African Burying Ground Memorial (<em>We Stand in Honor of Those Forgotten</em>) (Portsmouth, NH)
<p>Subject (Topic)<br />African Americans--New Hampshire--History<br />Cemeteries--New Hampshire<br />New Hampshire--History<br />Northeastern United States<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture<br />Slavery</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type)<br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
<p>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 man stands with his back against the stone stele. His left-hand reaches out and back, towards the other side of the stele. On the opposite side, a life-size bronze figure of a woman mirrors the gesture of her male counterpart. The sculptor, Jerome Meadows, leaves a gap between the outstretched hands of the two figures. <br /><br />On the opposite end of the memorial, a group of eight life-size vertical bronze and concrete silhouettes, each inscribed with a line from a poem written by Meadows, stand in a semi-circle around the burial vault. The figural group is surrounded by a metal railing, embellished with ceramic tiles. The design of the 110 ceramic tiles is inspired by Kinte cloth patterns and based on the original drawings created in a workshop Meadows facilitated with students from a local middle school. The burial vault contains the re-interred remains of the 13 individuals found on the site in 2003. The vault is marked with a Sankofa, a West African Adinkra symbol that means “Return and Get It — Learn from the Past.” <br /><br />The sculptural groups are connected by the “Petition Line,” a ribbon of pinks stone, which contrasts with the gray stone walkway of the memorial. The Petition Line contains excerpts from a formal document submitted to the New Hampshire legislature in 1779 by 20 enslaved individuals petitioning for their freedom. To the right is an information marker that provides visitors with the historical context for the memorial, as well as the poem by Meadows - <em>I Stand For Those Forgotten</em>.</p>
Meadows, Jerome, 1951-
Photographs by Sally Promey
2015
Portsmouth City Council; African Burying Ground Committee; Roberta Woodburn, Woodburn & Company Landscape Architecture; community members; Portsmouth school children; and various non-profit partners including the Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc., the Seacoast African American Cultural Center, the Portsmouth Historical Society, and Art-Speak.
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Portsmouth African Burying Ground, 97 Chestnut Street (between Court and State Streets), Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 03801, United States
<i>The Path of Thorns and Roses </i>(Contraband and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, Alexandria, VA)<i><br /></i>
Subject (Topic) <br />African Americans--Virginia<br />Alexandria (Va.)--History<br />American South<br />Cemeteries--Virginia<br />Freedmen--Virginia<br />Fugitive slaves--United States <br />Public art <br />Public sculpture
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
<p><em>The Path of Thorns and Roses</em> is an 18-foot high sculpture that spirals upwards and includes six allegorial figures: Oppression (a semi-nude male figure), Struggle (a semi-nude male figure at the base of the sculpture), Sacrifice (a woman who grasps the limp body of a child), Loss (a woman enfolded onto herself), and Compassion (a woman holding a baby and reaching towards Loss). Hope, a man with a bald head, stands on his toes within a large circle of thorns. The figure of Hope holds an unbloomed rose in his outstretched hands. Alongside the statue is a four-walled structure, “The Place of Remembrance,” the includes the names of individuals interred at the site as well as historical information on African Americans in Alexandria during the Civil War. Limestone blocks mark individual graves.</p>
Chiodo, Mario, 1961-
Photographs by Renée Ater
Dedication: September 6, 2014
C. J. Howard, RA (original design); Joanna Blake (sculptor, bas-reliefs); AECOM (formerly EDAW); Howard + Revis Design; City of Alexandria; Friends of Freedmen's Cemetery; and Alexandria Commission for the Arts.
