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View of the Emancipation Group, Park Square, Boston, Mass., September 13, 1910

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1910-09-13

GUSN

GUSN-302911

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Description

This photograph contains harmful imagery of a formerly enslaved man at the feet of President Abraham Lincoln.

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"The Emancipation Group" sculpture by Thomas Ball is seen with the figures of Abraham Lincoln and a formerly enslaved man based on Archer Alexander, the last man captured under the Fugitive Slave Act. Commercial businesses are seen behind the sculpture. The Motor Mart Garage building is seen on the right side of the image.

Details

Descriptive Terms

memorials
squares (open spaces)
commercial buildings
presidents
emancipation
slavery
photographic prints

Physical Description

1 photographic print

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.6210.002

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Coolidge, Baldwin, 1845-1928 (Photographer)

Material Type

photographic prints

Other People

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Alexander, Archer

Subjects

African Americans
Park Square (Boston, Mass.)
Emancipation Group (Sculpture)
Eliot Street (Boston, Mass.)
Enslaved person
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Memorial

Description Level

Item

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