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hip0020650 - Josiah Wedgwood, 18th century English industrialist and potter, c1880. Wedgwood (1730-1795) is credited with the industrialisation of pottery manufacture at his factories, the Ivy Works and Etruria Works in Staffordshire. The name of his company remains one of the most famous in the industry today.
Credit: Oxford Science Archive / HIP / TopFoto
Produced a ceramic cameo of a kneeling male slave in chains with the slogan 'Am I not a Man and a Brother?'. Later, women campaigners secured production of a similar ceramic brooch, with the caption 'Am I not a Woman and a Sister?'.
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