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Four Corners Exhibit, Columbus, Georgia

History from Below: Memorialization Projects

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African Statue Of Liberty, Jason Bracey, Fredrick Cole, Cierra Fenn, Lauren Bentley

History from Below: Memorialization Projects

Tybee Island is situated at the mouth of the Savannah River, which leads to the city of Savannah. As ships arrived in North America with enslaved men, women, and children they were inspected at Tybee Island for signs of illness, and disease in order to hinder the spread of infectious diseases from overseas. As shipments increased a demand for a quarantine hospital arose. In 1766 lawmakers in Savannah authorized a budget of seventy pounds to seek a location to serve as a receiving juncture for incoming ships. The seventy pound budget was used to purchase 104 acres on the west …

The Wanderer, Jaila Stathums, Kayla Arrington, Amya Glenn, India Mobley

History from Below: Memorialization Projects

Our main objective of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade that we focused on was location and how each of the elements like historical background, voyages, and the people who had to endure the conditions collectively brought together our vision.

Considering Savannah, Georgia and its’ surrounding coastal islands, prominence in the historical context of the enslaved Africans, we felt the Wanderer Trans-Atlantic slave ship was the best choice for location and rich history. In order to pay tribute to enslaved Africans, we felt due to the location and historical background of The Wandered ,” memorial ship will best convey our message.

Wall Between The Family, Mikaela Wehking, Ashlyn Stafford, Roshin Roychan, Alex Stewart

History from Below: Memorialization Projects

Our memorial will be located at the Liberty Theatre Cultural Center. The Cultural Center is located between 8th and 9th street and 7th and 8th avenue in downtown Columbus, Georgia. This location was ideal for slavers due to the close proximity with the Chattahoochee River.

Because our memorial has to do with families being torn apart, we decided that a Theatre and family environment would be a good place to put the monument with our goal being to draw the most emotion possible.

Slave Ship Museum & Memorial, Sutton Smith, Dakota Grossman, Ankush Singh, Carlos G. Vincenti Perez

History from Below: Memorialization Projects

Our museum functions as both a memorial and a recreation of the horrors that the enslaved encountered on their journey to America. The ship is located in Savannah, GA on River Street and takes Guests on a ride down the Savannah river while they can tour the historically accurate ship and see everything an enslaved person encountered. The bottom floor features a memorial with the names of many enslaved who died at sea. This is their story.

Transatlantic Slave Trade, Jasmine Vail-Gomez, Kendra Swayne, Trent Van Erem, Dustin James Hudgins

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We intend for our memorial to exist in two parts, as represented in the photograph in the center of the poster: a steamboat in the midst of the Chattahoochee River and, on the brick wall behind the steamboat in the photograph, a representation of this poster as a series of plaques affixed to the wall.