Middlesex (Political & Social) 1795 Anti-Slavery 1/2d Conder - D+H#1039b

Offered is a solid example of the poignant and ever-popular ‘Am I Not a Man and a Brother’ anti-slavery Halfpenny, D&H#1039b. William Lutwyche (a member of of the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade) commissioned artist Roger Dixon to design the now famed symbol of the movement, which was then struck at Soho Mint, Birmingham. These tokens proliferated particularly in London and the South East, and almost surely contributed to changing popular opinion, and thusly leading to the UK abolishing the trade in 1807, and the practice altogether in 1833.

This example generally good circulated for the type, retaining reasonable detail, as well as a lovely, deep patina.

Obv: AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER

Rev: MAY SLAVERY & OPPRESSION CEASE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

Edge: PAYABLE AT LONDON, LIVERPOOL OR BRISTOL