
#121
Medallion for the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade
Made at Josiah Wedgwood’s Etruria Factory, Staffordshire, England,1787-1800
Made of Jasperware (Unglazed Stoneware)
Museum Purchase with Funds Provided by W. Groke Mickey
2020.6.1
The image of a kneeling slave in chains imploring “am I not a man and a brother?” was the first, most common and most effective anti-slavery image created by the abolition movement.
Developed in 1787 by the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, the medallion’s message of a shared humanity between people of African and European descent would, in the words of Benjamin Franklin,“have an Effect equal to that of the best written Pamphlet, in procuring Favour to these oppressed People.”
This piece is on display in the European Ceramics Gallery.
Medallion for the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade
Made at Josiah Wedgwood’s Etruria Factory, Staffordshire, England,1787-1800
Made of Jasperware (Unglazed Stoneware)
Museum Purchase with Funds Provided by W. Groke Mickey
2020.6.1
The image of a kneeling slave in chains imploring “am I not a man and a brother?” was the first, most common and most effective anti-slavery image created by the abolition movement.
Developed in 1787 by the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, the medallion’s message of a shared humanity between people of African and European descent would, in the words of Benjamin Franklin,“have an Effect equal to that of the best written Pamphlet, in procuring Favour to these oppressed People.”
This piece is on display in the European Ceramics Gallery.
Credit Line
Museum Purchase with Funds Provided by W. Groke Mickey
Citation
Made at Josiah Wedgwood’s Etruria Factory, Staffordshire, England, “Medallion for the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade,” Museums at Washington and Lee University: Online Exhibits, accessed May 17, 2024, https://exhibits-museums.omeka.wlu.edu/items/show/274.