Slavery Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/slavert/ Practical remedies to disputes over historical markers in public spaces Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:34:09 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://contestedhistories.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-CH_Symbol_Light_Bkg@10x-32x32.png Slavery Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/slavert/ 32 32 Rumours of War in Richmond, Virginia https://contestedhistories.org/resources/case-studies/rumours-of-war-in-richmond-virginia?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rumours-of-war-in-richmond-virginia Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://contestedhistories.org/resources// Almost a century after the last Confederate monument was erected in the heart of Richmond, the state capital of Virginia, a new counter-monument was installed in 2019 by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Modelled after its neighbouring Confederate statues, the equestrian statue of a Black man is a rare addition that serves to re-contextualise […]

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]]> Almost a century after the last Confederate monument was erected in the heart of Richmond, the state capital of Virginia, a new counter-monument was installed in 2019 by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Modelled after its neighbouring Confederate statues, the equestrian statue of a Black man is a rare addition that serves to re-contextualise a space rife with contested monuments. This case study explores the role counter-monuments can play in the diversification of artistic representations in public spaces.

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