#49

#49

I am Queen Mary Statue in Copenhagen

Denmark

By Contested Histories Initiative •

Ongoing Colonialism Relocation Racism Slavery #49

In 2018, artists La Vaughn Belle and Jeannette Ehlers created the ‘I Am Queen Mary’ Statue. The monument honours Mary Thomas, one of the three female leaders of the 1878 ‘Fireburn’ Rebellion, a revolt against Danish colonial rule on the Caribbean island of St. Croix. The monument was unveiled during… Read More