The Powis Gates
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Adam Styles
Visited on Weekday Wait time No wait Reservation recommended No More
Dec 6th, 2022 -
Opaninba Adu
May 8th, 2022 -
Avery DeMarco
A standout historical monument on campus. Hard to miss!
Feb 16th, 2022 -
helen love
The history of thePowisGate is very interesting. It looks like afairytalebut has a dark story. ThePowisgate, Old Aberdeen, was built in 1834 with gains from the work of enslaved people on Jamaican plantations. Among them wasQuasheba. 7 children are also listed as havingQuashebaas a mother: Patsy, James, Junes,Edlin,Habbie, Samuel, and Bessie Jones.These names are taken from registries, between 1817 and 1832, of the enslaved on Castile Fort Pen Estatein the possession of Hugh Fraser Leslie. ThePowisLeslie family built this gate in 1833/34, partly with compensation money for the Abolition of slavery. The enslaved were not compensated. On 22ndMay 2021 an event was held at the gate to mark its links to slavery. A poem, The Violence of Identity was performed and two ceramic panels were hung back to back on the iron gate with rope. One had the poem embossed on it and one an imagined portrait ofQuashebaand the quote from a classical African playwright, Publius TerentiusAfer: Homo sum,humaninihil a mealienumputo, I am human, I consider nothing human alien to me.
Jan 19th, 2022 -
Paul Taylor
Jan 6th, 2022
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Q Where is The Powis Gates located?
A The Powis Gates is located at 51 College Bounds, Aberdeen, sct AB24 3UG
Q How is The Powis Gates rated?
A The Powis Gates has a 5.0 Star Rating from 7 reviewers.
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The Powis Gates
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( 7 Reviews )Adam Styles on Google
Visited on Weekday Wait time No wait Reservation recommended No More
Opaninba Adu on Google
Avery DeMarco on Google
A standout historical monument on campus. Hard to miss!
helen love on Google
The history of thePowisGate is very interesting. It looks like afairytalebut has a dark story. ThePowisgate, Old Aberdeen, was built in 1834 with gains from the work of enslaved people on Jamaican plantations. Among them wasQuasheba. 7 children are also listed as havingQuashebaas a mother: Patsy, James, Junes,Edlin,Habbie, Samuel, and Bessie Jones.These names are taken from registries, between 1817 and 1832, of the enslaved on Castile Fort Pen Estatein the possession of Hugh Fraser Leslie. ThePowisLeslie family built this gate in 1833/34, partly with compensation money for the Abolition of slavery. The enslaved were not compensated.
On 22ndMay 2021 an event was held at the gate to mark its links to slavery. A poem, The Violence of Identity was performed and two ceramic panels were hung back to back on the iron gate with rope. One had the poem embossed on it and one an imagined portrait ofQuashebaand the quote from a classical African playwright, Publius TerentiusAfer: Homo sum,humaninihil a mealienumputo, I am human, I consider nothing human alien to me.
Paul Taylor on Google