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The sculptor Thomas Ball’s composition includes two figures, one fully clothed, the other semi-nude. Due to the dozens of photographs that survive from the 1860s, we recognize that the standing bearded man is Abraham Lincoln. Dressed in a shirt with…

Located in Chamberlain Freedom Park in Brewer, Maine, the bronze statue depicts a male freedom seeker from the waist up. He presses his hands against a manhole and appears to be emerging from an underground tunnel. His well-defined torso leans…

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 brimmed hat, holding a walking cane, and dressed in simple shirt and pants with worn shoes ( a hole…

The Underground Railroad Sculpture commemorates Oberlin's role in the Underground Railroad. Wooden railroad tracks with iron ties emerge from the ground, reaching skyward. Cameron Armstrong (then a senior at Oberlin College) created the sculpture in…

A figurative statue of Dred and Harriet Scott. Dred Scott wears a suit with tie. He reaches his left arm behind Harriet Scott, embracing her; they also hold hands. Harriet Scott wears a full-length dress and turns her head upward.

Dedicated to the history of enslavement in the Louisiana, the Whitney Plantation is sited on the grounds where enslaved people labored in bondage for over 100 years. The historical site, museum, and memorials are located in St. John the Baptist…

The memorial commemorates Henry "Box" Brown's harrowing journey to freedom. On March 23, 1849, with the assistance of James Caesar Anthony Smith, a freedman and white abolitionist, Samuel Alexander Smith, Brown shipped himself in a two-by-three-foot…

The public art project including a rain garden is located along the Hudson River in Yonkers. It is comprised of four life-size bronze statues: I'Satta; Themba; Bibi; and Sola and Olumide. The figures commemorate enslaved Africans who resided at the…

In 1730, the colonial government of Bermuda executed Sarah Bassett, an enslaved woman, for allegedly attempting to poison her granddaughter’s enslavers. In Spirit of Freedom, she is depicted as a slender female figure bound tightly with ropes, her…

Created by the architecture firm After Architecture (Katie MacDonald and Kyle Schumann), the memorial consists of three entry gatewaysthat serve as both functional entrances and commemorative spaces. Constructed from charred wood and lined with…