THIS GLOBE
Gherdai Hassell
Onion Seeds: Children of the Enterprise

Theme - Abolition & Emancipation
Gherdai Hassell’s design responds to the theme ’Abolition & Emancipation’, which shares the story of the campaign for abolition, its key events, heroes and allies. It also lays bare the full, messy motivations and process of abolition, which were not as pure as often represented.

I WAS HERE
The Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans meant millions of lives were ended and lost to history. Here we honour ancestors by acknowledging a person we were able to identify by name - at a specific time and place.
We cannot know their story, but we know that they lived.

Name: Sam Quick
Age: 19
Place: Nevis
Time: 1831

The exhibition is no longer on display!

A series of 36 globes by The World Reimagined, placed in the courtyard of the National Maritime Museum. "The World Reimagined" is a body that aims to bring the transatlantic slave trade and its consequences to humanity to be brought to public attention, with the aim of bringing about equal rights in the inter-racial struggle. 103 such globes were scattered throughout the UK, the current series of 36 globes was displayed in the summer of 2023
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The World Reimagined - Click for a larger image

The goal of the project is also indicated on the globes:
The World Reimagined works to transform how we understand the Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans and its impact on all of us, so that we can make racial justice a reality.
This is not ’Black History’, this is all of our history.

Together, we can create a future in which all can say: I am seen.

theworldreimagined.org
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As well as the project name, QR code, and links to Twitter and Instagram.
DISCOVER THE WORLD REIMAGINED
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Each of the globes is illustrated by a different artist, and each one also features the personal story of a person who was sold into slavery.

The current globe was painted by Gherdai Hassell is an artist born in Bermuda, and works mainly from Manchester, UK. The subject of the ball is the slave ship Enterprise, which traveled from Alexandria, Virginia to Charleston, South Carolina, carrying mothers and about 50 children. Due to a storm, the ship was washed ashore in Bermuda. The local authorities informed the captain that Bermuda had no slavery laws, and that the slaves should be freed. The captain tried to resist and declare that the intention was not to reach Bermuda. The passengers were given the opportunity in the Bermuda court to decide their fate. Except for one woman and her five children, all 78 passengers on the ship chose freedom and remained in Bermuda. The ball is dedicated to the children who chose to become residents of Bermuda.

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The personal story (I was here) Click for a larger image