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Dublin Core Title Lake Cumberland Slaves Memorial (Somerset, Kentucky) Subject Subject (Topic) Enslaved persons Kentucky--Somerset Slavery--Kentucky Somerset Community College (Kentucky) Subject (Object) Commemorative sculpture Description The Lake Cumberland Slaves Memorial honors the enslaved people buried in unmarked graves in the Lake Cumberland region. The memorial features a twenty-foot…
Dublin Core Title On the Banks of Freedom (Louisville, Kentucky) Subject Subject (Topic) Enslaved persons Freedom Kentucky--Louisville Slavery--Kentucky Subject (Object) Commemorative sculpture Description By the Ohio River bordering Kentucky and Indiana, The (Un)known Project installed On the Banks of Freedom , a two-bench monument fixed into a concrete platform. Facing the river, each bench…
Dublin Core Title Baldwin Hall Memorial (Athens, Georgia) Subject Subject (Topic) Cemeteries--Georgia Enslaved persons Slavery--Georgia University of Georgia Subject (Object) Commemorative sculpture Description The Baldwin Hall Memorial at the University of Georgia in Athens includes "a circular form for the memorial plaza, creating a focal point that will serve as a place of contemplation to…
Dublin Core Title Nkyinkyim (Montgomery, Alabama) Subject Subject (Topic) Alabama--Montgomery Enslaved persons Equal Justice Initiative Slavery--Alabama Transatlantic slave trade Subject (Object) Commemorative sculpture Description Located on the grounds of The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, Nkyinkyim is a sculptural grouping that is dedicated to the memory of the…
Dublin Core Title Menokin Remembrance Structure (Warsaw, Virginia) Subject Subject (Topic) Enslaved persons Plantations Slavery--Virginia Virginia—Warsaw Subject (Object) Buildings and Structures Description The Menokin Remembrance Structure is a memorial that honors the enslaved persons who once worked at Menokin, as well as their modern descendants. Built on a former plantation, the wooden…
Dublin Core Title Slavery Memorial (Cambridge, Massachusetts) Subject Subject (Topic) Enslaved persons Harvard Law School Massachusetts--Cambridge Slavery--Massachusetts Subject (Object) Commemorative sculpture Description The Slavery Memorial at Harvard Law School consists of a large boulder with a bronze plaque inset into it. The plaque reads: “In honor of the enslaved whose labor created wealth…
Dublin Core Title Black Brigade Monument (Cincinnati, Ohio) Subject Subject (Topic) African Americans--History Black Brigade of Cincinnati Ohio--Cincinnati United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject (Name) Dickson, William Martin, 1827-1889 Jones, Marshall P. H., 1826-1891 Subject (Object) Commemorative sculpture Description This monument consists of three life-size bronze sculptural…
Dublin Core Title The Bench by the Road (Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina) Subject Subject (Topic) African Americans--History Enslaved persons Middle Passage Slavery--South Carolina South Carolina--Sullivan’s Island Transatlantic slave trade Subject (Name) Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019 Subject (Object) Commemorative sculpture Description The Toni Morrison Society launched the Benches by the Road…
Dublin Core Title Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial (Annapolis, Maryland) Subject Subject (Topic) African Americans--History Enslaved persons Maryland--Annapolis Slavery--Maryland Transatlantic slave trade Subject (Name) Haley, Alex, 1921-1992 Subject (Object) Commemorative sculpture Description The Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial is located at the City Dock in Annapolis, Maryland. The bronze…
Dublin Core Title The Slave Memorial (Mount Vernon, Virginia) Subject Subject (Topic) Cemeteries--Virginia Enslaved persons George Washington’s Mount Vernon Plantations--Virginia Slavery--Virginia Subject (Object) Commemorative sculpture Description Near the Mount Vernon cemetery for enslaved persons, the memorial consists of three concentric circles acting as steps that are inscribed with the…
