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Title
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Harriet Tubman Monuments
Creator
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Written by Grace Yasumura
Contributor
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Renée Ater
Description
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<div style="padding-right: 30%;">
<p>The monuments and memorials in the section commemorate the extraordinary achievements of the abolitionist and women’s rights activist <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman/tubman-bio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harriet Tubman</a>, née Araminta Ross, (c. 1822—1913). Born into slavery on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, she escaped to freedom in 1849. During the next ten years, she made approximately thirteen trips into Maryland to rescue other enslaved family members and friends. She provided instructions for escape to about 70 more enslaved people who were able to self-emancipate. During the Civil War, she served the United States Army as a spy, scout, nurse and cook. As one of the most famous conductors of the <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman/tubman-ugrr/short-history-ugrr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Underground Railroad</a>, the monuments in this section often depict Tubman leading groups of freedom seekers on their journey northwards to freedom, such as Mario Chiodo’s <a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/3" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Unwavering Courage in the Pursuit of Freedom</em></a>. In other works, such as Alison Saar’s <a href="https://www.harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/12" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Swing Low</em></a>, Tubman is depicted alone, facing southward as she makes the perilous journey back to Maryland to free more enslaved people.</p>
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Sculpture
Physical Dimensions
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120 x 84 in. (304.8 x 213.36 cm.)
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<em>Step on Board</em> (Boston, MA)
Subject
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Subject (Topic) <br />Abolitionist--United States<br />Antislavery movements--United States <br />Fugitive slaves--United States <br />Massachusetts--History<br />Northeastern United States <br />Public art <br />Public sculpture <br />Underground Railroad
<p>Subject (Name) <br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
Description
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A high relief sculpture with Harriet Tubman and six figures: three women, two men, and a baby. All figures are clothed in nineteenth-century dress. Wearing a dress, shawl, and head wrap, Tubman strides forward, gesturing with her left hand and holding a bible under her right arm. The figures are backed by a vertical slab of pink granite. On the reverse of statue is a diagram of the route Tubman took when accompanying passengers on the Underground Railroad (Maryland, Delaware, Philadelphia, New York City, Albany, Syracuse, Rochester, Canada). Includes quotations from Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and Sarah Bradford.
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Cunningham, Fern, 1949-2020
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Photographs by Renée Ater
Date
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Dedication: June 20, 1999
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CBA Landscape Architects, Boston, Massachusetts; United South End Settlements, Boston, Massachusetts; New England Foundation for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts; The George B. Henderson Foundation and The Edgar Ingersoll Browne Fund, Boston, Massachusetts; and Boston Parks and Recreation
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Boston Art Commission, Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, Boston City Hall, Room 802, Boston, Massachusetts, 02201, United States
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JPEG
Language
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English
Type
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Visual Arts-Sculpture
Coverage
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Harriet Tubman Park, Columbus Avenue and Pembrook Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02116, United States
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Harriet Tubman Memorial
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<em><strong>Inscriptions on back of relief:</strong> </em><br />Step On Board, Harriet Ross Tubman, 1820 – 1913, Go Down Moses, Way Down in Egypt’s Land, Tell Old Pharoah — Let My People Go.<br /><br />“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<br /><br />“The midnight sky and the silent stars have been the witnesses of your devotion to freedom and of your heroism.” —Frederick Douglass<br /><br />“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<br /><br />“She expected deliverance when she prayed, unless the Lord had ordered otherwise.” —Sarah Bradford
<p><em><strong>Inscription on bronze plaque:</strong> </em><br />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.</p>
Extent
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120 x 84 in. (304.8 x 213.36 cm.)
Medium
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Bronze; Pink granite
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<p>“Step on Board/Harriet Tubman Memorial.” CultureNOW. Accessed March 19, 2018, <a href="https://www.culturenow.org/index.php?page=entry&permalink=08696" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.culturenow.org/index.php?page=entry&permalink=08696</a>.</p>
<p>“Special Projects: Harriet Tubman Sculpture & Park.” George B. Henderson Foundation. Accessed March 19, 2018, <a href="http://thehendersonfoundation.com/harriet_tubman_sculpture_park.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://thehendersonfoundation.com/harriet_tubman_sculpture_park.htm</a>.</p>
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Renée Ater
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<a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/exhibits/show/commemorating-harriet-tubman" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Monument and Myth: Commemorating Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad</a>
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anti-slavery
Boston
Fern Cunningham
Harriet Tubman
Massachusetts
Underground Railroad