These 15 statues watch the sea and Le Diamant Rock. This memorial was done in 1991 during the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery. Note - It wasn't until 1865 that slavery in America was abolished.
Their low shoulders and lost looks mark the tragic loss of lives when a slave ship grounded and sank off this point in 1830.
Fellow slaves on a habitation (plantation) nearby tried to rescue as many as possible. The ship's slaves were tied up and could not swim or run away. The survivors fell into a weird legal middle ground and were eventually shipped to French Guyana.
The triangle shape of the installation symbolizes the triangle slave trade.
A moving memorial.
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