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Captured Africans-Transatlantic Slave Trade Monument in Lancaster, England. Six rectangular Perspex blocks (acrylic), suspended between a rectangular, stainless-steel column and an oblong, stone column, rests on a circular base embellished with a mosaic and small metal sculptures. The work is meant to recall the decks of the transatlantic slave ships that carried enslaved Africans to the Americas.
Six rectangular Perspex blocks (acrylic), suspended between a rectangular, stainless-steel column and an oblong, stone column, rests on a circular base embellished with a mosaic and small metal sculptures. The work is meant to recall the decks of the…

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Atorkor Slave Trade Memorial in Atorkor, Ghana, isa life-size sculptural group of a tall European slave-trader brandishing a whip over two kneeling African figures. The African figures, dressed in traditional garb, are chained at the neck.
The memorial is located in the coastal Ghanaian district of Anlo, once known for its substantial involvement in the slave trade. A high-walled circular enclosure with a small wooden door, which serves as a narrow entrance, leads the viewer to the…

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