The debate revolved mainly around the nudity , passivity and lack of historical specificity of the statues , as well as around the identity of the artist as a light - skinned Jamaican .
Whether these choices were appropriate for a public monument to Emancipation .
The debate revolved mainly around the nudity , passivity and lack of historical specificity of the statues , as well as around the identity of the artist as a light - skinned Jamaican , and whether these choices were appropriate for a public monument to Emancipation .