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Eight life-size bronze statues (in six groupings) commemorate the formerly enslaved persons who escaped from the South and sought safety and freedom behind Union lines at the Corinth Contraband Camp in Corinth, Mississippi. Established by Union…

Caught mid-stride, the over life-size bronze statue of Frederick Douglass stands in front of Holmes Hall on the campus of Morgan State University, a historically Black university in Baltimore, Maryland. The bearded Douglass holds a cane in his right…

The Ark of Return serves as a memorial to honor the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. Constructed from white marble, the memorial is a triangular structure with clean geometric lines and faceted surfaces, giving it a modern yet…

The muscular, semi-nude figure looks resolutely forward as he raises a machete in his right hand and holds a long (sugar cane?) in his left. A shackle with a broken chain is still attached to his left wrist. The work was created to celebrate Gaspar…

Made in 2008, the monumental ironwork is dedicated to both the memory of General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas (Davy de La Pailleterie), the first Black general in France and in acknowledgment of the abolition of slavery. The memorial was dedicated on April…

Standing to the right of a lectern, Gabriel Koren modeled Frederick Douglass as an elder statesman, with a furrowed brow and a deeply lined face. Resting his right hand atop the lectern, Douglass’ mouth is closed as he stares resolutely forward.…

To mark the bicentennial of Frederick Douglass’ birth, the City of Rochester, NY, commissioned Olivia Kim to create thirteen live-size portraits of Douglass in 2018, placing them throughout the city at sites significant to Douglass’s life and work.…

Seated in simple wooden chairs, Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony engage in conversation over tea. On a table between them sits a tea pot, two teacups and saucers, and two books. Douglass leans forward, his gaze cast slightly downward,…

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…

Preston Jackson‘s monumental bronze and stainless steel Knockin’ on Freedom’s Door is located on the site of the former Pettengill House in Peoria, an important station on the Underground Railroad. The work features multiple bronze sculptural groups…