She helped lead an uprising that burnt down 50 plantations and most of a Danish colonial town – now Queen Mary is getting her own statue.
These are the two creators: Danish artist Jeannette Ehlers and Virgin Islands artist La Vaughn Belle.
Oh, I left out two really fascinating parts!
1) The statue is based off 3D scans of the two artists, combined in the computer and then milled out.
2) They apparently based the pose in part on Huey P. Newton, leader of the Black Panther Party. Rad.
Denmark Gets First Public Statue of a Black Woman, a ‘Rebel Queen’
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