Small oval medallion of white jasperware with black jasper relief of an African slave wearing only a loin cloth, kneeling and in shackles, with his hands grasped together, around him the inscription AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER?

Slave Medallion

Wedgwood

1976

  • Titles So-called "Slave Medallion" (Label Display)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (jasperware)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; The Buten Wedgwood Collection, gift through the Wedgwood Society of New York , AFI.1797.2008
  • Object Name medallion
  • Classification Medals

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