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D2006-CMD-1183
Token
D2006-CMD-1183

Token

Date1787
OriginEngland
MediumWhite metal (an alloy containing a high proportion of tin or pewter).
DimensionsDiam.: 33 mm.
Credit LineGift of the Lasser family
Object number2002-44
DescriptionWhite metal token. Obverse: Enchained slave kneeling right, "AM I NOT A MAN AND BROTHER". Reverse: WHATSOEVER/YE WOULD THAT/MEN SHOULD DO/TO YOU, DO YE/EVEN SO TO /THEM".
InscribedObverse: Enchained slave kneeling right, "AM I NOT A MAN AND BROTHER". Reverse: WHATSOEVER/YE WOULD THAT/MEN SHOULD DO/TO YOU, DO YE/EVEN SO TO /THEM".

ProvenancePurchased by donor from A.H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd. , London, England. The history of this particular piece is unknown, but tokens of this type, with several variations, were issued in England by The Society for the Suppression of the African Slave Trade from 1787 to 1807.