Emancipation Statue (Bridgetown, Barbados)

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Title

Emancipation Statue (Bridgetown, Barbados)

Subject

Subject (Topic)
Slavery-Emancipation
Middle Passage
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Slave Trade
Diaspora
Bridgetown, Barbados
Subject (Name)
Bussa
Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

Description

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 1816 slave revolt, General Bussa. Although ultimately unsuccessful, it was the largest revolt in Barbadian history, General Bussa commanded nearly 400 freedom fighters.

Creator

Broodhagen, Karl, 1909–2002

Source

pinterest.com

Date

Unveiled: March 28, 1985

Format

JPEG

Language

English

Type

Visual Arts-Sculpture

Coverage

J.T.C. Ramsay, Bridgetown, Barbados

Alternative Title

Bussa

Has Part

The work includes two inscriptions.

The first inscription:

"Lick an Lock-up Done Wid, Hurray fuh Jin-Jin [Queen Victoria]

De Queen come from England to set we free

Now Lick an Lock-up Done Wid, Hurray fuh Jin-Jin"

The second inscription, an excerpt from the Abolition Act of 1833:

“'...Be therefore enacted…that from and after the first day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four all persons who in conformity with the laws now in forces in the said colonies respectively shall on or before (August 1, 1834) have been duly registered as slaves in and such colony and who on (August 1, 1834) shall be actually within any such colony and who shall by such registries appear to be (August 1, 1834) of the full age of six years and upwards shall by force and virtue of this act...become and be apprenticed laborers...' The Abolition Slavery Act (1883)

This statue was erected by the government and people of Barbados to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery and the emancipation of Barbadians from the institution of slavery

This statue was unveiled by the Prime Minster

The Hon. H. B. St. John . O.C. M.P.

Pn

28 March 1984"

Medium

Bronze

Rights Holder

Renée Ater

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Sculpture

Citation

Broodhagen, Karl, 1909–2002, “Emancipation Statue (Bridgetown, Barbados),” Contemporary Monuments to the Slave Past, accessed March 29, 2024, https://slaverymonuments.org/items/show/1142.

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