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History Of "Old Slave Mart", Shayla Tyson, Shanella Thompson, Nedjaina Jovin, Carolyn Jackson
History Of "Old Slave Mart", Shayla Tyson, Shanella Thompson, Nedjaina Jovin, Carolyn Jackson
History from Below: Memorialization Projects
After extensive amount of research we collectively agreed we wanted to showcase this history by taking the audience through a journey. A journey that would depicted the horror and pain enslaved Africans had to endure while being forced to migrate from their homes to a foreign place. After force migrating to “The New World” the enslaved people had to suffer through forced labor on plantations that would expect them to be die on in the next two years of their life. We wanted to make this memorial completely raw and uncut, adding on to a already existing place to hit …
Cartagena De Indias, Fabian Asdrubal, Gabriel Williams, Alvaro Regalado
Cartagena De Indias, Fabian Asdrubal, Gabriel Williams, Alvaro Regalado
History from Below: Memorialization Projects
This memorial depicts a pedestal which is supporting a wide pan of sugarcane and gold coins. At the bottom of the pedestal is a set of handcuffs that are wrapped around the pedestal. This memorial relates back to the overall project as it is a figurative representation of slavery in Colombia.