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Freedom Crossing Monuments is focused on a family of freedom seekers including a father, mother and baby; Lewiston's Underground Railroad Station Master, Josiah Tryon; and the fictional heroine, Laura Eastman, from the Freedom Crossing book.
The monument consists of five bronze sculptures. The subjects are a family of freedom seekers including a father, mother and baby; Lewiston's Underground Railroad Station Master, Josiah Tryon; and the fictional heroine, Laura Eastman, from the…

Photograph of the Mémorial ACTe in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, an elongated building that measures 240 meters and is covered with silver grids that represent the roots of the fig trees that grow on the abandoned buildings.
Mémorial ACTe is located on the the site of the former Darboussier sugar refinery on the waterfront in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe."The memorial consists of an imposing elongated building that measures 240 meters and is covered with silver grids that…

Photograph of L’arbre de la liberté  from Schoelcher, Martinique. Eight abstract human and plant forms on the Esplanade des Arawaks.
Facing the Caribbean Sea, the memorial consists of eight abstracted forms, some of which are rectilinear and geometric, and others more curvilinear with rounded organic forms. The bronze figures are embellished with symbols, which according to the…

Photograph of the monument to the Three Rebel Queens of the Virgin Islands in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
The memorial shows three women facing outward, the leaders of the "Fireburn" Uprising in 1878, the largest labor revolt in Danish colonial history. Dressed in floor-length dresses and aprons, each figure carries objects related to their resistance.…

Photograph of the Spirit of Freedom at the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington, DC. Resting on a two-foot-high granite base, the "Spirit of Freedom"  depicts three African American infantrymen and one sailor. The soldiers grasp the barrels of their rifled muskets, while the sailor holds a ship’s wheel.
Located in Washington, DC, the semicircular bronze statue by Ed Hamilton depicts three African American infantrymen and one sailor. The soldiers grasp the barrels of their rifled muskets, while the sailor holds a ship’s wheel. The soldiers wear the…

Photograph of the 29th Colored Infantry Monument in New Haven, Connecticut. The memorial features a black stone obelisk, partially encircled by eight stone markers featuring the names of the members of the 29th Colored Regiments. The obelisk itself includes images and/or texts on all four sides.
The memorial features a black granite obelisk, partially encircled by eight stone markers featuring the names of the members of the 29th Colored Regiments. The obelisk itself includes images and/or texts on all four sides. The west side features a…

Photograph of the Amistad Memorial in New Haven Connecticut: three sides of the sculpture depict the life of Pieh. The first side shows him as a young man in Africa.
The Amistad Memorial centers around a large bronze triangular prism adorned with sculptural reliefs, depicting scenes from the life of Sengbe Pieh.In 1839 Pieh led a revolt of abducted Africans against their captors on the Spanish slave ship, the…

Harriet Tubman statue in Auburn, New York, shows the abolitionist carrying a lantern and a pistol tucked into her waistband.
The seven-and-half foot tall (2.3 meters) bronze statue represents a young Harriet Tubman, traveling on the Underground Railroad. Clothed in nineteenth-century shawl, jacket, pleated skirt, and a pistol tucked into her satchel. Tubman strides forward…

The Slavery Memorial at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, consists of a large boulder with a bronze plaque inset into it.
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…

Black Brigade Monument in Cincinnati, Ohio, consists of three sculptural groups including a bronze wooden desk and chair.
This monument consists of three life-size bronze sculptural groupings, relief panels detailing the history of the Black Brigade of Cincinnati, and the 718 names of the soldiers of the Black Brigade etched in the pink granite beneath the bas-reliefs.…
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