Neg Mawon Emancipation Monument

THIS MONUMENT IS A SYMBOL OF FREEDOM AND EMANCIPATION. IT IS A TRIBUTE TO ALL THE ENSLAVED AFRICANS WHO SUFFERED AND WERE EXECUTED IN THE HISTORY OF DOMINICA.

IT HONOURS THE MAROONS WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES TO FIGHT FOR THE EMANCIPATION OF ALL. IT PAYS HOMAGE TO THOSE WHO WERE SOLD AND EXECUTED AT THE OLD ROSEAU MARKET AND WHO WERE HELD AT THE BARRACOON BUILDING IN ROSEAU BEFORE BEING SOLD AND SENT TO THE PLANTATIONS.

THIS MONUMENT SALUTES THE MEMORY OF OUR AFRICAN ANCESTORS AND THE IMMENSE CONTRIBUTION OF THEIR SKILLS TO OUR EARLY INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN DOMINICA THROUGH THE SHEDDING OF THEIR BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS.

IT CELEBRATES THE POWERFUL AND LASTING INFLUENCE WHICH OUR WHICH OUR AFRICAN ANCESTORS HAD ON DOMINICA'S PRESENT DAY CULTURE, ESPECIALLY IN OUR FORMS OF MUSIC, LANGUAGE, COSTUMES AND CUISINE.

THIS MEMORIAL IS A REMINDER TO ALL DOMINICANS THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN OUR AFRICAN HERITAGE AND ITS MANY CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS.

Submitted by @MsB_Applebum