Ex-slave Mary Prince used religion to convince the British public that black people were human beings (IMAGE)

St. John's College, University of Cambridge

Ex-slave Mary Prince used religion to convince the British public that black people were human beings

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'Am I not a woman and a sister?' - the seal of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society. This image was popularised by member Elizabeth Margaret Chandler and was based on Josiah Wedgwood's male equivalent for the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 'Am I not a man and a brother'.

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