Araminta With Rifle and Veve (empheral)]]> Subject (Topic)
Abolitionists--United States
Anti-slavery movements--United States
Northeastern United States
Public art
Public sculpture
Temporary art
Underground Railroad

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Subject (Name)
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913

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Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/arts/design/joyce-j-scott-grounds-for-sculpture-harriet-tubman.html]]> Monument and Myth: Commemorating Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad]]> Princethal, Nancy. "Inspired by Harriet Tubman: An Artist Takes Glass to Extremes." New York Times, January 4, 2018. Accessed April 1, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/arts/design/joyce-j-scott-grounds-for-sculpture-harriet-tubman.html.

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Dube, Ilene. "I Was an Artist in Vitro": Joyce J. Scott and Her Darkly Beautiful Art. Hyperallergic, January 30, 2018. Accessed April 1, 2018, https://hyperallergic.com/423894/i-was-an-artist-in-vitro-joyce-j-scott-and-her-darkly-beautiful-art/.

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Sims, Lowery Stokes and Patterson Sims. Joyce J. Scott: Harriet Tubman and Other Truths. Exh. cat. Hamilton, NJ: Grounds for Sculpture, 2018.

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Graffiti Harriet (empheral)]]> Subject (Topic)
Abolitionists--United States
Anti-slavery movements--United States
Northeastern United States
Public art
Public sculpture
Temporary art
Underground Railroad

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Subject (Name)
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913

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Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/arts/design/joyce-j-scott-grounds-for-sculpture-harriet-tubman.html]]> Araminta With Rifle and Veve, Grounds for Sculpture]]> Monument and Myth: Commemorating Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad]]> Princethal, Nancy. "Inspired by Harriet Tubman: An Artist Takes Glass to Extremes." New York Times, January 4, 2018. Accessed April 1, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/arts/design/joyce-j-scott-grounds-for-sculpture-harriet-tubman.html.

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Dube, Ilene. "I Was an Artist in Vitro": Joyce J. Scott and Her Darkly Beautiful Art. Hyperallergic, January 30, 2018. Accessed April 1, 2018, https://hyperallergic.com/423894/i-was-an-artist-in-vitro-joyce-j-scott-and-her-darkly-beautiful-art/.

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Sims, Lowery Stokes and Patterson Sims. Joyce J. Scott: Harriet Tubman and Other Truths. Exh. cat. Hamilton, NJ: Grounds for Sculpture, 2018.

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Harriet Ross Tubman Memorial (Bristol, PA)]]> Subject (Topic)
Abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Northeastern United States
Pennsylvania--History
Public art
Public sculpture
Underground Railroad

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Subject (Name)
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913

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Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

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Inscription on base of sculpture:
Harriet Ross Tubman

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Inscription on bronze plaque:
Harriet Ross Tubman. Abolitionist-American Hero. Circa 1820-1913. Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery in 1849. She fled to Philadelphia where, as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, she made 19 sorties into the South, liberating over 300 slaves. Ms. Tubman also served as a spy and nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War. Harriet Tubman—Authentic American Hero

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Ten granite pillars with inscriptions (clockwise from base of sculpture):
Hope is Another Form of Freedom; We Choose Inclusion Not Exclusion; Our Town is America the Beautiful; We Stand Together; Liberty and Justice For All; Move Forward; Amalgamate the Community; Freedom Will Prevail; Unity is the Way.

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Ten stone markers:
Names of old African American families in Bristol

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Monument and Myth: Commemorating Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad]]> “Grant Helps Bring Tubman to Life.” HarrietTubman.com. Accessed March 21, 2018, http://www.harriettubman.com/grant.html.

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“Harriet Tubman-Lions Park-Bristol, PA.” Statues of Historic Figures on Waymaking.com. Accessed, March 21, 2018, http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM3JK9_Harriet_Tubman_Lions_Park_Bristol_PA.

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Harriet Tubman Memorial Plaque (Auburn, NY)]]> Subject (Topic)
Abolitionist--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
New York--History
Northeastern United States
Public art
Public sculpture
Underground Railroad

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Subject (Name)
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913

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Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

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Inscription on bronze plaque:
In Memory of Harriet Tubman. Born a slave in Maryland about 1821. Died in Auburn, N.Y. March 10th, 1913. Called the "Moses" of her people, during the Civil War, with rare courage, she led over three hundred negroes up from slavery to freedom, and rendered invaluable service as a nurse and spy.

With implicit trust in God she braved every danger and overcame every obstacle, withal she possessed extraordinary foresight and judgment so that she truthfully said--"On my Underground Railroad I nebber run my train off de track and I nebber los' a passenger."--This tablet is erected by the Citizens of Auburn, 1914.

