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Medal - St. Ann's Bay Anti-Slavery Society
| Location | Jamaica |
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| Year | 1839 |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of Joseph Sturge in right profile, wearing a coat and cravat, rendered in high relief against a flat field. The surrounding legend reads in two arcs, naming Sturge and commemorating the abolition of slavery and the founding of the Anti-Slavery Society at St. Ann's Bay. |
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| Obverse lettering | SLAVERY ABOLISHED AUG. 1. 1838. JOSEPH STURGE ANTI SLAVERY SOCIETY FORMED AT ST. ANNS BAY DEC. 9. 1839. |
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| Reverse lettering | TEMPERANCE INDUSTRY AND HAPPINESS. EMANCIPATION AUG. 1 1838. |
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