<em>Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue</em> (Florence, MA)
Subject (Topic)<br />Antislavery movements--United States<br /><span>Abolitionists--United States</span><br />Women's Suffrage<br /><span>Massachusetts--History</span><br /><span>Public art</span><br /><span>Public sculpture</span>
Subject (Name)<br />Truth, Sojourner, c. 1797 – November 26, 1883
Subject (Object Type)<br />Commemorative sculpture
The life-size bronze figure of Sojourner Truth stands at the center of a square granite base. Truth is shown bespectacled, wearing a period-appropriate head covering, long scarf, and floor-length dress. Her arms are open at her side, in an inviting gesture. She holds a walking stick in her right hand.
Warren, Thomas Jay, <span>1958-</span>
<a href="https://sojournertruthmemorial.org/about-us/memorial-statue/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sojourner Truth Memorial Committee</a>
Unveiled: October 6, 2002
Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue Committee; Massachusetts Monument Grants program; Florence Savings Bank; Smith College; Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts; Denig Design Associates of Northampton
To learn more about the history of the work's commission, click <a href="https://www.massmoments.org/moment-details/northampton-dedicates-sojourner-truth-statue.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
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English
Visual Arts-Sculpture
121 Pine St, Florence, MA 01062
<em>Step on Board</em> (Boston, MA)
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>
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.
Cunningham, Fern, 1949-2020
Photographs by Renée Ater
Dedication: June 20, 1999
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
Boston Art Commission, Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, Boston City Hall, Room 802, Boston, Massachusetts, 02201, United States
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English
Visual Arts-Sculpture
Harriet Tubman Park, Columbus Avenue and Pembrook Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02116, United States