Description:Memorial presented to each Sunday scholar in Birmingham who 'Joined in Celebrating the Freedom of the Negroes'.
On 1 August 1838, Joseph Sturge (1793-1859) led a march from Birmingham Town Hall to Heneage Street to lay the foundations of Birmingham's Emancipation School. There was a celebration of the abolition of the apprenticeship system, which had replaced slavery in the Caribbean. About 3,500 children from the Baptist, Lancasterian and Infant schools sang hymns and this memorial pamphlet was presented to each Sunday scholar who joined in the celebrations.