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From Absence to Presence, The Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland (St. Mary's College of Maryland)
"In From Absence to Presence, the tectonic form of a slave quarter materializes from the ground up evoking how this history was uncovered from…
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Underground Railroad Monuments
The memorial and monuments in this collection are dedicated to the Underground Railroad, an organized network of routes and safe houses that…
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Prairie Boat (Chicago, Illinois)
The design of this forty-foot-long gathering space connects the African American Water Trail, the natural spaces of Beaubien Woods on the Far South…
Freedmen's Memorial to Abraham Lincoln (Washington, DC)
From "On the Removal of Statues": Ball’s composition includes two figures, one fully clothed, the other semi-nude. Due to the dozens of photographs…
North to Freedom (Brewer, Maine)
The statue depicts a male freedom seeker from the waist up. His head is turned to his right shoulder, looking back toward the south and leaning to the…
Lorain Underground Station 100 Monument (Lorain, Ohio)
A low relief depicts three freedom seekers against the map of Ohio: a father, mother, and young boy. The male figure is show in profile wearing a soft…