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Medal - St. Ann's Bay Anti-Slavery Society
| Location | Jamaica |
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| Year | 1839 |
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| Technique | Struck |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | SLAVERY ABOLISHED AUG. 1. 1838. JOSEPH STURGE ANTI SLAVERY SOCIETY FORMED AT ST. ANNS BAY DEC. 9. 1839. |
| Reverse description | A seated African woman holding an infant and a seated African man holding an open book face one another beneath a tall palm tree, with produce on the ground between them, all in medium relief. The scene symbolises emancipation and the ideals of freedom, industry, and domestic happiness. The legend arcs around the upper field, with a further inscription in the lower exergue. |
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