The @christysym #OlaudahEQUIANO piece has the shape of Africa on the shoulderspic.twitter.com/ZVeQ9j5BmT
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There now are open spaces for statues in the US. May I suggest sculptures of Olaudah Equiano as replacements? He was a Black former slave turn abolitionist who wrote a telling memoir. Here’s a piece of him by London artist @christysym #OlaudahEQUIANOpic.twitter.com/jk47LH1g7N
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“The Brookes slave ship diagram reference to the abolitionist's symbol.” From
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@christysym’s piece up close at the@SlaveryMuseum in Liverpool, UK, last year. The US should know more of this artist’s work https://apnews.com/616b2872620d62475ad766daa824594b/gallery/361612bd8ba9459a96d394c61451ea7a …pic.twitter.com/7rQB5Tv8Ph
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