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Medal - William IV Slavery Abolition Act, white metal
| Location | Barbados |
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| Year | 1834 |
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| Technique | Struck |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | BARBADOS EMANCIPATION ACT CLAUSE XXXVII ABRIDGED AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED THAT ALL PERSONS WHO ON THE 1ST AUGUST 1834 SHALL BE HOLDEN IN SLAVERY WITHIN THIS ISLAND SHALL BECOME & BE TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES FREE & DISCHARGED OF & FROM ALL MANNER OF SLAVERY & SHALL BE ABSOLUTELY & FOR EVER MANUMITTED & SLAVERY IS HEREBY UTTERLY ABOLISHED & DECLARED UNLAWFUL MAJOR GENERAL SIR LIONEL SMITH K.C.B. GOVERNOR GENL. &C. |
| Reverse description | The field is filled with a multi-line commemorative text inscription in raised relief. A circular border legend names the Right Reverend William Harte Coleridge, Lord Bishop, running around the periphery. The engraver's signature 'B.T. YOUNG' appears in small lettering in the lower portion of the field. |
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