Davissons Ltd.
E-Auction 33 11 Dec 2019
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SIERRA LEONE. Commemoration of the British abolition of slavery. Bronze. 16.96 gm. 35 mm. Issued by the governor of Sierra Leone, Zachary MacCauley. 1807. A British officer and a freed slave shaking hands; WE ARE ALL BRETHREN around above; SLAVE TRADE ABOLISHED BY GREAT BRITAIN 1807 below / Arabic inscription: "Sale of slaves prohibited in 1807, Christian era in the reign of George the Third; verily we are all brothers." (Eimer translation). Eimer 984. Very Fine.