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			West African History

This is possibly an ivory trade token, 133 mm in diameter, and inscribed 'John Pepper Brig Highfield, A Good Man'. The significance of trade tokens is yet to be established, but they were presumably used as pledges or receipts. This one, however, may be a bracelet identifying John Pepper, an enslaved member of the crew of the brig 'Highfield' as "a good man".

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