Antique Religious Joseph Sturge Jubilee Medal

Antique religious medal celebrating the golden jubilee anniversary in 1895. Victorian struck medal commemorating Joseph Sturges establishment of the Severn street and Priory first day adult school. Struck by A Watson in pewter this is a rare medal celebrating a great humanitarian. Joseph Sturge (1793 – 14 May 1859) was an English Quaker, abolitionist and activist. He founded the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (now Anti-Slavery International). He worked throughout his life in Radical political actions supporting pacifism, working-class rights, and the universal emancipation of slaves. In the late 1830s, he published two books about the apprenticeship system in Jamaica, which helped persuade the British Parliament to adopt an earlier full emancipation date. In Jamaica, Sturge also helped found Free Villages with the Baptists, to provide living quarters for freed slaves; one was named "Sturge Town" in his memory. A great addition to your medal, Victorian reformation or religiou