View of the Emancipation Group, Park Square, Boston, Mass., June 5, 1913

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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. A commercial building is seen on the left.