1763 Monument (Georgetown, Guyana)

1763 Monument (Georgetown, Guyana)

Subject (Topic)
Slavery; Resistance
Middle Passage
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Slave Trade
Public art
Public sculpture
Georgetown, Guyana

Subject (Name)
Cuffy (Coffy, Kofi or Koffi), d.1763

Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

Unveiled three days before the 10th anniversary of Guyanese Independence, the work celebrates the Guyanese anti-colonial struggle, resistance against, and eventual emancipation from slavery. The work is dedicated to the memory of Cuffy, an Akan man sold into slavery who led a revolt against the Dutch owners of the Magdalenburg plantation on the Canje River in Berbice (now Guyana). Although the uprising was ultimately unsuccessful, Cuffy’s rebellion anticipated the eventual end of slavery in Guyana.

Moore, Philip, 1921-2012

Wikipedia Commons

May 23, 1976

Morris Singer Foundry

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English

Visual Arts-Sculpture

Square of the Revolution Georgetown, Guyana