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  2. Emancipation Memorial - Wikipedia

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    A postcard captioned "Lincoln Statue" depicts the Emancipation Memorial circa 1900.. Harriet Hosmer proposed a grander monument than that suggested by Thomas Ball. Her design, which was ultimately deemed too expensive, posed Lincoln atop a tall central pillar flanked by smaller pillars topped with black Civil War soldiers and other figures.

  3. Wedgwood anti-slavery medallion - Wikipedia

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    The enslaved man's kneeling position and raised hands are often understood as a reference to supplication, marking him as a Christian appealing to Heaven.Accompanied by an English plea, the depicted man communicates that he is a Westernized figure who shares both a language and faith with a white British or American audience.

  4. Emancipation and Freedom Monument - Wikipedia

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    The Emancipation and Freedom Monument on Brown's Island, Richmond, Virginia, is a public statue installed on September 22, 2021. [2] The monument includes two 12-foot (3.7 m) bronze statues of an emancipated man and woman with an infant. [3]

  5. America's newest monuments unveil a different look at the ...

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    “This statue is a clear and present ode to the values of the Confederacy that we do not share,” residents wrote in a petition to the city. But before local leaders could decide its fate, the ...

  6. Emancipation Memorial (Boston) - Wikipedia

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    The Emancipation Memorial, also known as the Freedman's Memorial or the Emancipation Group was a monument in Park Square in Boston.Designed and sculpted by Thomas Ball and erected in 1879, its sister statue is located in Lincoln Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

  7. Slavery in India - Wikipedia

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    The term dāsa and dāsyu in Vedic and other ancient Indian literature has been interpreted by as "servant" or "slave", but others have contested such meaning. [ 1 ] [ 24 ] The term dāsa in the Rigveda , has been also been translated as an enemy, but overall the identity of this term remains unclear and disputed among scholars.

  8. Why Born Enslaved! - Wikipedia

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    Why Born Enslaved? or Why Born a Slave? (French: Pourquoi! Naitre esclave? or La Negresse) is a life-sized bust by the French sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux depicting a bound woman of African descent. Carpeaux executed versions of the sculpture in plaster, marble, terracotta, and bronze.

  9. List of slaves - Wikipedia

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    Boga, a man enslaved in Anglo-Saxon England who, along with all his family, was freed by his owner Æthelgifu's will. [11] Maria Boguslavka (17th century), Ukrainian woman enslaved in a harem, and became a heroine of assisting the escape of 30 Cossacks from slavery.