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| Title: | Pair of abolitionist slave tokens |
| Date: | 1792-1838 |
| Description: | One token, dated 1838, depicts a kneeling, shackled female slave, accompanied by the words: "Am I not a woman & a sister." Verso depicts a laurel wreath surrounding "Liberty 1838." Other token depicts a male figure with inscription "Am I not a man and a brother." Verso portrays two hands clasped as if shaking, with the inscription "May slavery and oppression cease throughout the world." Appears identical to abolitionist token originally created circa 1792. Gilder Lehrman Document No.: GLC08551. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Visual works |
| Subjects: | Slavery--United States | Slaves--United States | Antislavery movements--United States | Abolitionists--United States | African Americans--Civil rights | African Americans--Violence against | Crimes against humanity--United States | Minorities--Violence against--United States | United States--Race relations--History--18th century | United States--Race relations--History--19th century | Race relations | Human rights--United States | Civil rights--United States | Equality--United States | Social problems--United States | Social justice--United States | United States--History--18th century | United States--History--19th century | United States--Social conditions--18th century | United States--Social conditions--19th century | United States | Northeastern States |
| Collection: | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: The Collection |
| Institution: | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Contributors: | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History | Gilder Lehrman Collection (Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (New York, N.Y.)) |
| Online Publisher: | [New York (N.Y.)] : Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History | 2002? |
| Rights and Usage: | For the Gilder Lehrman Collection all rights and Reproduction inquires and request contact: Jody Cary at cary@gilderlehrman.com. For questions about the Collection contact Ana Ramirez-Luhrs at luhrs@gilderlehrman.com |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of online collection: Gilder Lehrman Collection (New York, N.Y.) |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.gilderlehrman.org/search/display_results.php?id=GLC08551 |
