The Three Rebel Queens of the Virgin Islands (Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, USVI)

The Three Rebel Queens of the Virgin Islands (Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, USVI)

Subject (Topic)
Slavery; Resistance
Middle Passage
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Slave Trade
Public art
Public sculpture
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, USVI

Subject (Name)
Thomas, Mary (Queen Mary), ca. 1848–1905
Queen Agnes
Queen Mathilda

Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

Standing on a base made of stones of varied size and shape, the three women, the leaders of the Fireburn Revolt, face outward, forming a triangle. Dressed in floor-length dresses and aprons, each figure carries objects related to their resistance. One figure lifts a lantern in her right hand. The second figure holds a cane bill in her right hand and a torch in her left, while the third figure holds a torch in her right hand.

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English

Visual Arts-Sculpture

Dronningens Gade, Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas 00802, USVI