City of Alexandria, Alexandria City Hall, 301 King Street, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314, United States
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7943747,-77.0493801,3a,90y,43.15h,89.8t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipOKqUR1lTAjAOfveVbI8WWlG-GgEXeYXNq5ZOSA!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOKqUR1lTAjAOfveVbI8WWlG-GgEXeYXNq5ZOSA%3Dw234-h106-k-no-pi-0-ya0-ro-0-fo100!7i10872!8i5436" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Virtual Tour of Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial on Google 360 virtual tours</a>
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1001 S. Washington Street, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314, United States
<i>Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial</i> (reduced version) (Scripps College, Claremont, CA)
<p>Subject (Topic) <br />Abolitionists--United States<br />Anti-slavery movements--United States<br />American West <br />California--History<br />Public art <br />Public sculpture <br />Underground Railroad</p>
<p>Subject (Name) <br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative scupture</p>
Portrait sculpture of Harriet Tubman based on the full-scale <i>Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial</i> in New York City.
Saar, Alison, 1956-
Photograph: Scripps College, <a href="https://www.scrippscollege.edu/news/releases/scripps-college-to-dedicate-sculpture-of-harriet-tubman-for-new-sculpture-garden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.scrippscollege.edu/news/releases/scripps-college-to-dedicate-sculpture-of-harriet-tubman-for-new-sculpture-garden</a>
Dedication: March 10, 2010
Installation made possible with gifts from Jacqueline Avant, Carol Vernon, and Robert Turbin
Scripps College, 1030 Columbia Avenue, Claremont, California, 91711, United States
<a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/12" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> <i>Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial</i>, New York City, New York</a>
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Bixby Court, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, 251 E 11 Street, Claremont, California, 91711, United States
<i>Harriet Tubman</i> (third cast) (Little Rock, AR)
<p>Subject (Topic) <br />Abolitionist--United States<br />South Central United States<br />Antislavery movements--United States<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture<br />Underground Railroad</p>
<p>Subject (Name) <br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
Harriet Tubman is shown with a walking stick in her right hand and grasping the hand of a young boy with her left hand.
DeDecker, Jane, 1961-
Photograph: Public Art Archive: Harriet Tubman, Little Rock Arkansas, <a href="https://locate.publicartarchive.org/art/Harriet-Tubman?ib=ext" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://locate.publicartarchive.org/art/Harriet-Tubman?ib=ext</a>
2004
Dr. Dean Kumpuris, Little Rock Board of Directors, City of Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas; John Kinkade, National Sculptors’ Guild at Columbine Gallery, Little Rock, Arkansas; and Peggy and Haskell L. Dickinson (donors), Little Rock, Arkansas.
City of Little Rock, 500 W. Markham Street, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72201, United States
<a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/5" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Harriet Tubman</em>, Las Sendas, Mesa, Arizona</a>
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764 President Clinton Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72201, United States
<i>Harriet Tubman</i> (second cast) (Brenau University, Gainesville, GA)
<p>Subject (Topic) <br />Abolitionist--United States<br />American South<br />Antislavery movements--United States<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture<br />Underground Railroad</p>
<p>Subject (Name) <br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
Harriet Tubman is shown with a walking stick in her right hand and grasping the hand of a young boy.
DeDecker, Jane, 1961-
Photograph: Brenau University, <a href="https://update.brenau.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IMG_0007.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://update.brenau.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IMG_0007.jpg</a>
1997
Brenau University, 500 Washington St SE, Gainesville, Georgia, 30501, United States
<a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/5" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Harriet Tubman</em>, Las Sendas, Mesa, Arizona</a>
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Thurmond McRae Lecture Hall, Brenau University, 625 Academy Street, Gainesville, Georgia, 30501, United States
<i>Harriet Tubman</i> (fourth cast) (Ypsilanti, MI)
<p>Subject (Topic) <br />Abolitionist--United States<br />American Midwest<br />Antislavery movements--United States<br />Michigan--History<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture<br />Underground Railroad</p>
<p>Subject (Name) <br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
Harriet Tubman is shown with a walking stick in her right hand and grasping the hand of a young boy with her left hand.
