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The Emancipation Statue is a public sculpture symbolising the "breaking of the chains" of slavery at Emancipation. It is located in Barbados, east of Bridgetown at centre of the J.T.C. Ramsay roundabout formed at the junction of the ABC Highway and Highway 5. Many Barbadians refer to the statue as Bussa, the name of a slave who helped inspire a ...
In 1985, 169 years after his rebellion, the Emancipation Statue, created by Karl Broodhagen, was unveiled in Haggatt Hall, in the parish of St Michael. Many Barbadians attributed the statue to Bussa and nicknamed it "Bussa's Statue". [4] In 1998, the Parliament of Barbados named Bussa as one of the eleven National Heroes of Barbados. [5]
Bussa Emancipation Statue. Karl Broodhagen (1909 – 2002) was a Barbadian sculptor and painter. His most famous works are three public statues in Barbados: the Bussa Emancipation Statue, a statue of Prime Minister Grantley Herbert Adams, and a statue of cricketer Garfield Sobers. [1] [2]
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]
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Last year on Nov. 30, the Caribbean country of Barbados made a huge power play by severing ties with Britain […] The post Celebrating Barbados’ first year as a republic appeared first on TheGrio.
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Barbados Museum & Historical Society. The Barbados Museum & Historical Society is a private organization with public collections. [ 1 ] Established in 1933 in the old Military Prison at the Saint Ann's historic Garrison , the museum has more than 500,000 artifacts that depict the island's rich history and natural history.