<em>Reconciliation Memorial </em>(Richmond, Virginia)<em><br /></em>
Subject (Topic)<br />Antislavery movements--United States<br />Transatlantic Slave Trade<br />Middle Passage<br /><span>Southeastern</span> United States<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture
Subject (Object Type)<br />Commemorative sculpture
The bronze torsos of two abstracted figures, engaged in a tight embrace, emerge from a rectangular bronze base. Unlike its <a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/admin/items/show/1138" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Liverpudlian</a> 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 <a href="https://www.citylab.com/equity/2015/02/americas-failure-to-preserve-historic-slave-markets/385367/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">former slave market in Shockoe Bottom</a>.
Broadbent, Stephen
Broadbent Studio
Dedicated: March 31, 2007
City of Richmond, Virginia; Faith Bebbington (the sculptor who assisted in the production of the finalized sculptures); The initial design work for the sculptures was undertaken by a group of young people in Liverpool, working closely with Garry Morris, the curator of the Liverpool Maritime Museum Slavery Exhibition, and were completed by selected young people from Benin and Richmond.
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Visual Arts-Sculpture
East Main Street Richmond, VA 23219, United States
<em>Memorial for Enslaved Laborers</em> (The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA)
Subject (Topic)<br />Slavery<br />Mid-Atlantic United States<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture
Subject (Object Type)<br />Commemorative sculpture
According the artists, historians and architects involved with the project, they seeks to create:<br /><br />"The design of a new <em>Memorial to Enslaved African American Laborers</em> on the grounds of the University of Virginia marks a critical moment to address the complex history of the University—and of the country. <em>The Memorial to Enslaved Laborers</em> responds to a deep need to address an untold and uncomfortable history - one that is still very much a difficult, though necessary, national conversation on race. It is vital to highlight those African American historical sites, ones that are often hiding in plain sight. <br /><br />UVA’s <em>Memorial to Enslaved Laborers</em> should create a physical place of remembrance and a symbolic acknowledgement of a difficult past. The memorial should become a place of learning as well as a place of healing. The memorial must address multiple constituencies on UVA grounds and within the Charlottesville community, in particular the descendants of African Americans who built, worked, and lived at the University.” <br /><br />The memorial is part of a larger, ongoing process at the University spearheaded by the President's Commission on Slavery and the University (PCSU). PCSU began in 2013, guided by the work of groups such as Memorial for Enslaved Laborers (MEL), the UVA IDEA (Inclusion Diversity Equity Access) Fund, and University and Community Action for Racial Equity (UCARE).
Meejin Yoon
Mable O. Wilson
Greg Bleam
Frank Dukes
Eto Otitigbe,
<a href="https://slavery.virginia.edu/memorial-for-enslaved-laborers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Memorial to Enslaved Laborers</a>, President's Commission on Slavery and the University, University of Virginia
Photographs: New York Times
2020
University of Virginia, Charlottesville; UVA's President's Commission on Slavery and the University of Virginia
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English
Visual Arts-Sculpture
University of Virginia, University, VA 22903
<em>Unsung Founders Memorial</em> (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Subject (Topic)<br />Slavery<br /><span>North Carolina--History</span><br />Southeastern United States<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture
Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture
The memorial includes a stone tabletop supported by 300 bronze male and female African American figures, their arms raised over their heads as they collectively hold the weight of the tabletop. The differing dress of the figures-- some are shown in suits, while others are semi-nude and bearfoot-- appear to represent a range of economic classes. The table is surrounded by five black stone seats.
Suh, Do-Ho, 1962-
University Gazette
Dedicated: November 5, 2005
University of North Carolina Graduating Class of 2002
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">For a 'virtual tour' of the monument, please click </span><a href="https://blackandblue.web.unc.edu/stops-on-the-tour/unsung-founders/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here.</a></p>
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English
Visual Arts-Sculpture
McCorkle PlaceChapel Hill, University of North Carolina, NC 27514, United States (Geographic Coordinates:
35.913620 , -79.052120 )