List of slavery-related memorials and museums

A number of organizations, museums and monuments are intended to serve as memorials to slavery, and its millions of victims.

Multiple countries

Door of Return^[1]

Angola

National Museum of Slavery in Morro da Cruz, Luanda, Angola^[2]

Benin

Door of No Return, Ouidah

Barbados

Emancipation Statue in Haggett Hall, Barbados^[3]

France

Slavery museum^[4]

Ghana

Elmina Castle on the Gulf of Guinea^[5]
Cape Coast Castle, Cape Coast^[6]

Netherlands

Kurá Hulanda Museum, in Otrobanda, Willemstad, Curaçao^[7]^[8]
Tree of Life, Monument of Realization, in Amsterdam

Nigeria

Slave History Museum in Calabar

Portugal

Mercado de Escravos, in Lagos, Faro District

Senegal

House of Slaves, on Gorée Island, 3 km off the coast of the city of Dakar, Senegal^[9]

South Africa

Slave Lodge, Cape Town^[10]
Slave memorials in Elim, Western Cape^[11]

Suriname

Statue of Kwakoe in Paramaribo^[12]

United Kingdom

International Slavery Museum, at the Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool^[13]
Wilberforce House, part of the Museums Quarter of Kingston-upon-Hull^[14]
The Wake by Khaleb Brooks in London^[15] (planned)
The gravestone of 'Scipio Africanus' in Bristol^[16]^[17]
Plaques for people compensated after the abolition of slavery in Bristol^[18]
Buxton Memorial Fountain, in London

United States

Confederate Memorial in Arlington, Virginia^[19]
Emancipation Memorial in Boston, Massachusetts^[20]
The Emancipation and Freedom Monument on Brown's Island, Richmond
1811 Kid Ory Historic House, LaPlace, Louisiana
Anson Street African Burial Ground, in South Carolina
Whitney Plantation Historic District, near Wallace, in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
The Good Darky in n Natchitoches, Louisiana^[21]
Elijah P. Lovejoy Monument in Alton, Illinois^[22]
The Florida Slavery Memorial at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee
Harriet Tubman Memorial in Manhattan in New York City
Harriet Tubman Memorial in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts
Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved in Williamsburg, Virginia
El Hombre Redimido in Barrio Cuarto, Ponce, Puerto Rico
The Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama
Memorial to Enslaved Laborers in Charlottesville, Virginia
National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama
Monumento a la abolición de la esclavitud at Parque de la Abolición in Barrio Cuarto in Ponce, Puerto Rico
Mothers of Gynecology Monument in Montgomery, Alabama
Portsmouth African Burying Ground in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Slavery Memorial on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island
Statue of Frederick Douglass in Rochester, New York
United Nations Slavery Memorial in New York City, New York

References

^ Hibbert, Kimberley (7 January 2017). "'Door of Return' monument to be erected in Accompong Town". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
^ "Angola's museum sheds light on dark history of slavery". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
^ Diaz, Jaclyn (7 January 2023). "How reparation efforts in Barbados found an international spotlight". NPR. npr. Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
^ McAuley, James (28 May 2016). "France confronts slavery, a demon of its past". Washington Post. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
^ Deb, Tanni (30 July 2018). "Inside Ghana's Elmina Castle is a haunting reminder of its grim past". CNN. Cable News Network. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
^ Gomez, Justin (24 March 2023). "Harris to discuss 'brutality of slavery' at Cape Coast Castle during weeklong Africa visit". ABC News. ABC News Internet Ventures. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
^ Adrian Mourby (23 October 2011). "Freedom at last, after centuries of Dutch rule". The Independent. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
^ Lily Girma, Lebawit (1 June 2014). "Kura Hulanda Museum". AFAR. AFAR Media. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
^ "Through the Door of No Return", TIMEeurope, June 27, 2004.
^ North, Samuel (12 March 2020). "Remembering Slavery in Urban Cape Town: Emancipation or Continuity?". International Review of Social History. 65 (S28): 197–223. doi:10.1017/S0020859020000188. ISSN 0020-8590.
^ Harrisberg, Kim (17 January 2020). "Slave descendants in tiny South African town battle for church-owned land". Reuters. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
^ van Stipriaan, Alex (2004). "July 1, Emancipation Day in Suriname: A Contested Lieu de Mémoire, 1863-2003". NWIG: New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids. 78 (3/4): 269–304. ISSN 1382-2373.
^ "Liverpool walk marks Slavery Remembrance Day". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 23 August 2024. Archived from the original on 24 August 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
^ "Hull's Wilberforce museum reopens after three years". 20 May 2023. Archived from the original on 20 May 2023.
^ Ono-George, Meleisa (17 September 2024). "Why London's new slavery memorial is so important: 'The past that is not past reappears, always, to rupture the present'". The Conversation. The Conversation Trust (UK) Limited. Archived from the original on 17 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
^ "Bristol and the Transatlantic Traffic in Enslaved Africans". Bristol Museums Collections. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
^ "Bristol vandalism: Enslaved African man's grave restored". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 September 2021. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
^ "Almost 100 Bristolians received compensation after abolition of slavery". Bristol24/7. Bristol24/7 CIC. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
^ Luckhurst, Toby (13 July 2023). "The fight over a Confederate statue in Arlington National Cemetery". Archived from the original on 13 July 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
^ Guerra, Cristela (30 June 2020). "Boston Art Commission Votes to Remove Emancipation Memorial from Park Square". WBUR. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
^ Daugherty, Ellen (20 October 2019). "The rise and fall of a racist monument: the Good Darky, National Geographic Magazine, and civil rights activism". Nineteenth-Century Contexts. 41 (5): 631–649. doi:10.1080/08905495.2019.1669369. ISSN 0890-5495.
^ Francis, Meredith (7 November 2022). "On This Day in Illinois History: Alton Abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy Killed By Mob". WWTV Playlist. WWCI. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2024.