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Monument and Myth: Commemorating Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad]]> "Tribute Paid Harriet Tubman." The Advertiser Journal, Thursday, June 11, 1914. Accessed November 29, 2018, http://www.harriettubman.com/harriettubmanplaque.html.

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Harriet Tubman (Salem Chapel, St. Catharines, Ontario)]]> Subject (Topic)
Abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--Canada
Public art
Public sculpture
Underground Railroad

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Subject (Name)
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913

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Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

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Inscription on front of black marble plinth:
"After the passing of the USA 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, she said. 'I wouldn't trust Uncle Sam with my people no longer. I brought them all clear off to Canada.'"

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Inscription on back of black marble plinth:
Sculptor
Frank Rekrut
2010

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Ontario Heritage Foundation historic marker:
Harriet Ross Tubman c. 1820-1913
A legendary conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman became known as the "Moses" of her people. Tubman was born into slavery on a Maryland plantation and suffered brutal treatment from numerous owners before escaping in 1849. Over the next decade she returned to the American South many times and led hundreds of freedom seekers north. When the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 allowed slave owners  to recapture runaways in the northern free states. Tubman extended her operations across the Canadian border. For eight years she lived in St. Catharines, and at some point rented a house in this neighborhood. With the outbreak of the Civil War, she return to the U. S. to serve the Union Army.

Ontario Heritage Foundation, Ministry of Culture and Communications

[Reverse in French]

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Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada marker about Salem Chapel:
Salem Chapel, built in 1855, was an important centre of 19th-century abolitionist and civil rights activity in Canada. Harriet Tubman, the famous Underground Railroad "conductor," lived here from 1851 to 1858  and is traditionally associated with Salem Chapel. Many of those aided to freedom became church members and put down roots in the local community. The auditory-hall design typifies the style associated with the Underground Railroad-related churches in Ontario.

Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Government of Canada

[In French as well]

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Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada marker about Harriet Tubman:
Harriet Tubman
(c. 1822-1913)

Born on a Maryland plantation, Harriet Tubman escaped slavery to become one of the great heroes of the 19th century. The famous "conductor" on the Undergroun Railroad, she courageously led many of the people she rescued from American slavery on dangerous, clandestine journeys to safety and freedom in Canada. Tubman helped these Black refugees settle after their arrival and played an active role in the fight to end slavery. She became the public face of the Underground Railroad in British North America, attracting attention and funding to the abolition movement.

Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada and Parks Canada

[In French as well]

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BME Church National Historic Site information panel:
The Salem Chapel, British Methodist Episcopal Church was the first Black church in St. Catharines. Originally known as the African Methodist Episcopalian Church, the name was changed to reflect their loyality to the British Empire. In 1793, the "Upper Canada Act Against Slavery" was passed, allowing Blacks aged 25 years and older freedom from slavery in Canada. This created a safe haven for African American runaway slaves and made Canada the destination for many who fled. As a result, hundreds of escaped slaves settled in St. Catharines and created a vibrant Black community.

The original church was a small log building that held about 70 members and was built on the land behind today's church. The freedom seekers who settled in St. Catharines constructed this church, dedicated in 1855, to replace the smaller one. Some of the original pews that they built are still in use in the balcony level. The BME Salem Chapel is also signficant for its ties to Harriet Tubman, nicked name "Black Moses." This brave freedom fighter was instrumental in freeing hundreds of slaves using the Underground Railroad system. Harriet Tubman called St. Catharines and the BME Church home for amost a decade. In 2000, this church became the first National Historic Site in St. Catharines.

St. Catherines Heritage Corridor

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1855
The BMA church is known for its ties to Harriet Tubman, a brave freedom-fighter who freed hundreds of slaves using the Underground Railroad.

Ontario
City of St. Catharines

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Sign on front of Salem Chapel:
St. Catharines Heritage
The British Methodist
Episcopal Church
Circa 1855
only surviving Black
Community church in
St. Catharines

Designated 1980

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Monument and Myth: Commemorating Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad]]> Spaan, Natalie. "Harriet Tubman Monument Unveiled." The Brock Press, September 21, 2020. Accessed May 26, 2020, http://www.brockpress.com/2010/09/harriet-tubman-monument-unveiled/.

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Zettle, Mike. "Tubman Statue to Grace BME Church." The Standard (St. Catharines), February 19, 2020. Accessed May 26, 2020, https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news-story/3305714-tubman-sculpture-to-grace-bme-church-garden/.

