Wedgewood Anti-Slavery Medallion

Slavery abolitionists used the image of a kneeling slave as their emblem in the late 1700s and early 1800s. It is based on an anti-slavery design created at Josiah Wedgwood’s pottery factory in 1787. William Hackwood, a worker at the factory, modelled the design.

Wedgewood Anti-Slavery Medallion can be viewed at Wilberforce House Museum