Trade Token of Moses Tolano, Bridgetown, Barbados, circa 1834
Pre-Civil War trade token issued circa 1834 in Bridgetown, Barbados, by Moses Tolano, a merchant at 33 Swan Street. The obverse depicts "MOSES TOLANTO BARBADOES" with a bale and the initials M.T. The reverse reads "FREEDOM WITHOUT SLAVERY" with a six-petal rosette and a barrel with the initials M.T. Slavery was abolished in Barbados in 1834. The Synagogue of Bridgetown records the burial of a Moses Tolano, 38, son of Joseph Tolano, a merchant at 33 Swann Street, on May 30, 1852. While the name varies slightly in spelling, it is considered the same individual. Information derived from Shilstone's *Monumental Inscriptions...Synagogue...Bridgetown, Barbados*.
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Arc.MS.56, Objects Box 2