Culture & Artifacts

Investigate the history and legacy of slavery and slave trade by examining objects, structures, landscapes, and culture of institutions and sites of memory in Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

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• Historic Eleutherian College
• Monument to the beginning of national liberation and the abolition of slavery
• 1811 Slave Revolt Memorial
• Children engage in music and dance of Afro-Cuban origin
• Slate and pencil fragments, dominos
• Armchair attributed to Monticello Joinery
• Document box
• Poster advertising a slave auction
• Dundún drums of the house-temple of the Divine Charity