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Pledge Card
- Band of Hope Pledge Card of Ernest Knight, 30 November, 1888
- Chromolithography and manuscript
- Printed by Campbell & Tudhope, Glasgow & London
- 142 x 197mm (5½ x 7¾in)
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- The Band of Hope, a society founded to protect children from the undesirable
effects of alcohol, originated in Leeds, England in 1847.
- ‘Signing the pledge’ was an innovative way to encourage people to drink no
intoxicants, except for medicinal or sacramental purposes.
- The pledge is worded:
- “I Promise by Divine Assistance to abstain from all intoxicating Liquors as
beverages and discountenance all the causes and practices of Intemperance.”
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