DeDecker, Jane, 1961-
Photograph, Wikimedia Commons, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Statue_of_Harriet_Tubman_Ypsilanti_Michigan.JPG" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Statue_of_Harriet_Tubman_Ypsilanti_Michigan.JPG</a>
Dedication: May 21, 2006
Friends of Ypsilanti District Library, Ypsilanti, Michigan; Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority, Ypsilanti, Michigan; and Pfizer, Inc., Ypsilanti, Michigan
Ypsilanti District Library, 229 West Michigan Avenue, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197, United States
<a href="https://www.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/5" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><i>Harriet Tubman</i>, Las Sendas, Mesa, Arizona</a>
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Ypsilanti District Library, 229 West Michigan Avenue, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197, United States
<i>Harriet Tubman</i> (first cast) (Mesa, AZ)
<p>Subject (Topic) <br />Abolitionist--United States<br />American West<br />Antislavery movements--United States<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture<br />Underground Railroad</p>
<p>Subject (Name) <br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
Harriet Tubman is shown with a walking stick in her right hand and grasping the hand of a young boy with her left hand.
DeDecker, Jane, 1961-
Photograph: Harriet Tubman, Mesa, Arizona, Statues of Historic Figureson Waymaking.com, <a href="https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMNZ71_Harriet_Tubman_Mesa_Arizona" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMNZ71_Harriet_Tubman_Mesa_Arizona</a>
1995
Las Sendas Community Association, 7900 East Eagle Crest Drive, Mesa, Arizona, 85207, United States
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Harriet Tubman Children’s Parke, Las Sendas, E. Saddleback and Eagle Crest Drive, Mesa, Arizona, 85207, United States
<em>Zumbi dos Palmares</em> (Salvador da Bahia, Brazil)
Subject (Topic)<br />Slavery<br />Resistance<br />Middle Passage<br />Transatlantic Slave Trade<br />Slave Trade<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture<br />Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
Subject (Name)<br />Zumbi (Zumbi dos Palmares), 1655 – 1695
Subject (Object Type):
Commemorative sculpture
The work is dedicated to Zumbi dos Palmares, a <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/quilombo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Quilombo</a> leader and one of the principle forces behind the resistance to slavery in Brazil. The muscular, semi-nude figure of Zumbi dos Palmares, stands with his weight shifted to his right foot. He brings the sole of his left foot to his right shin and holds a spear in his left hand as he turns his head slightly to the left.
Duarte, Lázaro Souza
Laura De la Rosa, ResearchGate
Dedicated: May 30, 2008
Palmares Cultural Foundation; A Mulherada; Minster of Culture; Municpality of Salvador
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Praça da Sé, 15-23 - Pelourinho, Salvador - BA, 40020-210, Brazil
<em>William Seward and Harriet Tubman Statue</em> (Schenectady, NY)
<p>Subject (Topic) <br />Abolitionist--United States<br />Antislavery movements--United States <br />New York--History<br />Northeastern United States <br />Public art <br />Public sculpture <br />Underground Railroad</p>
<p>Subject (Name) <br />Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913<br />Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872</p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture</p>
Life-size statue of William Seward and Harriet Tubman standing on Mohawk Valley ordovician dolostone inside a garden bed. Seward stands with a cane in his right hand and his left arm around the back of Tubman. He wears nineteenth-century clothing including a jacket, vest, and pants. Tubman gestures with her right hand and carries a walking stick in her left hand. She wears a bodice and skirt. Draped across her chest is a sack with the end of a revolver visible.
