<em>Dred and Harriet Scott</em> (St. Louis, MO)
Subject (Topic)<br />Abolitionists--United States <br />Antislavery movements--United States<br />Public art <br />Public sculpture<br />Slavery-Emancipation
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Subject (Name)<br />Scott, Dred, 1799-1858<br />Scott, Harriet, 1815-1876
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Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture
A figurative statue of Dred and Harriet Scott. Dred Scott wears a suit with tie. He reaches his left arm behind Harriet Scott, embracing her; they also hold hands. Harriet Scott wears a full-length dress and turns her head upward.
Weber, Harry, 1942-
Photograph from <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75117035" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WikiData</a>.
Dedicated: June 8, 2012
Dred Scott Heritage Foundation and National Park Service.
Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis (RAC), 6128 Delmar Boulevard, St. Louis, Ohio 63112
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Old Courthouse, 11 N. 4th Street, St. Louis, Missouri, 63102, United States
<em>Henry "Box" Brown Memorial </em>(Richmond, Virginia)
Subject (Topic)<br />Abolitionists--United States <br />Antislavery movements--United States<br />Mid-Atlantic United States<br />Public art <br />Public sculpture <br />Slavery--Emancipation
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Subject (Name)<br />Brown, Henry "Box," 1816-1897
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Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture
The memorial commemorates Henry "Box" Brown's harrowing journey to freedom. On March 23, 1849, with the assistance of James Caesar Anthony Smith, a freedman and white abolitionist, Samuel Alexander Smith, Brown shipped himself in a two-by-three-foot crate marked "dried goods" from Richmond to Philadelphia. Brown would later become a well-known antislavery activist, attempting to assist other enslaved people to escape in crates.<br /><br />The memorial includes a bronze crate meant to resemble the wooden one that Brown used. The crate is open and an outline of a crouching human figure is inscribed on the back panel of the box. An informational placard is sited near the sculpture, which details the history of slavery in Richmond and Brown's escape.
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Photographs by Renée Ater
2001
City of Richmond, Richmond City Council Slave Trade Commission, and Venture Richmond.
City of Richmond, 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, 23219
<a href="https://www.pbs.org/black-culture/shows/list/underground-railroad/stories-freedom/henry-box-brown/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Henry "Box" Brown</a>
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Box Brown Plaza, 1498 Dock Street, Richmond, Virginia, 23219, United States
<em>Denmark Vesey Monument</em> (Charleston, SC)
<p>Subject (Topic)<br />Anti-slavery movements--United States<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture<br />Slave insurrections--South Carolina--Charleston<br />Slave revolt--South Carolina--Charleston<br />Slavery--South Carolina<br />South Carolina--History</p>
<p>Subject (Name)<br />Vesey, Denmark, 1767-1822</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
<p>The work is dedicated to Denmark Vesey, a carpenter and self-educated black man who planned one of the most extensive slave revolt in U.S. history in Charleston, SC in 1822. Vesey, elegantly dressed in a collared jacket, trousers, and an exceedingly long and slim cravat, is shown holding his carpentry bag, his hat, and his Bible. The figure stands atop a massive granite pedestal that is inscribed on two sides with biographical and historical information about Vesey and his vital contributions to the fight for the emancipation of black people.</p>
Dwight, Ed, 1933-
Photographs by Izetta Autumn Mobley
Dedicated: February 8, 2014
Denmark Vesey and the Spirit of Freedom Monument Committee and City of Charleston.
City of Charleston, 80 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina, 29401, United States
To watch a video of the the monument's dedication, click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaQOovmfq6Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here.</a>
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Hampton Park, 30 Mary Murray Drive, Charleston, South Carolina, 29403, United States
<em>Edmonson Sisters Memorial</em> (Alexandria, VA)
<p>Subject (Topic)<br />Abolitionists--United States<br />Antislavery movements--United States<br />Middle Atlantic states<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture<br />Slave trade<br />Slavery-Emancipation</p>
<p>Subject (Name)<br /><span>Edmonson</span>, Emily, 1835–1895<br /><span>Edmonson, </span>Mary, 1832–1853</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type)<br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
<p>Two young women emerge from a large rocky outcrop, their hands clasped tightly as they stride forward. The over life-sized work depicts the abolitionists and former slaves, the sisters Mary and Emily Edmonson. The statue is located on the site of the former Joseph Bruin’s slave jail, where the sisters were held after a failed attempt to escape from Washington, D.C. in 1848 on the ship Pearl. On the back of the sculpture is an etching of the ship Pearl.</p>
Blome, Erik, 1967
Photographs by Renée Ater
Dedicated: June 25, 2010
Carr Development Corp and The City of Alexandria.
City of Alexandria, 301 King Street, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314, United States
To read more about the lives of the Edmonson Sisters, click <a href="https://www.alexandriava.gov/uploadedFiles/historic/info/archaeology/TrailSignEdmonsonSisters.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.alexandriava.gov/uploadedFiles/historic/info/archaeology/TrailSignEdmonsonSisters.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a>
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Edmonson Plaza, 1701 Duke Street, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314, United States
<em>Amistad Memorial</em> (New Haven, CT)
<p>Subject (Topic)<br />Abolitionists--United States<br />Amistad Mutiny<br />Anti-slavery movements--United States<br />Northeastern United States<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture<br />Slave insurrections<br />Slave trade<br />Slavery--United States<br /><br /></p>
<p>Subject (Name)<br />Pieh, Sengbe (Joseph Cinque), ca. 1814-ca. 1879</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type)<br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
<p>The <em>Amistad Memorial </em>centers around a large bronze triangular prism adorned with<span> sculptural </span>reliefs, depicting scenes from the life of Sengbe Pieh. In <span>1839 </span>Pieh led a revolt of abducted Africans against their captors on the Spanish slave ship, the Amistad. The Amistad was seized off the coast of Long Island, NY, by the U.S. brig, Washington and the Africans on board were imprisoned on charges of murder. The case went to the US Supreme Court, where Pieh and his fellow Africans were found to have rightfully defended themselves as they were free individuals, having been kidnapped and transported illegally.</p>
<p>The memorial stands on the site of the New Haven jail, where Pieh and the other Amistad Africans were held during their trials. The three sides of the sculpture depict the life of Pieh: the first side shows him as a young man in Africa; the second side depicts his court trials, and the third side shows Pieh after he won his freedom. A fourth side of the sculpture, only visible from the upper floors of City Hall, includes images of disembodied hands emerging from ocean waves, a reminder of the thousands who perished during the Middle Passage. Pieh's famous courtroom statement, "make us free" is inscribed on the work’s granite base. The memorial rests atop a squared platform, which was inserted into a purpose-built recessed space added to City Hall during a 1990 renovation.</p>
Hamilton, Ed, 1947-
Photographs by Renee Ater
Dedicated: September 18, 1992
The Amistad Committee, Inc.
Department of Arts, Culture, and Tourism, City of New Haven, 165 Church Street, 6th Floor, New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, United States
To read more about the Supreme Court Case, <em>United States v. The Amistad</em>, click <a href="https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/amistad" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here.</a>
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New Haven City Hall, 165 Church Street, New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, United States