Black Cultural Monuments in London

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 02: A general view of the Gilt of Cain monument which commemorates the abolition of Britain’s transatlantic slave trade in 1807, which began the process of the emancipation of slaves throughout the British Empire, on July 2, 2021 in London, England. Devised by sculptor Michael Visocchi and poet Lemn Sissay in 2008, the granite structure in Fen Court, central London, is composed of a group of columns surrounding a podium. The podium has three steps that lead to what could be seen as a pulpit, but also a slave auctioneers’ podium. The columns evoke stems of sugar cane and are positioned to suggest a crowd or a group of slaves and the words of a poem also called Gilt of Cain by Sissay, are etched onto the side of the pulpit and columns. (Footage by Brian Dayle/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 02: A general view of the Gilt of Cain monument which commemorates the abolition of Britain’s transatlantic slave trade in 1807, which began the process of the emancipation of slaves throughout the British Empire, on July 2, 2021 in London, England. Devised by sculptor Michael Visocchi and poet Lemn Sissay in 2008, the granite structure in Fen Court, central London, is composed of a group of columns surrounding a podium. The podium has three steps that lead to what could be seen as a pulpit, but also a slave auctioneers’ podium. The columns evoke stems of sugar cane and are positioned to suggest a crowd or a group of slaves and the words of a poem also called Gilt of Cain by Sissay, are etched onto the side of the pulpit and columns. (Footage by Brian Dayle/Getty Images)
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