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https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/community-story/3311877-legacy-of-freedom-honoured/.]]>
Harriet Tubman (Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD)]]> Harriet Tubman Statue]]> Subject (Topic)
Abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Maryland--History
Northeastern United States
Public art
Public sculpture
Slavery--Maryland
Underground Railroad

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Subject (Name)
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913

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Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

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Inscription on bronze plaque:
Harriet Tubman. C. 1821-1913. ‘The midnight sky and the silent stars have been the witness of your devotion to freedom and of your heroism,’ wrote fellow abolitionist and Eastern Shore native Frederick Douglass of Harriet Tubman. A Civil War nurse, scout, spy, military strategist and early women’s suffragist, the ‘Moses of her people’ freed hundreds of slaves via the Underground Railroad. With the support of the Salisbury University community, sculptor James Hill and his students realized this work in 2009, with the hope that her story will continue to inspire courage and action in the pursuit of human rights.

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Monument and Myth: Commemorating Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad]]> Press Releases. “New SU Sculpture Honors Harriet Tubman.” News. Salisbury University. September 22, 2009. Assessed March 21, 2018, http://www.salisbury.edu/news/article.html?id=3995.

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Harriet Tubman (St. Catharines, Ontario)]]> Subject (Topic)
Abolitionists--United States
Antislavery movements--Canada
Public art
Public sculpture
Underground Railroad

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Subject (Name)
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913

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Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

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Monument and Myth: Commemorating Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad]]> "Sculpting Harriet Tubman: The Creative Process." TimmiStudio and The Florence Studio. Accessed September 18, 2018, http://sculptingharriettubman.timmistudio.com/.

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Forsyth, Paul. "New Statue of Harriet Tubman Unveiled at School Named in Her Honour." NiagaraThisWeek.com. Accessed September 18, 2018,
https://www.niagarathisweek.com/news-story/6270533-new-statue-of-harriet-tubman-unveiled-at-school-named-in-her-honour/.

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"Tubman Statue Unveiled at School." The Standard (St. Catharines), February 9, 2016. Accessed May 26, 2020, https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news-story/8185751-tubman-statue-unveiled-at-school/.

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Step on Board (Boston, MA)]]> Abolitionist--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Fugitive slaves--United States
Massachusetts--History
Northeastern United States
Public art
Public sculpture
Underground Railroad]]>
Subject (Name)
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913

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Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

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Step On Board, Harriet Ross Tubman, 1820 – 1913, Go Down Moses, Way Down in Egypt’s Land, Tell Old Pharoah — Let My People Go.

“There are two things I’ve got a right to, and these are death or liberty. One or another I mean to have. No one will take me back alive.”—Harriet Tubman

“The midnight sky and the silent stars have been the witnesses of your devotion to freedom and of your heroism.” —Frederick Douglass

“Tell my brothers to be always watching unto prayer, and when the good old ship of Zion comes along, to be ready to step aboard.”—Harriet Tubman

“She expected deliverance when she prayed, unless the Lord had ordered otherwise.” —Sarah Bradford]]>
Inscription on bronze plaque:
For the Adornment and Benefit of Boston. The design, fabrication, and installation of the memorials at Harriet Tubman park were made possible through the efforts of the United South End Settlements with funding support from the New England Foundation for the Arts, George B. Henderson Foundation, the Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund, a public charitable trust administered by the Trust Office of the City of Boston. The art piece ’Step on Board’ was designed by artist Fern Cunningham in 1999, and ’Emancipation’ was designed by artist Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller in 1913. The park is maintained by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department in partnership with the friends of Harriet Tubman Park, 2000.

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Monument and Myth: Commemorating Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad]]> “Step on Board/Harriet Tubman Memorial.” CultureNOW. Accessed March 19, 2018, https://www.culturenow.org/index.php?page=entry&permalink=08696.

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“Special Projects: Harriet Tubman Sculpture & Park.” George B. Henderson Foundation. Accessed March 19, 2018, http://thehendersonfoundation.com/harriet_tubman_sculpture_park.htm.

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Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial (New York City)]]> Harriet Tubman Memorial; Harriet Tubman Triangle]]> Subject (Topic)
Abolitionists--United States
Anti-slavery movements--United States
New York--History
Northeastern United States
Public art
Public sculpture
Underground Railroad

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Subject (Name)
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913

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Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

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“It’s My Park: Harriet Tubman Memorial,” NYC Parks, February 6, 2012]]> Inscripton on bronze plaque:
Harriet Tubman Memorial.
Alison Saar. Swing Low, 2007
Plaza Design in Collaboration with
Quennell Rothschild & Partners, LLP
Commissioned by the City of New York
Manhattan Borough President’s Office
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Percent for Art Program
NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
NYC Department of Transportation
NYC Department of Design and Construction

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Inscription on exterior granite wall:
“What a Beautiful Morning It Will Be! O Let My People Go.”

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Informational plaque:
Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial
Harriet Tubman Triangle

This larger-than-life bronze sculpture depicts abolitionist organizer and Underground Railroad leader Harriet Tubman (c. 1822-1913), and stands at the crossroads of St. Nicholas Avenue, West 122nd Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem. Douglass once said of Tubman that except for John Brown, he knew of "no one who has willingly encountered more perils and hardships to serve our enslaved people."

