For me the message is that Blacks have to be on their knees begging for
Whites to free them!
As for why a man? I guess because there were more enslaved men than women.
Of course, given the numbers of children begotten by the White slave owners
through raping their female slaves, it could have been thought too
'distateful' to use the image of a woman...
Marika
On Sun, 6 Mar 2011 22:11:53 -0000, SEAN CREIGHTON
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> I have been asked the following questions:
>
> Campaigning Medallions made by Wedgwood:
>
>
> 1.Do you think British society took more notice about the slave trade
and
> its effects because Wedgwood was an established trademark? ( and
everyone
> could relate to it)
>
> 2. Did these medallions have more prevalence within the upper classes ?
or
> were they for all societies?
>
> 3. How effective were the medallions in the long term?
>
> 4. What initial importance did the tokens create?
>
> 5. Why did the medallions use a picture of a man and not a woman?
>
> I would appreciate ideas for an answer.
>
> Thanks
>
> Sean
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