Identical statues in Liverpool, England; Benin, Africa; and Richmond, Virginia memorialize the British, African, and American triangular trade route, now identified as the Reconciliation Triangle. President Mathieu Kerekou of the Republic of Benin apologized for his nation’s part in the trade in 1999, as did the Liverpool City Council. Virginia’s General Assembly expressed profound regret in 2007 and the governor unveiled this statue with a crowd of thousands of Richmonders.
