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Photograph of The First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Statue in Butler, Missouri. The monument depicts a soldier from the First Kansas Colored Infantry during the Battle of Island Mound, which took place on October 28 and 29, 1862. The soldier is shown charging forward, his left foot stepping ahead.
The monument depicts a soldier from the First Kansas Colored Infantry during the Battle of Island Mound, which took place on October 28 and 29, 1862. The soldier is shown charging forward, his left foot stepping ahead. His facial expression is grave…

Photograph of the reduced version of Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial, located on the campus of Scripps College.
The sculptor Alison Saar created this smaller version of Harriet Tubman based on the full-scale Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial in New York City. Tubman is shown in motion, striding forward with one hand clasping the strap of her shoulder bag.…

Photograph of Harriet Tubman statue in Little Rock, Arkansas, with Tubman holding a walking stick and the hand of a young boy.
The monument depicts Harriet Tubman leading a young African American boy by her left hand and holding a long walking stick in her right. She wears a brimmed hat, a long-sleeve shirt with a shawl wrapped around her neck, and a flowing skirt. As they…

Photograph of Harriet Tubman statue  in Gainesville, Georgia. Detail of Tubman's face.
The monument depicts Harriet Tubman leading a young African American boy by her left hand and holding a long walking stick in her right. She wears a brimmed hat, a long-sleeve shirt with a shawl wrapped around her neck, and a flowing skirt. As they…

Photograph of Harriet Tubman statue in Mesa, Arizona, with Tubman carrying a walking stick and holding the hand of a young boy.
The monument depicts Harriet Tubman leading a young African American boy by her left hand and holding a long walking stick in her right. She wears a brimmed hat, a long-sleeve shirt with a shawl wrapped around her neck, and a flowing skirt. As they…

Photograph of the William Seward and Harriet Tubman Statue outside the Schenectady Public Library in Schenectady, New York. View of the plaza in front of the library .
Placed outside the Schenectady County Public Library, a life-size statue of William Seward and Harriet Tubman stand on Mohawk Valley ordovician dolostone inside a garden bed. Seward stands with a cane in his right hand and his left arm around the…

Photograph of the West Point Monument in Norfolk, Virginia. Atop a large square column of stone, the figure of the Norfolk native Sergeant William H. Carney of the Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry Regiment is depicted, dressed in his military uniform. Carney is the first African American to receive the Medal of Honor for his courageous actions at the Battle of Fort Wagner in South Carolina.
Atop a large square column of limestone, the figure of the Norfolk native Sergeant William H. Carney of the Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry Regiment is depicted, dressed in his military uniform. Carney is the first African American to receive…

Photograph  of the entrance of the African Burying Ground Memorial with male figure. Located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
The memorial is composed of a number of distinct elements. A rectangular granite stele on State Street marks the memorial’s entrance. On one side, below the engraved text that reads “African Burying Ground Memorial,” a life-size bronze figure of a…

Photograph of the entrance to the Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park with Unwavering Courage in the Pursuit of Freedom in Wilmington, Delaware.
A multi-figure sculpture of Harriet Tubman and Thomas Garrett leads two fugitive enslaved persons, a semi-nude man and a fully clothed woman, along the Underground Railroad in Wilmington, Delaware. Tubman carries a baby in her arms and wears a head…

The memorial includes a stone tabletop supported by 300 bronze male and female African American figures, their arms raised over their heads as they collectively hold the weight of the tabletop.
The memorial includes a stone tabletop supported by 300 bronze male and female African American figures, their arms raised over their heads as they collectively hold the weight of the tabletop. The differing dress of the figures-- some are shown in…
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