The Three Rebel Queens of the Virgin Islands (Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, USVI)
Dublin Core
Title
The Three Rebel Queens of the Virgin Islands (Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, USVI)
Subject
Subject (Topic)
Slavery; Resistance
Middle Passage
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Slave Trade
Public art
Public sculpture
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, USVI
Slavery; Resistance
Middle Passage
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Slave Trade
Public art
Public sculpture
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, USVI
Subject (Name)
Thomas, Mary (Queen Mary), ca. 1848–1905
Queen Agnes
Queen Mathilda
Thomas, Mary (Queen Mary), ca. 1848–1905
Queen Agnes
Queen Mathilda
Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture
Commemorative sculpture
Description
Standing on a base made of stones of varied size and shape, the three women, the leaders of the Fireburn Revolt, face outward, forming a triangle. Dressed in floor-length dresses and aprons, each figure carries objects related to their resistance. One figure lifts a lantern in her right hand. The second figure holds a cane bill in her right hand and a torch in her left, while the third figure holds a torch in her right hand.
Creator
Hallier, Richard, 1944-2010
Source
Wikipedia Commons
Date
2005
Format
JPEG
Language
English
Type
Visual Arts-Sculpture
Coverage
Dronningens Gade, Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas 00802, USVI
Alternative Title
The Three Queens of the Virgin Islands Fountain
Has Part
Bronze Plaque:
THE THREE QUEENS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
In 1878 three former slave ladies on St. Croix led an insurrection against the Danish Government for improved working and living conditions. During this action, a major portion of Frederiksted was destroyed by fire. This revolt is known today as “FIREBURN” and the ladies are renowned as “Queen Mary, Queen Agnes and Queen Matilda” – The Three Queens of the Virgin Islands.
THE THREE QUEENS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
In 1878 three former slave ladies on St. Croix led an insurrection against the Danish Government for improved working and living conditions. During this action, a major portion of Frederiksted was destroyed by fire. This revolt is known today as “FIREBURN” and the ladies are renowned as “Queen Mary, Queen Agnes and Queen Matilda” – The Three Queens of the Virgin Islands.
Medium
Bronze
Rights Holder
Renée Ater
Collection
Citation
Hallier, Richard, 1944-2010, “The Three Rebel Queens of the Virgin Islands (Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, USVI),” Contemporary Monuments to the Slave Past, accessed April 20, 2024, https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/1159.