THIS GLOBE
Alison Turner
At The Hands Of The Enslaved, Our Society Was Built

Theme - Stolen Legacy: The Rebirth of a Nation
Alison Turner’s design responds to the theme ’Stolen Legacy: The Rebirth of a Nation’, which brings to life how Britain was transformed and enriched as a result of the Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans and the free labour of the enslaved. It explores the legacy of the Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans in building the financial and trading power of Britain; strengthening the Church and the might of universities; and establishing dynastic influence and power.

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: Jean Baptiste
Age: 11
Place: Colony of Louisiana
Time: 1803

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
In the following images, you can see parts of the large circle in which the globes are placed Click for a larger image Click for a larger image Click for a larger image
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 Alison Turner, a mosaic artist based in Cornwall, UK. On the ball is a hand symbolizing the society that is physically held by an enslaved person, and says "Do not forget us." The painting appears to be made of mosaic, in the artist’s style.

The globe was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image Click for a larger image

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