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I Am Queen Mary is a statue in Copenhagen, Denmark of Mary Thomas, a leader of the 1878 "Fireburn" labor revolt in St. Croix, a former Danish colony now part of the U.S. Virgin Islands.[1] The statue, created by artists Jeannette Ehlers and La Vaughn Belle, was unveiled in March 2018 outside the Danish West Indian Warehouse, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the sale and transfer of the Danish West Indies.[2] It is the first public monument in Denmark to honor a Black woman and addresses the country's colonial past.[3]
Standing just about 23 ft (7.0 m) tall, the statue features Thomas seated in a throne, staring ahead, with bare feet, a head wrap, a torch in her left hand, and a tool used to cut sugarcane in her right hand.[1][4] The torch and the sugarcane cutting tool that Thomas holds represent strategies for resistance by enslaved and former slaves in Danish Colonies.[5] According to the artists, the throne that Thomas is sat on "recalls the iconic 1967 photograph of Huey P. Newton, founder of the Black Panther Party."[4]
I Am Queen Mary has sparked significant public discourse, highlighting Denmark's role in transatlantic slavery and celebrating the resilience of those who resisted oppression.[6] It serves as a striking reminder of the often overlooked Danish colonial past, and lack of permanent spaces to reflect Black resistance.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Sorensen, Martin Selsoe (March 31, 2018). "Denmark Gets First Public Statue of a Black Woman, a 'Rebel Queen'". The New York Times. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "I am Queen Mary Statue in Copenhagen, Denmark". The Contested Histories Initiative. Case Study #49. June 2023 – via Contested Histories.
- ^ Doss, Erika (2024-05-07), "I Am Queen Mary, Copenhagen", I Am Queen Mary, Copenhagen, Fordham University Press, pp. 257–260, doi:10.1515/9781531506414-020/html, ISBN 978-1-5315-0641-4, retrieved 2024-11-18
- ^ a b "I Am Queen Mary, Denmark's 1st Public Monument Honoring a Black Woman, Recalls a Fierce Rebel". The Root. 2018-04-02. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
- ^ "I Am Queen Mary". I Am Queen Mary. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
- ^ Grøn, Helene (2022-05-19). "I am Queen Mary: On sustained protest and Denmark's 'colonial amnesia'". Performance Research. 27 (3–4): 161–166. doi:10.1080/13528165.2022.2155428. ISSN 1352-8165.
- ^ Odumosu, Temi (2019-09-03). "What Lies Unspoken: A Remedy for Colonial Silence(s) in Denmark". Third Text. 33 (4–5): 615–629. doi:10.1080/09528822.2019.1654688. ISSN 0952-8822.