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Harriet Tubman Monument in Beaufort, South Carolina, depicts Tubman striding forward on a black granite plinth.
The monument depicts Harriet Tubman, co-leader of the military operation now known as the Combahee River Raid (also called the Combahee Ferry Raid), which took place in South Carolina on June 1, 1863. During the raid, more than 700 enslaved people…

North to Freedom-Harriet Tubman Statue in Pomona, California, shows Tubman with her arm raised and striding forward.
A bronze sculpture of Harriet Tubman stands atop a rugged granite base. With her right foot stepping forward, Tubman strides confidently, her right hand pointing toward the sky. She wears a copper-toned hat, a satchel, and pleated skirt, a…

Shadow of a Face: Harriet Tubman Monument in Newark, New Jersey, includes a concrete portrait of Tubman set into a concrete wall.
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…

The Journey to Freedom installed in Montgomery, Alabama, depicts Tubman and a young girl caught in motion.
The sculpture depicts Harriet Tubman and a young girl caught in brisk motion against the wind, navigating treacherous terrain. Tubman’s left foot rests on an elevated platform, propelling them forward while her right foot pushes upward toward the…

Figurative bronze statue of Dred and Harriet Scott embracing, located  in St Louis, Missouri.
A figurative statue of Dred and Harriet Scott. Dred Scott wears a suit with tie. He reaches his left arm behind Harriet Scott, embracing her; they also hold hands. Harriet Scott wears a full-length dress and turns her head upward.

Sojourner Truth is modeled as a bespectacled, a middle-aged woman, who carries a cane in her left hand.
Vinnie Bagwell's seven-foot-tall bronze statue of Sojourner Truth reveals a bespectacled, a middle-aged woman who stares resolutely forward, her head turned slightly to the right. Bagwell, perhaps taking inspiration from this undated carte de visite…

Truth is shown with her arms crossed at her chest as she tilts her head skyward, her eyes closed.
Unlike many sculptural representations of Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Catlett’s work is geometric and slightly abstracted. Truth is shown with her arms crossed at her chest as she tilts her head skyward, her eyes closed. The flared skirt of her…

Truth is carrying a Bible in her right hand, and steps forward on her right leg.
Truth's body is modeled in contrapposto, an Italian art term that describes a classical body postion with a subject's weight shifted to one side to suggest liveliness and motion. In this statue, Truth steps forward with her body weight on the left…

Truth with her signature head covering and shawl as well as a walking stick.
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…

Truth stands to the left of a lectern, her left arm outstretched at her side as she looks out at an imagined audience.
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…
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