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Harriet Tubman statue in Auburn, New York, shows the abolitionist carrying a lantern and a pistol tucked into her waistband.
The seven-and-half foot tall (2.3 meters) bronze statue represents a young Harriet Tubman, traveling on the Underground Railroad. Clothed in nineteenth-century shawl, jacket, pleated skirt, and a pistol tucked into her satchel. Tubman strides forward…

Harriet Tubman Monument in Beaufort, South Carolina, depicts Tubman striding forward on a black granite plinth.
The monument depicts Harriet Tubman, co-leader of the military operation now known as the Combahee River Raid (also called the Combahee Ferry Raid), which took place in South Carolina on June 1, 1863. During the raid, more than 700 enslaved people…

North to Freedom-Harriet Tubman Statue in Pomona, California, shows Tubman with her arm raised and striding forward.
A bronze sculpture of Harriet Tubman stands atop a rugged granite base. With her right foot stepping forward, Tubman strides confidently, her right hand pointing toward the sky. She wears a copper-toned hat, a satchel, and pleated skirt, a…

Shadow of a Face: Harriet Tubman Monument in Newark, New Jersey, includes a concrete portrait of Tubman set into a concrete wall.
A larger-than-life metal structure outlining a figure of Harriet Tubman stands at the site where a statue of Christopher Columbus once stood. Two sloped and offset semi-circular walls surround the metal structure. One of the walls is made of…

The Beacon of Hope installed in Cape May, New Jersey, depicts Tubman standing atop an oxen yoke with a star on her upraised hand.
A bronze sculpture of Harriet Tubman stands firmly atop an oxen yoke. She stares into the eyes of the viewer, offering a golden key. Her right hand is raised, encircled by a rose compass—both adorned in gold leaf. Underneath the yoke lie countless…

The Journey to Freedom installed in Montgomery, Alabama, depicts Tubman and a young girl caught in motion.
The sculpture depicts Harriet Tubman and a young girl caught in brisk motion against the wind, navigating treacherous terrain. Tubman’s left foot rests on an elevated platform, propelling them forward while her right foot pushes upward toward the…

The Beacon of Hope in Cambridge, Maryland. Facing true North, a bronze statue of Tubman and her younger self, Araminta Ross.
Facing true North, a bronze monument of Harriet Tubman and her younger self, Araminta Ross, stands atop a granite base. With her right foot planted firmly on an oxen yoke, Tubman uses her left foot to propel herself upward. She gazes into the eyes of…

Sojourner Truth is modeled as a bespectacled, a middle-aged woman, who carries a cane in her left hand.
Vinnie Bagwell's seven-foot-tall bronze statue of Sojourner Truth reveals a bespectacled, a middle-aged woman who stares resolutely forward, her head turned slightly to the right. Bagwell, perhaps taking inspiration from this undated carte de visite…

Truth is shown with her arms crossed at her chest as she tilts her head skyward, her eyes closed.
Unlike many sculptural representations of Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Catlett’s work is geometric and slightly abstracted. Truth is shown with her arms crossed at her chest as she tilts her head skyward, her eyes closed. The flared skirt of her…

Truth is carrying a Bible in her right hand, and steps forward on her right leg.
Truth's body is modeled in contrapposto, an Italian art term that describes a classical body postion with a subject's weight shifted to one side to suggest liveliness and motion. In this statue, Truth steps forward with her body weight on the left…
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