1838 Token HT-81A Copper Am I Not A Woman, BN VF30BN 认证号44087058, PCGS号77076

The American Anti-Slavery Society was founded in 1833 by Black New Yorkers and white abolitionists. The organization called for immediate emancipation of the nation’s two million enslaved people and worked to win over public opinion in northern states. '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. These tokens were sold at antislavery fairs organized by abolitionist women to raise money for the cause. The National Anti-Slavery Bazaar was a large fundraising fair run by the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society. In this example, to avoid charges of counterfeiting, the N in United States is reversed.