Emancipation Statue
The Emancipation Statue is a public sculpture symbolising the "breaking of the chains" of slavery at Emancipation. It is located in Barbados, east of Bridgetown at centre of the J.T.C.- Type: Memorial
- Description: monument to slave Bussa in Barbados
- Also known as: “Bussa Emancipation Statue”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre and Parkinson Memorial Secondary School.
Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre
Public building
Photo: CaribDigita, Public domain.
The Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre is a conference centre facility on the Caribbean island of Barbados. Owned by the government of Barbados and managed by the government agency Barbados Conference Services Limited, the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre is just outside the capital city of Bridgetown, in St. Michael. Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre is situated 340 metres west of Emancipation Statue.
Parkinson Memorial Secondary School
School
The Parkinson Memorial Secondary School is a co-educational public secondary school, located at Pine East-West Boulevard, The Pines, Wildey, St.Michael, Barbados. It was opened on 22 February 1961. Parkinson Memorial Secondary School is situated 770 metres south of Emancipation Statue.
American University of Barbados
University
Photo: Mirzazamir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The American University of Barbados School of Medicine, founded in 2011, is a private medical school with its main campus in Wildey, Barbados. When it opened in January 2012, it was the first offshore private medical school in Barbados, started as a branch of Era's Lucknow Medical College and Hospital, based in Lucknow, India. American University of Barbados is situated 1½ km south of Emancipation Statue.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Two Mile Hill and Wildey.
Two Mile Hill
Suburb
Two Mile Hill is an area two miles away from Bridgetown, in Saint Michael, Barbados. The Two Mile Hill area was historically one of the railway stations on the island of Barbados.
Wildey
Suburb
The Wildey area of the Parish of Saint Michael located roughly 4 km east of Bridgetown, it lies on the border with the Parish of Christ Church. Normally a very busy area with the ABC Highway, Wildey is one of the main convergence points for vehicles travelling either towards the capital-city Bridgetown or towards points in northern Barbados.
Constant
Hamlet
Constant is a populated place in the parish of Saint George, Barbados. Constant is situated 3 km northeast of Emancipation Statue.
Emancipation Statue
- Categories: sculpture and historic site
- Location: Saint Michael, Barbados, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
13.10502° or 13° 6′ 18″ northLongitude
-59.5801° or 59° 34′ 48″ westInception
1985Open location code
78524C49+2XOpenStreetMap ID
node 667226263OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q5002016
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Emancipation Statue” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تمثال بوسا للتحرر”
- Hindi: “बुसा की मुक्ति प्रतिमा”
- Spanish: “Estatua de la Emancipacion de Bussa”
- Spanish: “Estatua de la Emancipación de Bussa”
- Turkish: “Bussa Kurtuluş Heykeli”
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