<em>South Carolina African-American History Monument</em> (Columbia, SC)
<p>Subject (Topic)<br />African American history<br />American South<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture<br />Slave ships--History<br />Slavery<br />South Carolina--History<br /><br /></p>
<p>Subject (Object Type)<br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
Two semicircular gray granite walls, inlaid with twelve bronze panels illustrating 300 years of African American history, frame an obelisk and pedestal. The twelve scenes of African American history include images of the Middle Passage, an African American family on an auction block, slaves working in a field, men and women celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation, the Jim Crow era, the Great Migration, and images of contemporary African Americans’ important contributions to engineering, law education, sports, politics, and space exploration. At the base of the monument’s obelisk are four rubbing stones from regions of Africa where slaves were captured - Senegal, Sierra Leone, the Republic of Congo, and Ghana. In front of the memorial, Dwight included a bronze cast of the famous print of the British slave ship <em>Brookes</em> (1787).
Dwight, Ed, 1933-
Photographs: Ron Cogswell, <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/22711505@N05/7917139800/in/album-72157630674378570/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.flickr.com/photos/22711505@N05/7917139800/in/album-72157630674378570/</a>
Dedicated: March 29, 2001
<a href="https://dc.statelibrary.sc.gov/handle/10827/25969" target="_blank" rel="noopener">African American History Monument Commission</a>; South Carolina Arts Commission; State House Committee; Citizens' Advisory Committe; Design Committee; Fundraising Committee; and private donors.
South Carolina State House, 1100 Gervais Street, Columbia, South Carolina, 29201, United States
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South Carolina State House Grounds, 1100 Gervais Street, Columbia, South Carolina, 29201, United States
<em>Denmark Vesey Monument</em> (Charleston, SC)
<p>Subject (Topic)<br />Anti-slavery movements--United States<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture<br />Slave insurrections--South Carolina--Charleston<br />Slave revolt--South Carolina--Charleston<br />Slavery--South Carolina<br />South Carolina--History</p>
<p>Subject (Name)<br />Vesey, Denmark, 1767-1822</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
<p>The work is dedicated to Denmark Vesey, a carpenter and self-educated black man who planned one of the most extensive slave revolt in U.S. history in Charleston, SC in 1822. Vesey, elegantly dressed in a collared jacket, trousers, and an exceedingly long and slim cravat, is shown holding his carpentry bag, his hat, and his Bible. The figure stands atop a massive granite pedestal that is inscribed on two sides with biographical and historical information about Vesey and his vital contributions to the fight for the emancipation of black people.</p>
Dwight, Ed, 1933-
Photographs by Izetta Autumn Mobley
Dedicated: February 8, 2014
Denmark Vesey and the Spirit of Freedom Monument Committee and City of Charleston.
City of Charleston, 80 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina, 29401, United States
To watch a video of the the monument's dedication, click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaQOovmfq6Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here.</a>
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Hampton Park, 30 Mary Murray Drive, Charleston, South Carolina, 29403, United States