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Token, Commemorative

Object number2012.99.1

After Patrick Reason

Date1838

MediumBronze

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

DescriptionBronze anti-slavery token. Center of front features profile of a female kneeling on her proper right knee, one arm raising into the air, with chain coming off wrist to ground. Embossed text on both sides.Dimensions1.125 x 1.125 in. (2.9 x 2.9 cm)
InscriptionsEmbossed text around edge, " AM I NOT A WOMAN & A SISTER" , "1838".

Embossed on reverse: "LIBERTY" in center; around edge, "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA".
Historical NotesAnti-slavery token. Cast in 1838 this bronze token was used to help promote the abolition of slavery in the United States. Similar to the male figure depiction of the 1795 coin, the female coin was caste from an engraving by Patrick Reason in 1835.

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