Reconciliation Memorial (Richmond, Virginia)
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Reconciliation Triangle]]> Antislavery movements--United States
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Middle Passage
Southeastern United States
Public art
Public sculpture]]>
Commemorative sculpture]]> Liverpudlian counterpart, this work includes the addition of bronze low-relief designs, reflecting images related to the slave trade, including cotton plants, chains, and industrial factories. The work was erected close to Richmond’s former slave market in Shockoe Bottom.]]> Inscription on base:

"Reconnaissons et pardonnons le passé

Célébrons le présent

Construisons l'avenir dans

la réconciliation et la justice.

Acknowledge and forgive the past

Embrace the present

Shape a future

of reconciliation and justice."]]>
Adjacent plaque:

“THE TRIANGLE

Liverpool, England The Benin Region of West Africa Richmond, Virginia During the 18th Century, these three places reflected one of the well-known triangles in the trade of enslaved Africans. Men, women, and children were captured in West and Central Africa and transported from Benin and other countries. They were chained, herded, loaded on ships built in England and transported through the unspeakable horrors of the Middle Passage. They were imported and exported in Richmond, Virginia and sold in other American cities. Their forced labor laid the economic foundation of this nation."]]>
Benin]]> Broadbent Studio. Accessed April 11, 2019, https://broadbent.studio/reconciliation-triangle-casestudy]]>
Reconciliation Memorial (Cotonou, Republic of Benin)
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Reconciliation Triangle]]> Transatlantic Slave Trade
Middle Passage
Public art
Public sculpture
Benin]]>
Commemorative sculpture]]> Liverpudlian counterpart, this work includes the addition of bronze low-relief designs, reflecting images related to the slave trade, including cotton plants, chains, and industrial factories.]]> Inscription on base:

"Reconnaissons et pardonnons le passé

Célébrons le présent

Construisons l'avenir dans

la réconciliation et la justice.

Acknowledge and forgive the past

Embrace the present

Shape a future

of reconciliation and justice."]]>
Richmond, VA]]> Broadbent Studio. Accessed April 11th, 2019, https://broadbent.studio/reconciliation-triangle-casestudy]]>
Reconciliation Memorial (Liverpool, England)]]> Reconciliation Triangle]]> Commemorative sculpture]]> Broadbent Studio. Accessed April 11th, 2019, https://broadbent.studio/reconciliation]]> "Ark of Return": The Permanent Memorial at the United Nations in Honour of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (New York City)]]> Antislavery movements--United States
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Middle Passage
Northeastern United States
Public art
Public sculpture]]>
Commemorative sculpture]]> The Art of Return asks visitors to reflect upon the legacy of the slave trade and the persistent problems of racism and bigotry. The ark includes three principal design elements.

According to the artist:

“The first element is a three-dimensional map inscribed on the interior of the memorial. This map highlights the African continent at its center and graphically depicts the global scale, complexity and impact of the triangular slave trade in "acknowledgment of the tragedy.

The second element is a full-scale human figure lying horizontally in front of a wall inscribed with images of the interior of a slave ship. This is meant to communicate and educate visitors on the physical conditions endured by the millions of African people transported under extreme conditions during the middle passage. The visitors are provided the opportunity to seriously "consider the legacy" of slavery's impact upon humanity.

The third element is a triangular reflecting pool which introduces water in a meditative, ritualistic and spiritual manner. Visitors are invited to pour libations or say a prayer in memory of the millions of souls that were lost "lest we forget" this monumental and historic tragedy.”]]>
here.]]> Rodney Leon Architects. Accessed April 11, 2019, http://www.rodneyleon.com/the-ark-of-return]]>
Middle Passage Monument (St. Croix, USVI)]]> Antislavery movements--United States
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Middle Passage
Northeastern United States
Public art
Public sculpture]]>
Commemorative sculpture]]> The Millennium Arch]]> American Art 2010 24:1, 20-23.]]>