cannonball
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When I found this large cent yesterday I realized that it was not a large cent at all but an 1838 anti-slavery token. As I cleaned it up and saw what appeared to be a black women in chains a cold feeling ran through my stomach. It's another hard times token made right here in New Jersey.
Token US Anti-Slavery 'Am I not a Woman and a Sister?' 1838'Am I not a Woman and a Sister?' appeared on abolitionist tokens that have circulated in America and Great Britain. At the end of 1837 the American Anti-Slavery Society, located at 143 Nassau Street, New York, commissioned the firm of Gibbs Gardner & Co. of Belleville, N.J. to strike these copper tokens. These tokens show significant relations between abolition and the fight for equal rights of women. There were also 'Am I not a Man and a Brother' tokens, but the female version drew much more attention.
Token US Anti-Slavery 'Am I not a Woman and a Sister?' 1838'Am I not a Woman and a Sister?' appeared on abolitionist tokens that have circulated in America and Great Britain. At the end of 1837 the American Anti-Slavery Society, located at 143 Nassau Street, New York, commissioned the firm of Gibbs Gardner & Co. of Belleville, N.J. to strike these copper tokens. These tokens show significant relations between abolition and the fight for equal rights of women. There were also 'Am I not a Man and a Brother' tokens, but the female version drew much more attention.
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