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Part of the contents of the work-bag (T.1-2022) produced by the Female Society for Birmingham (originally called the Ladies Society for the Relief of Negro Slaves) in West Bromwich, near Birmingham, as part of their campaign to abolish slavery.
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge
Title
An enslaved person, in profile to right, kneeling with hands clasped and chained. Captioned Heb.3.15 beneath, with printed excerpt from the Jamaica Royal Gazette, Oct. 7, 1826, titled 'PHOEBE' beneath (recto). Excerpt of a letter to the Editor from the Devizes Gazette, Sept. 10, 1825, titled 'Slavery in the British West Indies' on verso.
Date
1828
Measurements
Platemark: H 13.6 x W 8.8 cm;
Sheet: H 25.800001 x W 25.7 cm
Accession number
PM.8-2022
Acquisition method
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, 2022
Work type
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Trumpington Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB2 1RB England
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