Large British Medal for Thomas Clarkson and 1840 Anti-Slavery Convention

Large British Medal for Thomas Clarkson and 1840 Anti-Slavery Convention – Inventory Number: MIS 265

2-1/16” bronze metal by “B.R. Haydon.” Obverse high relief portrait and name Thomas Clarkson. Reverse shows kneeling slave in chains with text below “Am I Not A Man And A Brother.” Two additional circles of text surrounding read “British Foreign Anti-Slavery Society” and “General Anti-Slavery Convention Held in London 1840/President Thomas Clarkson (facsimile signature) Aged 81.”

Thomas Clarkson (28 March 1760 – 26 September 1846) was an English abolitionist, and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. He helped found the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade (also known as the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade) and helped achieve passage of the Slave Trade Act 1807, which ended British trade in slaves.

He became a pacifist in 1816 and, with his brother John, was among the twelve founders of the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace.

In his later years, Clarkson campaigned for the abolition of slavery worldwide. In 1840, he was the key speaker at the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society's first convention in London which campaigned to end slavery in other countries.

Comes housed in 6 x 8 riker display case with red velvet and descriptive card.

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Inventory Number: MIS 265