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Photograph of an aerial view of the African Burial Ground Monument in New York City..
The memorial sits on .35 acres and includes seven distinct design features: Wall of Remembrance, Ancestral Re-Internment Grove, Memorial Wall, The Ancestral Chamber, Circle of the Diaspora, Spiral Processional Ramp, and The Ancestral Libation Court.…

The Ark of Return serves as a memorial to honor the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. Constructed from white marble, the memorial is a triangular structure with clean geometric lines and faceted surfaces, giving it a modern yet solemn appearance. A triangular portal in the structure allows visitors to walk through the interior.
The Ark of Return serves as a memorial to honor the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. Constructed from white marble, the memorial is a triangular structure with clean geometric lines and faceted surfaces, giving it a modern yet…

The Reconciliation Memorial in Liverpool is made up iron torsos of two abstracted figures, engaged in a tight embrace, emerge from a rectangular iron base. Two other identical sculptures were erected in 1989 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Glasgow, Scotland.
The iron torsos of two abstracted figures, engaged in a tight embrace, emerge from a rectangular iron base. Two other identical sculptures were erected in 1989 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Glasgow, Scotland. According to the artist, Stephen…

Originally placed in Cotonou, Republic of Benin, the bronze statue is now relocated to Ouidah. Unlike the version in Liverpool, this work includes the addition of bronze bas-relief designs, reflecting images related to the transatlantic slave trade, including cotton plants, chains, and industrial factories.
Originally placed in Cotonou, Republic of Benin, the bronze torsos of two abstracted figures, engaged in a tight embrace, emerge from a rectangular bronze base. Unlike the version in Liverpool, this work includes the addition of bronze bas-relief…

The Reconciliation Memorial in Richmond, Virgina, is comprised of  bronze torsos of two abstracted figures, engaged in a tight embrace, emerging from a rectangular bronze base. This work includes the addition of bronze low-relief designs, reflecting images related to the slave trade, including a topographic map of the James River, birds following slave ships, chains with manacles, and a port with lifts pulling up cotton bales.
The bronze torsos of two abstracted figures, engaged in a tight embrace, emerge from a rectangular bronze base. This work includes the addition of bronze low-relief designs, reflecting images related to the slave trade, including a topographic map of…

Photograph of Le Marron Inconnu from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The bronze sculpture depicts a man, kneeling on his right leg. His left leg is outstretched behind him with  a broken iron chain on the ground around his left foot. He arches his torso back as he holds a conch shell to his lips with his left hand, tilting his head upward
The bronze sculpture depicts a man, clad only in torn shorts, kneeling on his right leg. His left leg is outstretched behind him; a broken iron chain lays on the ground around his left foot. He arches his torso back as he holds a conch shell to his…

Photograph of the Emancipation Statue (Bussa), holding broken chains in his hands. Located in Bridgetown, Barbados.
The monumental bronze statue depicts a semi-nude figure, dressed only in shorts. He raises his arms in a triumphant gesture, which accentuates the broken chains around his wrists. The identity of the figure is thought to be the leader of the April…

Photograph of Desenkadená/Unchained in Willemstad, Curaçao. Three figures are breaking free from the chains that bind their wrists. The central figure is flanked by a man and woman, both of whom gaze at him as he breaks their chains. The “chain breaker,” a muscular, semi-nude man, stands in front of an anvil.
The over life-size bronze sculptural group depicts three figures, two men and one woman. As the title of the work, Desenkadená (Unchained) suggests, the figures are breaking free from the chains that bind their wrists. The central figure is flanked…

Photograph of the Mémorial ACTe in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, an elongated building that measures 240 meters and is covered with silver grids that represent the roots of the fig trees that grow on the abandoned buildings.
Mémorial ACTe is located on the the site of the former Darboussier sugar refinery on the waterfront in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe."The memorial consists of an imposing elongated building that measures 240 meters and is covered with silver grids that…

Photograph of Redemption Song in Kingston, Jamaica. Statue of a male and female nude figures, shown from the knees up, face one another as they gaze skyward.
Redemption Song centers two bronze nude figures, a Black female and a Black male. Laura Facey modeled the figures from the knees up, standing in a cast-iron domed fountain and with water flowing at their knees. They face one another as they tip their…
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