Am I Not a Man and a Brother?

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abolitionist image anti-slavery emblem medallion design political slogan

"Am I Not a Man and a Brother?" is a famous late-18th-century abolitionist image and slogan, widely used on medallions and other materials to promote the campaign against the transatlantic slave trade and slavery in Britain and beyond.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Am I Not a Man and a Brother medallion	1
Am I Not a Man and a Brother? canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abolitionist image ⓘ anti-slavery emblem ⓘ medallion design ⓘ political slogan ⓘ
appealsTo	Christian conscience ⓘ shared humanity ⓘ sympathy for enslaved people ⓘ
associatedWith	British Evangelical reformers ⓘ British abolitionist movement ⓘ Quaker abolitionists ⓘ Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade NERFINISHED ⓘ campaign against slavery in the British Empire ⓘ campaign against the slave trade ⓘ
depicts	kneeling enslaved African man in chains ⓘ shackles ⓘ supplicating posture ⓘ
hasCounterpart	Am I Not a Woman and a Sister? NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasMottoType	moral appeal ⓘ
hasRhetoricalForm	rhetorical question ⓘ
hasText	Am I Not a Man and a Brother? NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme	Christian morality ⓘ abolition of slavery ⓘ abolition of the transatlantic slave trade ⓘ empathy for enslaved Africans ⓘ human rights ⓘ
influenced	anti-slavery slogans in the United States ⓘ later abolitionist iconography ⓘ
inspiredBy	Christian egalitarian ideals ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the best-known abolitionist images ⓘ use on personal adornment items to signal anti-slavery sentiment ⓘ wide circulation in Britain ⓘ
usedFor	abolitionist campaigning ⓘ fundraising for abolitionist societies ⓘ mobilizing public opinion in Britain ⓘ propaganda against slavery ⓘ
usedIn	early 19th century ⓘ late 18th century ⓘ
usedOn	broadsides ⓘ cameos ⓘ ceramics ⓘ jewellery ⓘ medallions ⓘ pamphlets ⓘ printed materials ⓘ prints ⓘ seals ⓘ tokens ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

anti-slavery medallion "Am I Not a Man and a Brother?" → hasMotto → Am I Not a Man and a Brother? ⓘ

subject surface form: Am I Not a Man and a Brother? (medallion)

British abolitionist movement → producedSymbol → Am I Not a Man and a Brother? ⓘ

this entity surface form: Am I Not a Man and a Brother medallion