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Medal - Victoria Emancipation, J. Davis, bronze, 51mm
| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1838 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | An African couple seated beneath a tall palm tree, the woman on the left cradling an infant and the man on the right holding a book, symbolising liberty and education. Fruit and foliage are depicted in the lower field, with the engraver's name DAVIS BIRM. inscribed along the base. The date MDCCCXXXVIII appears in the exergue, and the circular legend arcs around the upper field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a fully inscribed field with a multi-line commemorative legend in bold raised lettering, occupying the entire face without a central device. The text records the abolition of Negro Apprenticeship across named Caribbean colonies and is dated August 1st 1838. |
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| Reverse lettering | TO COMMEMORATE THE ABOLITION OF NEGRO APPRENTICESHIP IN JAMAICA, BARBADOS, GRENADA, ST. VINCENTS, ST. KITTS, NEVIS, MONTSERRAT & THE VIRGIN ISLANDS BY ACTS OF THE RESPECTIVE LOCAL LEGISLATURES AUGUST 1ST 1838. |
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