Emancipation (Boston, MA)
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Subject (Topic)
Allegory (Art)
Northeastern United States
Public art
Public sculpture
Slaves--Emancipation--United States

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Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

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National Center of Afro-American Artists, 300 Walnut Street, Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States

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The Museum of Afro-American History, 46 Joy Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Inscription on granite base (1999):
Emancipation, 1913. In honor of African American freed persons who by their courage and valor gave
meaning to emancipation. Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, (1877-1968) sculptor. Courtesy of The Museum of the National Center for Afro-American Artists and the
Museum of Afro-American History.

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Inscription on granite base (2013):
“Humanity weeping over her suddenly freed children who beneath the gnarled fingers of Fate, step forth into the world, unafraid.” Meta Warrick Fuller

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Inscription on granite base (2013):
“The Negro has been emancipated from slavery but not from the curse of race hatred and prejudice. . . It was not Lincoln alone who wrote the Emancipation but the humane side of the nation . . .” Meta Warrick Fuller

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Monument and Myth: Commemorating Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad]]> Remaking Race and History: The Sculpture of Meta Warrick Fuller. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011.]]>