Wednesday 1 July 2020

Boston To Remove Statue Depicting Abraham Lincoln With Freed Black Man At His Feet

Boston officials have decided to remove the sculpture Emancipation Monument which has stood in Park Square since 1879. It depicts a formerly enslaved man kneeling before Abraham Lincoln.

Emancipation Memorial has stood in Park Square since 1879. It is a version of the original, in Washington, D.C., which was funded by formerly enslaved people but designed without their input.

(Image credit: Jesse Costa/WBUR)



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