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Ken King's anti-slavery medallion, 2010

Am I not a daughter and a sister?

King Tribe is a Seattle campaign for the individual person suffering human trafficking, homelessness and hunger. The question on this medallion was first struck in 1787. It still needs an answer.

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One question, struck four times

“Promoting the cause of justice, humanity and freedom.”

Thomas Clarkson wrote those words about Josiah Wedgwood’s anti-slavery medallion. Ladies wore it in bracelets; fashion, he said, was for once doing honorable work.

Today the same words are King Tribe’s tagline, and Ken King’s medallion asks the question again.

  1. Wedgwood jasperware medallion of 1787, a kneeling man in chains, motto Am I not a man and a brother

    1787: Am I not a man and a brother?

    Josiah Wedgwood, jasperware

    Worn in bracelets and hairpins across England. Franklin judged it equal to the best written pamphlet.

  2. British copper token of the 1790s repeating the Wedgwood kneeling figure and motto

    1790s: Am I not a man and a brother?

    British copper token

    The same figure and the same question, carried into everyday metal.

  3. American copper token of 1838, a kneeling woman in chains, motto Am I not a woman and a sister

    1838: Am I not a woman and a sister?

    American copper token

    The kneeling woman Elizabeth Margaret Chandler brought to American abolition.

  4. King Tribe anti-slavery medallion of 2010, a seated girl with her head bowed, motto Am I not a daughter and a sister

    2010: Am I not a daughter and a sister?

    Ken King, Northwest Territorial Mint

    A new slogan that turns the question to the child sex trafficking victim.

Wedgwood’s medallion helped carry a campaign that ended the slave trade in Parliament in 1807. Slave ownership has been illegal in the United States since 1865, and trafficking goes on here today.

Read the whole lineage

Our work

Three tragedies, met one person at a time.

“If we care for one person at a time then we might be able to end the suffering for that individual person.” Ken King

Gold, silver and bronze King Tribe medallions and keychains on black

Human trafficking

It could be your daughter.

Sister, cousin, niece or a friend. She is someone’s daughter. King Tribe asks for three things:

  • Child victims of sex trafficking must be identified and treated as victims.
  • The arrest and prosecution of buyers must be made a priority.
  • Appropriate protective shelter and services for the protection and restoration of child victims.
Human trafficking: the task and the awareness

Homelessness

Am I not a man and a brother?

Homeless or individual? They could be our neighbor, father, mother, son or daughter. They need food and clothing, and our acknowledgement of them as an individual who deserves our attention.

James 2:15-17

Homelessness

Hunger

I am your neighbor.

Would you help me if I was your son? Your daughter, mother, father, brother, sister, cousin, neighbor, friend, or your friend’s daughter?

Proverbs 14:21 · Isaiah 58:6-11

Hunger

The medallion

Something you can hold, give, and start a conversation with.

Reading how the slave medallion moved England to compassion, Ken King made a modern one. The Northwest Territorial Mint struck it in 2010, with a compelling image for the campaign against human trafficking.

Issued
2010
Minted by
Northwest Territorial Mint
Finishes
Gold, silver and bronze tones, and a keychain

Abolitionists use it to open a conversation. Organizations hand it out with printed material, or sell it to raise funds for victims.

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Front of the King Tribe medallion: a seated girl, head bowed, with the words Am I not a daughter and a sister
FrontAm I not a daughter and a sister?
Back of the King Tribe medallion: Proverbs 31:8-9 between two olive branches
BackProverbs 31:8-9

“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.”

As struck on the reverse

Better men have to end the demand.

The Pledge is for men. It begins by recognizing that men create the demand for prostituted children, and it asks for three commitments. Make them, and you join The Defenders USA.

I will not purchase or participate in pornography, prostitution, or any form of the commercial sex industry.

Internet, TV, movies, magazines, bikini baristas, strip clubs.

I will hold my friends accountable for their actions toward women and children.

No toleration for degrading women, improper jokes, indecent pictures.

I will take immediate action to protect those I love from this destructive market.

Become informed, partner with anti-human trafficking organizations, and tell others.

I will defend our daughters with my life of integrity.

Will you take the pledge?

Questions people ask King Tribe

Anything not answered here, ask Ken directly at ken@kingtribe.com.

King Tribe is Ken King's Seattle campaign to promote the cause of justice, humanity and freedom. Its mission is to increase awareness of the individual person suffering human trafficking, homelessness and hunger, in order to end these tragedies.

A modern medallion Ken King issued in 2010, minted by the Northwest Territorial Mint. The front carries a new slogan, "Am I not a daughter and a sister?", which turns attention to the child sex trafficking victim. The back carries Proverbs 31:8-9: "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves." It comes in gold, silver and bronze tones and as a keychain.

Over 200 years ago Josiah Wedgwood's 1787 medallion, "Am I not a man and a brother?", was worn in bracelets and hairpins across England, and Benjamin Franklin called it equal to the best written pamphlet. Ken read that history and made a medallion for today's form of slavery: something you can hold, give, and use to start a conversation.

Use your abilities, contacts and activities to raise awareness. Men can take the three-part Pledge and join The Defenders USA. Families and groups can write to Ken at ken@kingtribe.com about the medallion, awareness work, or ways to help locally.

Three commitments for men: I will not purchase or participate in pornography, prostitution, or any form of the commercial sex industry. I will hold my friends accountable for their actions toward women and children. I will take immediate action to protect those I love from this destructive market.

Email ken@kingtribe.com. That is the address King Tribe publishes, and it reaches Ken directly.
A King Tribe medallion set into the centre of a chrome wheel hub

Seek the welfare of the city.

“Seek the welfare of the city which I have carried you into. Pray for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” Jeremiah 29:7

Together we can make a difference, whether you are one person, a family, or a group.

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