Bronze relief devoted to the benefits of book printing for Africa on the monument to Johannes Gutenberg (1840) by French sculptor David d'Angers in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. English abolitionist William Wilberforce depicted next to the printing press in the centre. English abolitionist Thomas Clarkson, French philosopher Marquis de Condorcet and French Roman Catholic priest Henri Gregoire are depicted in from left to right in the right surrounded by free slaves.

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