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  2. East Village Lenin Statue - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. List of monuments to African Americans - Wikipedia

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    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

  4. African Burial Ground National Monument - Wikipedia

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    The "Negros Burial Ground" near Collect Pond, looking south (map about 1760) A 1776 map of New York and environs (labeled New York Island instead of Manhattan) the Negro Cemetery was located about 2 blocks southwest of the "Fresh Water" [i.e. Collect Pond] located in the upper left section of the map outside the city limits

  5. A centuries-old cemetery for people who were enslaved is ...

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    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 ...

  6. 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.

  7. Category:People enslaved in New York (state) - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "People enslaved in New York (state)" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.

  8. Freedom Crossing Monument - Wikipedia

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    The monument is the first large scale Underground Railroad monument in Western New York on the Canada–US border, and the second in the United States, the first being in Detroit, Michigan. Speakers at the dedication ceremony included Marcia Clark Noel, daughter of the Freedom Crossing book author, and Lezlie Harper Wells, a descendant of ...

  9. List of Underground Railroad sites - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Rev. Josiah Henson, a former enslaved man who fled slavery via the Underground Railroad with his wife Nancy and their children, was a cofounder of the Dawn Settlement in 1841. Dawn Settlement was designed to be a community for black refugees, where children and adults could receive an education and develop skills so that they could prosper.