Concert Street, Downtown Liverpool
Picture donated by Tony Siebenthaler
Sculptor: Stephen Broadbent
Founders: Varleys of St Helens
Height: 13ft 4in (4.06 metres)
Unveiled: 19th September 1990, by Dorothy M. Gavin (Lord Mayer of Liverpool)
Identical statues are located at Glasgow and Belfast
Total cost of the three statues: £50,000
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At first there were
three identical statues in Belfast, Glasgow & Liverpool, referencing to
religious differences. Two more identical statues are now placed in
Cotonou, Benin and in Richmond Virginia. With Liverpool they are three
points in the slave trade triangle. The statues are a physical statement
but the Reconciliation Project aims to link students in Benin, Richmond
& Liverpool, building bridges that might overcome racial disadvantage
and economic separation in schools and communities. It is also hoped to
make a film on the life of Olaudah Equiano, the freed slave, who was
active in the Abolitionist movement. Sources: http://www.reconciliationtriangle.org/ & http://www.sbal.co.uk/sbal/pages/html/comm.php?project=11111 Alan Maycock © 2007 |
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