Medals, Jamaica, St Ann’s Bay Anti-Slavery Society, 1839, a white metal medal by J. Davis, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. side and end aspect of the Brown’s Town Chapel, 41mm (BHM 1894; Roehrs –). Very fine, pierced £120-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Coins, Tokens and Medals of the Caribbean from the late Raymond Brandon Collection.

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Provenance: Bt. R. Lyall.

The original chapel was enlarged in 1839 just three years after it was built. It held 2,000 worshippers and the school was for 600 pupils