Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

United Kingdom, British Colonies and unspecified British-made Anti-Slavery Medals, Abolition of Slavery, 1834, a white metal medal by T. Halliday, Justice, holding palm branch and scales, reaches out to a kneeling negress, her wrists chained, rev. legend in wreath entwined with the names of the great abolitionists, 41mm (BHM 1669). Extremely fine £150-200

Provenance: Bt Heritage July 1993.

Of Haitian interest, as included in the names is that of [François-Dominique] Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803), leader of the Haitian revolution, the first successful revolution by a slave population in the Americas. The other names are Penn, Granville Sharp, Wilberforce, Benezet, and Stephen D. Barclay