Benedict, Dexter, 1944-
Photographs by Renée Ater
Dedication: May 17, 2019
Board of Trustees of the Schenectady County Public Library; and Community Members: <span class="color15">Virginia and Frank Wicks; Carl George; Anita Paul and David Gerhan</span>; <span class="color15">Jim and Jean Underwood</span>; <span class="color15">Linda Patrik and David Kaczynski</span>; <span class="color15">Twitty and Constance Styles; Cara Molyneaux</span>; <span class="color15">Arnold Seiken</span>; <span class="color15">Roger Hull; Brian and Judith Merriam</span>; <span class="color15">Robert Ringlee; Miriam Butzel; Butzel Family Foundation</span>; <span class="color15">Norman Maender</span>; <span class="color15">David and Jean Cossey</span>; <span class="color15">Carmela St George</span>; <span class="color15">Barbara Armstrong and Robert Coppola</span>; <span class="color15">Rhonda Becker</span>; <span class="color15">Anastasia Pease</span>; <span class="color15">Eshragh Motahar</span>; <span class="color15">Paul and Christina Friedman</span>; <span class="color15">Katherine Lynes</span>; <span class="color15">Roger and Seneca Hoerl</span>; <span class="color15">Karen and Rodney Crosby</span>; <span class="color15">David and Ann Songayllo Hannay; Cherrice Traver</span>; <span class="color15">Jonathan and Rachel Marr</span>; <span class="color15">Marsha and Leonard Mortimore</span>; <span class="color15">James and Jean McLaughlin</span>; <span class="color15">Andrea Worthington and Robert Olberg</span>; <span class="color15">Kesheng Yu</span>; <span class="color15">Paul Wehrum</span>; <span class="color15">Barry Kramer</span>; <span class="color15">Rebecca Koopman</span>; <span class="color15">Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara</span>; <span class="color15">Ted Vinick</span>; <span class="color15">Becky Cortez</span>; <span class="color15">Martha Huggins and Malcolm Willison</span>; <span class="color15">Faith and Dexter Benedict</span>; <span class="color15">Mary and Phillip Lyford</span>; <span class="color15">Clifford Brown</span>; <span class="color15">Caroline Bardwell</span>; <span class="color15">Margaret Craven Snowden, M.D.</span>; <span class="color15">Nancy Papish</span>; <span class="color15">Julie Pieper-Hemmings</span>; <span class="color15">Senator James Tedisco</span>; <span class="color15">Charles and Linda Becker</span>; <span class="color15">Charles and Marianne Szuberla</span>; <span class="color15">Patricia and Keith Barney</span>l; <span class="color15">Wayne and Amy Brule</span>; <span class="color15">Jim and Cei Mack</span>; <span class="color15">Martin and Sharon Strosberg</span>; <span class="color15">Mary O’Keeffe</span>; <span class="color15">Margo and James Strosberg, M.D.</span>; <span class="color15">Peter and Judy Nocera</span>; <span class="color15">Mary and Thomas Werner; Michele and Randall Collins</span>; <span class="color15">Donald O. Reid</span>; <span class="color15">Darren and Lisa Tracy</span>; <span class="color15">West Branch Engineering and Consulting</span>; <span class="color15">Philip and Jo Ann Adams</span>; <span class="color15">Kenneth Baker</span>; <span class="color15">Marcia M. Steiner</span>; <span class="color15">Nicholas C. Barber</span>; <span class="color15">Carmel Patrick</span>; <span class="color15">Alden and Gay Doolittle</span>; <span class="color15">Betty Pieper</span>; <span class="color15">Robert McEvoy</span>; <span class="color15">Joe Spedafora</span>; <span class="color15">Linda Patrik and David Kaczynski</span>; <span class="color15">Matthew George</span>; <span class="color15">Brian Reh; Anita Paul</span>; <span class="color15">Susan and Gustave Davis, M.D.