Born into slavery in Maryland around 1822, Tubman escaped in 1849 via the Underground Railroad, the network of places and people dedicated to helping slaves find their way to freedom in non-slaveholding communities. Settling first in Philadelphia, then Canada, Tubman spent ten years returning to Maryland at great personal risk, to guide scores of friends and family members to freedom. Determined to end slavery, she later served the Union Army as a scout, spy and nurse in the Civil War. Settling in Auburn, New York after the war, she continued campaigning for equal rights for women and African-Americans. Her humanitarian work, including caring for the sick, homeless and disabled of all races, resulted in the establishment of the Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged in that community. She died in 1913 and was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn with semi-military honors.

The memorial, commissioned through the Department of Cultural Affairs' Percent for Art program, was created by African-American sculptor Alison Saar. The artist has depicted Tubman "not as the conductor of the Underground Railroad but as the train itself, an unstoppable locomotive," the roots of slavery pulled up in her wake. Saar designed stylized portraits of "anonymous passengers" of the Underground Railroad in Tubman's skirt, some of which were inspired by West African "passport masks." Around the granite base of the monument are bronze tiles alternately depicting events in Tubman's life and traditional quilting patterns.

The multi-agency project included landscaping the formerly barren traffic triangle. Designed by Quennell Rothschild and constructed by URS, the renovated triangle features paving blocks and roughly hewn granite to create a natural setting. Plantings native to both New York and Tubman's home state of Maryland represent the woods and terrain traveled by Tubman and her Underground Railroad passengers, providing a contemplative space in which to consider Tubman's legacy.

City of New York Parks & Recreation
www.nyc.gov/parks
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Monument and Myth: Commemorating Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad]]> Press Release. “Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial Sculpture is Dedicated in Harlem.” NYC Parks. November 13, 2008. Accessed March 18, 2018, https://www.nycgovparks.org/news/press-releases?id=20772%20.

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“Percent for Art Interview: Alison Saar.” NYC Department of Cultural Affairs. Accessed March 18, 2018, https://percentforartnyc.tumblr.com/post/77305087355/percent-for-art-interview-alison-saar.

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Unwavering Courage in the Pursuit of Freedom (Wilimington, DE)]]> Subject (Topic)
Abolitionist--United States
Antislavery movements--United States
Fugitive slaves--United States
Northeastern United States
Public art
Public sculpture
Underground Railroad

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Subject (Name)
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913
Garrett, Thomas, 1789-1871

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Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

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“Connecting Humanity During Disconnected Times,” Mario Chiodo at TEDx Napa Valley, December 19, 2012]]> Bronze plaque:
Unwavering Courage in the Pursuit of Freedom, Dedicated October 3, 2012, Honorable James M. Baker, Mayor, Artist: Mario Chiodo.

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Inscripton on Tubman biographical bronze plaque:
Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Harriet Ross; 1820 – March 10, 1913). ‘I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.’ Born on Maryland’s eastern shore, Harriet Tubman’s family of eleven suffered the indignities of violence and division common to the institution of slavery. Harriet escaped from slavery following the death of her owner in 1849. Over the course of 10 years, with the help of Thomas Garrett and other abolitionists, she led hundreds of slaves along the Underground Railroad through Wilmington to freedom in New York, New England, and Canada, earning the title of the ‘Moses of her people’. During the Civil War, she was a cook and a nurse and became a spy and armed scout for the federal forces, helping to liberate more than 700 slaves in South Carolina. Tubman died in 1913 at her home in Auburn, NY.

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Inscripton on Garrett biographical bronze plaque:
Thomas Garrett (b. August 21, 1789 – d. January 24, 1871). ‘No labor during a long life has give me so much real happiness as what I have done for the slave.’ Thomas Garrett has been called Delaware’s greatest humanitarian and is credited with helping more than 2,700 slaves escape to freedom in a forty-year long career as a station master of the Underground Railroad. His abolitionist activities, along with the Quaker congregation from the Friends Meeting House in Wilmington, helped to make Wilmington an important gateway on the freedom trail. Garrett helped Harriet Tubman on her many journeys, giving her food, clothing, shelter, and money. He was convicted of violating the federal Fugitive Slave Law in 1848 and heavily fined and forced into bankruptcy. Garrett devoted his life to the abolitionist cause, openly defying slave hunters, as well as the slave system.

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Monument and Myth: Commemorating Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad]]> Chiodo, Mario. “Unwavering Courage in the Pursuit of Freedom.” Freedom March of Art. Accessed March 18, 2018, www.freedommarchofart.com/tubman.html.

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