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Near the Mount Vernon cemetery for enslaved persons, the memorial consists of three concentric circles acting as steps that are inscribed with the words: “Faith,” “Hope” and “Love.” The steps lead toward the central, gray granite column, which is…

The memorial sits on .35 acres and includes seven distinct design features: Wall of Remembrance, Ancestral Re-Internment Grove, Memorial Wall, The Ancestral Chamber, Circle of the Diaspora, Spiral Processional Ramp, and The Ancestral Libation Court.…

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…

The bronze statue of Harriet Tubman is placed on a concrete base. Tubman wears a nineteenth-century inspired dress that she lifts with her left hand, creating a rippling effect in the bronze cloth. On her left shoulder sits a saw-whet owl, at her…

This monument consists of three life-size bronze sculptural groupings, relief panels detailing the history of the Black Brigade of Cincinnati, and the 718 names of the soldiers of the Black Brigade etched in the pink granite beneath the bas-reliefs.…

The Slavery Memorial at Harvard Law School consists of a large boulder with a bronze plaque inset into it. The plaque reads: “In honor of the enslaved whose labor created wealth that made possible the founding of Harvard Law School. May we pursue the…

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…

The Amistad Memorial centers around a large bronze triangular prism adorned with sculptural reliefs, depicting scenes from the life of Sengbe Pieh.In 1839 Pieh led a revolt of abducted Africans against their captors on the Spanish slave ship, the…

The memorial features a black granite obelisk, partially encircled by eight stone markers featuring the names of the members of the 29th Colored Regiments. The obelisk itself includes images and/or texts on all four sides. The west side features a…

Located in Washington, DC, the semicircular bronze statue by Ed Hamilton depicts three African American infantrymen and one sailor. The soldiers grasp the barrels of their rifled muskets, while the sailor holds a ship’s wheel. The soldiers wear the…