Josiah Wedgewood was a founding member of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. He was also a designer of pottery. As an aside an interesting fact, his eldest daughter was the mother of Charles Darwin. Wedgwood designed this medallion to publicize the abolitionist cause. The excerpt is from the link in above tweet:
“This medallion, first made in 1787, became a popular icon in the British movement for the abolition of the slave trade in the late 18th and early 19th centuries,” writes the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, which has one of the medallions in its collection. It shows a kneeling slave in chains above which the words “AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER” appear. ✂️
“The slave medallions were worn in hatpins, brooches and necklaces and were also inset in other items, such as snuff boxes,” the museum writes. “They were one of the earliest examples of a fashion item that was used to support a cause.” ✂️
[...] Their strategies helped to create the modern strategies people use to spread the word about important causes–and the slogan bracelets, t-shirts and other artifacts sold by social campaigners today “are the descendents of the Wedgwood medallion,” the museum writes.
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