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Emancipation (sculpture)

Coordinates: 42°20′36″N 71°04′40″W / 42.34346°N 71.07787°W / 42.34346; -71.07787
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Emancipation
Map
ArtistMeta Vaux Warrick Fuller
Year1913 (1913)
Typebronze
LocationBoston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′36″N 71°04′40″W / 42.34346°N 71.07787°W / 42.34346; -71.07787

Emancipation is a bronze statue located in Harriet Tubman Park in South End, Boston, Massachusetts.[1]

The statue was created in plaster in 1913 by artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the order which abolished slavery in the United States.[2][3] In 1999 it was cast in bronze and placed in Harriet Tubman Park. In 2013, quotes from Fuller describing emancipation were engraved on the base.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Emancipation: A Statue and A Trail". Boston Women's Heritage Trail. Archived from the original on June 15, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2020..
  2. ^ "Harriet Tubman Park The Landscape Architect's Guide to Boston". www.asla.org. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Emancipation » Public Art Boston". www.publicartboston.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)