Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

United Kingdom, British Colonies and unspecified British-made Anti-Slavery Medals, Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1807, a silver medal by T. Webb, bust of William Wilberforce right, rev. Britannia with Victory and other allegorical figures, 53mm (BHM 627; E 983). Extremely fine £300-400

Provenance: T. Millett FPL May 2007 (363).

William Wilberforce, from Kingston-upon-Hull, was the town’s MP from 1784-1812. From 1787, with Thomas Clarkson and others, he became an anti-slave-trade activist, taking the campaign to Parliament. The Slave Trade Act was passed in 1807