Middle Passage Monument (Kingshill, St. Croix, USVI)
Dublin Core
Title
Middle Passage Monument (Kingshill, St. Croix, USVI)
Subject
Subject (Topic)
Enslaved persons
Public art
Public sculpture
St. Croix (USVI)--Kingshill
Slavery--St. Croix (USVI)
Transatlantic slave trade
Enslaved persons
Public art
Public sculpture
St. Croix (USVI)--Kingshill
Slavery--St. Croix (USVI)
Transatlantic slave trade
Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture
Commemorative sculpture
Description
The twelve-foot-high memorial is composed of two large, thick aluminum arcs that bend towards each another but do not touch. The color has a silvery-gray tone and a matte surface etched with scratch-like patterns. It is installed on the grassy grounds of the St. Croix Educational Complex. The monument commemorates the thousands of Africans who perished during the transatlantic slave trade. The version in St. Croix is a replica of the original memorial, which was ceremonially buried on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean—approximately 140 miles off the coast of New York Harbor — following an elaborate funeral procession and a blessing ceremony conducted by a multi-faith group of clergy in 1999.
Creator
Walsh, Michael, 1948-
Source
Photograph by Michael Walsh
Date
2000
Contributor
Homeward Bound Foundation
Rights
St. Croix Educational Complex High School, P6F2+4G3, Centerline Rd, St Croix 00820, U.S. Virgin Islands
Format
JPEG
Language
English
Type
Visual Arts-Sculpture
Coverage
Saint Croix Educational Complex High School, Centerline Road, Kingshill, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, 00850
Has Version
Original cast lowered to bottom of New York Harbor on July 3, 1999.
Extent
144 x 204 in. (365.76 x 518.16 cm)
Medium
Aluminum
Bibliographic Citation
Kardux, Johanna C. "Monuments of the Black Atlantic: Slavery Memorials in the United States and The Netherlands." In Blackening Europe: The African American Presence, ed. Heike Raphael-Hernandez, 87-106. Routledge: 2004.
Ater, Renée. "Slavery and Its Memory in Public Monuments." American Art 24, no. 1 (2010): 20-23.
Rights Holder
Renée Ater
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Sculpture
Physical Dimensions
144 x 204 in. (365.76 x 518.16 cm)
Collection
Citation
Walsh, Michael, 1948-, “Middle Passage Monument (Kingshill, St. Croix, USVI),” Contemporary Monuments to the Slave Past, accessed October 1, 2026, https://slaverymonuments.org/items/show/1135.