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The Beacon of Hope installed in Cape May, New Jersey, depicts Tubman standing atop an oxen yoke with a star on her upraised hand.
A bronze sculpture of Harriet Tubman stands firmly atop an oxen yoke. She stares into the eyes of the viewer, offering a golden key. Her right hand is raised, encircled by a rose compass—both adorned in gold leaf. Underneath the yoke lie countless…

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Photograph of the Frederick Douglass statue at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan. The bearded Douglass clasps his hands around a book, his torso turning gently leftward as he shifts his weight to his left leg.
Located on Hillsdale College’s Liberty Walk, the bronze statue of Frederick Douglass is the first African American figure to be included on the Liberty Walk. The bearded Douglass clasps his hands around a book, his torso turning gently leftward as he…

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Photograph of Neg Mawon Emancipation Monument in Roseau, Dominica. Image of the statue: a shirtless self-emancipated man ('neg mawon'), with broken shackles and chains around his wrists and neck, holds a conch shell to his lips.
Standing resolutely forward, the muscular figure of a shirtless self-emancipated man ('neg mawon'), with broken shackles and chains around his wrists and neck, holds a conch shell to his lips. The bronze figure, located in the center of a traffic…

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Photograph of the Cais do Valongo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The site consists of a number of archaeological layers, the lowest of which are the remains of the Valongo Wharf’s floor pavings.
As the last nation in the Americas to officially abolish slavery in 1888, historians estimate that of the approximately 10.7 million enslaved persons brought to the Americas, as many as 50 percent arrived in Brazil. Valongo was the debarkation point…

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