Emancipation Statue (Bridgetown, Barbados)
Dublin Core
Title
Emancipation Statue (Bridgetown, Barbados)
Subject
Subject (Topic)
Slavery-Emancipation
Middle Passage
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Slave Trade
Diaspora
Bridgetown, Barbados
Slavery-Emancipation
Middle Passage
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Slave Trade
Diaspora
Bridgetown, Barbados
Subject (Name)
Bussa
Bussa
Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture
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
March 28, 1985
Relation
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"
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
Collection
Citation
Broodhagen, Karl, 1909–2002, “Emancipation Statue (Bridgetown, Barbados),” Contemporary Monuments to the Slave Past, accessed October 12, 2024, https://slaverymonuments.org/items/show/1142.