</span>; <span class="color15">Lek and James Meyer</span>; <span class="color15">Laura Lee</span>; <span class="color15">First Reformed Church of Schenectady</span>; <span class="color15">Wicks Family; Jim and Carol McCord</span>; <span class="color15">Capital District Civil War Round Table</span>; <span class="color15">Jonathan R. Miller (in memory of Aaron Rees ’95)</span>; <span class="color15">Kathleen Pierone</span>; <span class="color15">Ann M. Cole</span>; <span class="color15">Professional Women</span>; <span class="color15">Schenectady County Historical Society</span>; <span class="color15">Hugh and Vaughn Nevin</span>; <span class="color15">John Polimeni</span>; <span class="color15">John and Lucy Halstead</span>; <span class="color15">Kim and Gary Mabee</span>; <span class="color15">Naomi Bristol</span>; <span class="color15">Lois and Richardson Atkinson</span>; <span class="color15">Brendan Degan Weingarten Savage</span>; <span class="color15">Henry M. Butzel Family Foundation</span>; <span class="color15">Lidia Pasamanick</span>; <span class="color15">The Honorable Richard and Bernice Russo</span>; <span class="color15">Touhey Family Foundation; John and Margaret Watraus</span>; <span class="color15">Susan Savage</span>; <span class="color15">Daniel and Shari Grygas</span>; <span class="color15">David Gerhan and Anita Paul</span>; <span class="color15">Deborah LaFond</span>; <span class="color15">Betty Carol Barlyn</span>; <span class="color15">Willie Terry</span>; <span class="color15">Mario Salerno</span>; <span class="color15">Philip Hilferty</span>; <span class="color15">Lewis and Irene Greenstein</span>; <span class="color15">Kim Scheverman</span>; <span class="color15">Arnold and Ione Seiken</span>; <span class="color15">David and Karen Bradley</span>; <span class="color15">David Kaczynski and Linda Patrik; The Brockbank Family</span>; <span class="color15">Estate of Marjorie Kenney (in Memory of Alice P Kenney); William Keat</span>; <span class="color15">Eric Bersch</span>; <span class="color15">Liz Paul and Paul John</span>; <span class="color15">Rene and William Curtin</span>; <span class="color15">Steve Rockwell</span>; <span class="color15">Jean Libby</span>; <span class="color15">The Reverend Ruby J. Smith</span>; <span class="color15">Dr Nancy D. Fitzroy</span>; <span class="color15">Janis Polishook</span>; <span class="color15">L. William Davis</span>; <span class="color15">Dr Walter and Anne Robb</span>; <span class="color15">Bradley and Catherine Lewis</span>; <span class="color15">Christopher Gardner</span>; <span class="color15">Kathleen LoGiudice and John Blanchard</span>; <span class="color15">Christopher Leonard</span>; <span class="color15">Philip M. Williamson</span>; <span class="color15">Jean Hayden Hutchins (in Memory of Dr Charles Steinmetz)</span>; <span class="color15">Eric and Kent Johnson (in Memory of Mayor Karen Johnson)</span>; and <span class="color15">The Wicks Family (in Memory of Dr Rollo and Hazel Wicks).</span><o:p></o:p>
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<a href="https://www.tubmansewardstatue.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harriet Tubman and William Seward: Leaders for Freedom and Justice</a>
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Karen B. Johnson Schenectady County Public Library, 99 Clinton Street, Schenectady, New York, 12305, United States
<em>West Point Monument</em> (Norfolk, VA)
Subject (Topic)<br />Men--United States Colored Troops<br />Associations--Military<br />American South<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture
Subject (Object Type)<br />Commemorative sculpture
Atop a large square column of stone, the figure of the Norfolk native Sergeant William H. Carney of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment is depicted, dressed in his military uniform. The base of the monument, built as a tribute to African American veterans of the Civil War and Spanish American War, contains a number of bronze and marble plaques.
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Dedicated: May 30, 1906
James Fueller, Norfolk's first African American city-councilman
<a href="http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM5VYC_West_Point_Mounument_Norfolk_Virginia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">West Point Monument, Norfolk, Virginia </a><br /><br />Jonathan I Leib, "A Tale of Two Civil War Statues: Teaching the Geographies of Memory and Heritage in Norfolk, Virginia,"<em> Southeastern Geographer</em>, Vol. 52, No. 4,(Winter 2012), pp. 398-412.
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Elmwood Cemetery, 238 E. Princess Anne Road Norfolk, Virginia 23510, United States