[auto-1] Hibbert, Kimberley (7 January 2017). "'Door of Return' monument to be erected in Accompong Town". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

[2] "Angola's museum sheds light on dark history of slavery". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

[3] Diaz, Jaclyn (7 January 2023). "How reparation efforts in Barbados found an international spotlight". NPR. npr. Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2024.

[4] McAuley, James (28 May 2016). "France confronts slavery, a demon of its past". Washington Post. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

[5] Deb, Tanni (30 July 2018). "Inside Ghana's Elmina Castle is a haunting reminder of its grim past". CNN. Cable News Network. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2024.

[6] Gomez, Justin (24 March 2023). "Harris to discuss 'brutality of slavery' at Cape Coast Castle during weeklong Africa visit". ABC News. ABC News Internet Ventures. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2024.

[independent-7] Adrian Mourby (23 October 2011). "Freedom at last, after centuries of Dutch rule". The Independent. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[8] Lily Girma, Lebawit (1 June 2014). "Kura Hulanda Museum". AFAR. AFAR Media. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2024.

[Time-9] "Through the Door of No Return", TIMEeurope, June 27, 2004.

[10] North, Samuel (12 March 2020). "Remembering Slavery in Urban Cape Town: Emancipation or Continuity?". International Review of Social History. 65 (S28): 197–223. doi:10.1017/S0020859020000188. ISSN 0020-8590.

[11] Harrisberg, Kim (17 January 2020). "Slave descendants in tiny South African town battle for church-owned land". Reuters. Retrieved 30 September 2024.

[12] van Stipriaan, Alex (2004). "July 1, Emancipation Day in Suriname: A Contested Lieu de Mémoire, 1863-2003". NWIG: New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids. 78 (3/4): 269–304. ISSN 1382-2373.

[13] "Liverpool walk marks Slavery Remembrance Day". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 23 August 2024. Archived from the original on 24 August 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.

[14] "Hull's Wilberforce museum reopens after three years". 20 May 2023. Archived from the original on 20 May 2023.

[15] Ono-George, Meleisa (17 September 2024). "Why London's new slavery memorial is so important: 'The past that is not past reappears, always, to rupture the present'". The Conversation. The Conversation Trust (UK) Limited. Archived from the original on 17 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.

[16] "Bristol and the Transatlantic Traffic in Enslaved Africans". Bristol Museums Collections. Retrieved 30 September 2024.

[17] "Bristol vandalism: Enslaved African man's grave restored". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 September 2021. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2024.

[18] "Almost 100 Bristolians received compensation after abolition of slavery". Bristol24/7. Bristol24/7 CIC. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.

[19] Luckhurst, Toby (13 July 2023). "The fight over a Confederate statue in Arlington National Cemetery". Archived from the original on 13 July 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2024.

[20] Guerra, Cristela (30 June 2020). "Boston Art Commission Votes to Remove Emancipation Memorial from Park Square". WBUR. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

[21] Daugherty, Ellen (20 October 2019). "The rise and fall of a racist monument: the Good Darky, National Geographic Magazine, and civil rights activism". Nineteenth-Century Contexts. 41 (5): 631–649. doi:10.1080/08905495.2019.1669369. ISSN 0890-5495.

[22] Francis, Meredith (7 November 2022). "On This Day in Illinois History: Alton Abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy Killed By Mob". WWTV Playlist. WWCI. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2024.

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