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Le Marron Inconnu (Port-au-Prince-Haiti)

Description

Abstract:
The bronze sculpture depicts a man, clad only in torn shorts, kneeling on his right leg. His left leg is outstretched behind him; a broken iron chain lays on the ground around his left foot. He arches his torso back as he holds a conch shell to his lips with his left hand, tilting his head upward. His right hand holds a machete at the ground. The statue was created to commemorate the abolition of slavery in Haiti.
Notes:
Le Marron Inconnu (Port-au-Prince-Haiti), Brown University Library
Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, Center for Digital Scholarship, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)

Access Conditions

Rights
CC BY-SA 4.0
Restrictions on Use
Collection is open for research.

Citation

Bdx (Wikipedia), "Le Marron Inconnu (Port-au-Prince-Haiti)" (1967). Emancipation. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:j93aaquu/

Relations

Collection:

  • Emancipation

    The commemorative works under the theme of "Emancipation" include two different types of monuments and memorials: those focused on the end of slavery in the United States through the Emancipation Proclamation, and memorials to emancipation and liberation movements in the …
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