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The Spearman The Bowman. The Bowman and The Spearman, also known collectively as Equestrian Indians, [1] or simply Indians, [2] are two bronze equestrian sculptures standing as gatekeepers in Congress Plaza, at the intersection of Ida B. Wells Drive and Michigan Avenue in Chicago's Grant Park, in the U.S. state of Illinois.
A bronze bust of Jean Baptiste Point du Sable by Erik Blome is installed in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois. [1] History. The work was installed in 2009. [2]
At some time in the 1780s, after the U.S. achieved independence, Point du Sable settled on the north bank of the Chicago River close to its mouth. [ 24 ] [ n 3 ] The earliest known record of Point du Sable living in Chicago is an entry that Hugh Heward made in his journal on 10 May 1790, during a journey from Detroit across Michigan and through ...
Whitney Plantation Historic District, near Wallace, in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana; The Good Darky in n Natchitoches, Louisiana [21] Elijah P. Lovejoy Monument in Alton, Illinois [22] The Florida Slavery Memorial at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee; Harriet Tubman Memorial in Manhattan in New York City
Memorial to Enslaved Laborers: Enslaved laborers at the University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA: 2020 Women's Rights Pioneers Monument: Sojourner Truth: 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 ...
For over 300 years, British ships forcibly transported more than three million enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean, and the City of London was the financial centre of the trafficking.
Statue of Robert Geffrye: London: Robert Geffrye was an English merchant who made part of his wealth from slavery, and part-owned a slave ship. A petition was raised for the removal of his statue outside the Museum of the Home; the Museum elected to "reinterpret and contextualise" the statue in its current location. [14]
View of the memorial from the outside. The United Nations Slavery Memorial, officially known as The Ark of Return – The Permanent Memorial at the United Nations in Honour of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, is an installation at the Visitors' Plaza of the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City, intended as a permanent reminder of the long-lasting effects ...