Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue (Florence, Massachusetts)

Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue (Florence, Massachusetts)

Subject (Topic)
Antislavery movements--United States
Abolitionists--United States
Women's Suffrage
Massachusetts--History
Public art
Public sculpture

Subject (Name)
Truth, Sojourner, c. 1797 – November 26, 1883

Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

The life-size bronze figure of Sojourner Truth stands at the center of a square granite base. Truth is shown bespectacled, wearing a period-appropriate head covering, long scarf, and floor-length dress. Her arms are open at her side, in an inviting gesture. She holds a walking stick in her right hand.

Warren, Thomas Jay, 1958-

Unveiled: October 6, 2002

Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue Committee; Massachusetts Monument Grants program; Florence Savings Bank; Smith College; Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts; Denig Design Associates of Northampton

To learn more about the history of the work's commission, click here.

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English

Visual Arts-Sculpture

121 Pine St, Florence, Massachusetts, 01062, United States

Inscription on the base:
Sojourner Truth’s signature

Bronze; Granite

Sojourner Truth Memorial Committee. “Memorial Statue.” Accessed October 31, 2019 https://sojournertruthmemorial.org/about-us/memorial-statue/

Renée Ater

Sculpture