Medal of Honour for George, an Enslaved Man, anonymous, 1837 Silver medal to wear and carrying ring. Front: Inscription. Reverse: coat of arms with inscription, flanked by two men with a fee, arrow sleeve and arch, standing by barrel and bale within the display. In 1836 an uprising broke out in the Surinamese district of Nickerie. George, who worked on plantation Leasowes, provided the colonial regime with information, after which a number of slavish -gems were arrested. He received this medal as a reward. silver (metal) engraving / forging slavery; serfs and the enslaved Nickerie. Coronie.
Medal of Honour for George, an Enslaved Man, anonymous, 1837 Silver medal to wear and carrying ring. Front: Inscription. Reverse: coat of arms with inscription, flanked by two men with a fee, arrow sleeve and arch, standing by barrel and bale within the display. In 1836 an uprising broke out in the Surinamese district of Nickerie. George, who worked on plantation Leasowes, provided the colonial regime with information, after which a number of slavish -gems were arrested. He received this medal as a reward. silver (metal) engraving / forging slavery; serfs and the enslaved Nickerie. Coronie. Plantation leasowes
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