Reconciliation Memorial (Richmond, Virginia)

Reconciliation Memorial (Richmond, Virginia)

Birte Burkart

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“RECONCILIATION MEMORIAL (RICHMOND, VIRGINIA).” Contemporary Monuments to The Slave Past, https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/1140. Accessed on 02.12.2024. Broadbent, Stephen. "Reconciliation Triangle." Broadbent Studio, accessed April 11, 2019. https://broadbent.studio/reconciliation-triangle-casestudy

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Broadbent, Stephen, with the assistance of Faith Bebbington

Reconciliation Memorial (Richmond, Virginia)

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https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Reconciliation_Memorial_(Richmond,_Virginia)

Statue – emancipation

The City of Richmond

Inscription on base: "Reconnaissons et pardonnons le passé Célébrons le présent Construisons l'avenir dans la réconciliation et la justice. Acknowledge and forgive the past Embrace the present Shape a future of reconciliation and justice." Adjacent plaque: “THE TRIANGLE Liverpool, England The Benin Region of West Africa Richmond, Virginia During the 18th Century, these three places reflected one of the well-known triangles in the trade of enslaved Africans. Men, women, and children were captured in West and Central Africa and transported from Benin and other countries. They were chained, herded, loaded on ships built in England and transported through the unspeakable horrors of the Middle Passage. They were imported and exported in Richmond, Virginia and sold in other American cities. Their forced labor laid the economic foundation of this nation."

Virginia

Emancipation

Powhatan

Richmond

City