The Wedgwood anti-slavery medallion was an abolitionist symbol produced and distributed by British potter and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood in 1787 as a seal for the Society for the Abolition of the Sl
A Wedgwood anti-slavery medallion in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
A copper coin produced by the American Anti-Slavery Society with a variation of the design featuring a woman
A 1788 engraving of the symbol
A French version of the medallion produced in 1789 in Sèvres
Abolitionism in the United Kingdom was the movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries to end the practice of slavery, whether formal or informal, in the United Kingdom, the British Empire and
Wedgwood anti-slavery medallion
…States. These cameos were worn as pendants, inlaid in snuff boxes, and used to adorn bracelets and hair pins, rapidly becoming fashionable symbols of the British abolition movement. The medallion helped to further the abolitionist cause and is today accepted as "the most recognizable piece of antislavery paraphernalia the movement…
1787 Wedgwood anti-slavery medallion designed by Josiah Wedgwood for the British anti-slavery campaign
Title page of a published lecture against slavery by Joseph Ivimey
Portrait of Dido Elizabeth Belle Lindsay and Lady Elizabeth Murray, the great-nieces of Chief Justice Lord Mansfield living at Kenwood House. Dido Elizabeth Belle and Lady Elizabeth Murray by David Martin, 1778
Ignatius Sancho (c. 1729–1780), an escaped slave, gained fame as an active 18th-century British abolitionist. He opened a popular shop in Mayfair and mixed with influential people. He was the first person of African descent to vote.