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A Sea of Symbols
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Rev. John Newton (Print)
Representation of the brig 'Vigilante' (Print)
Blunderbuss
William Wilberforce, 1759-1833 (Print)
Pacification with the Maroon Negroes (Print)
York Election ticket, William Wilberforce (Token)
'Slave Trade' (Print)
pair of collars
Slave Emancipation Society medallion (Medallion)
'On a Visit in Style - Taking a Ride - West India Fashionables' (Print)
Slavery in Zanzibar (Glass lantern slide)
Benin chair seat (Chair seat)
‘A Negro Festival drawn from Nature in the Island of St Vincent’ (Print)
The Humble Petition of the West India Planters to the People of England with every Englishman's Answer (Print)
Slaves in Barbadoes (Print)
Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African (Print)
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Medal commemorating the ‘Emancipation in the West Indies’ (Medal)
Negroes at School (Print)
'Slave on Deck' (Drawing)
The capture of the slaver 'Formidable' by HMS 'Buzzard', 17 December 1834 (Painting)
Plate to Commemorate the Abolition of the Slave Trade (Print)
Gin bottle
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