Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The East Village Lenin Statue is an 18-foot (5.5 m) statue of Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin that stands on the roof of 178 Norfolk Street in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. [2]
"In 1703, 42 percent of New York's households had slaves, much more than Philadelphia and Boston combined." [14] Most slaveholding households had only a few slaves, used primarily for domestic work. By the 1740s, 20 percent of the population of New York were slaves, [15] totaling about 2,500 people. [10]
Central Park, New York City, NY Meredith Bergmann: 2020 Also Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton [8] Statue of Mary McLeod Bethune: Mary McLeod Bethune: U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. Future To represent Florida, replacing statue of Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith. Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved
On a residential block in upstate New York, college students dig and sift backyard dirt as part of an archaeological project that could provide insights into the lives of African Americans buried ...
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.
Goodridge was born enslaved in Maryland, gained his freedom and became a respected York businessman. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
1903 Integrity Protecting the Works of Man, pediment of the New York Stock Exchange Building, Manhattan, New York City; 1905 Abraham Coles (bust), Washington Park, Newark, New Jersey; 1910 Financier August Belmont, Newport, Rhode Island; 1916 General Phillip H. Sheridan Statue, East Capitol Park, Albany, New York (installed posthumously)
The bronze sculpture depicts Tubman as she leads a young enslaved girl to freedom. The sculpture was created by sculptor Wesley Wofford, stands 9 feet tall and weighs 2,400 pounds.