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See Mémorial Cap 110, Le Diamant, Martinique
These 15 statues, 2,50 meters (8 feet) high for a weight of 4 tons each, commemorates the tragedy of April 9, 1830 when a transporting ship of slaves sunk during a storm off Martinique. During the shipwreck, 46 bodies were recovered and buried at the Diamant cemetery; 86 people were saved: all were of African origin. The monument points 110 degrees to the Gulf of Guinea from where the unknown ship had come from. The white color of the statues is the traditional worm in funerals in the Caribbean.
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