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The iron torsos of two abstracted figures, engaged in a tight embrace, emerge from a rectangular iron base. Two other identical sculptures were erected in 1989 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Glasgow, Scotland. According to the artist, Stephen…

Originally placed in Cotonou, Republic of Benin, the bronze torsos of two abstracted figures, engaged in a tight embrace, emerge from a rectangular bronze base. Unlike the version in Liverpool, this work includes the addition of bronze bas-relief…

The bronze torsos of two abstracted figures, engaged in a tight embrace, emerge from a rectangular bronze base. This work includes the addition of bronze low-relief designs, reflecting images related to the slave trade, including a topographic map of…

Redemption Song centers two bronze nude figures, a Black female and a Black male. Laura Facey modeled the figures from the knees up, standing in a cast-iron domed fountain and with water flowing at their knees. They face one another as they tip their…

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…

Taken collectively, the elongated bronze figures of enslaved Africans evoke the hull of a ship. An over life-sized woman, her arms outstretched as she arches her body backward, recalls the ship’s prow. The stern of the ship is personified by a number…

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…

Located near University Hall, the oldest building on campus and constructed with the labor of enslaved persons, the memorial has two distinct features: a sculpture and a stone plinth. The sculpture consists of a massive ductile cast iron chain, which…

The life-size bronze figure of Sojourner Truth stands at the center of a square concrete 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…

The monumental bronze figure of Sojourner Truth stands behind a concave wall, on an elevated semi-circular stage. She stands to the left of a lectern, her left arm outstretched at her side as she looks out at an imagined audience. She places her…