Slave Trade Reconciliation Triangle

Slave Trade Reconciliation Triangle. . Identical statues in Liverpool, England; Benin, West Africa; and Richmond, Virginia, memorialize the British, African and American triangular trade, now identified as the Reconciliation Triangle. Traders profited from delivering over 100,000 Africans to Virginia between the 1600’s and the American Revolution, and at least 260,000 to other North American places before 1808. The “triangle” extended between Liverpool and other large British cities, the Republic of Benin, and other West African Kingdoms, and Virginia and other North American colonies. Profits from the sale of enslaved Africans financed major British and North American economic development. , The Richmond Slave Trail Commission. The Honorable Reverend Delores L. McQuinn, Chairperson; Janine Y. Bell, Co-Chairperson; Kennis Wooten; Nessa Baskerville Johnson; Dr. Philip J. Schwartz; Reverend Benjamin P. Campbell; Jennie Dotts; Charles S. Vaughan; Reverend Sylvester L. Turner; Ralph R. White. Project Manager–Jeannie Welliver, City of Richmond; Statue Sculptor and Design–Stephen Broadbent and Faith Bebbington; Plaza and Fountain Design–Burt Pinnock, BAM Architects; General Contractor–Brooks and Co. General Contractors, Inc. , This installation has been made possible through the generosity and cooperation of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the City of Richmond.