Description
- Abstract:
- Standing to the right of a lectern, Gabriel Koren modeled Frederick Douglass is depicted as an elder statesman, with a furrowed brow and a deeply lined face. Resting his right hand atop the lectern, Douglass’ mouth is closed as he stares resolutely forward. Algernon Miller designed the granite seating and paving patterns, which are based on traditional African-American quilt motifs, as well as a bronze perimeter fence with a wagon wheel motif. Miller also created a bronze water wall that shows the Big Dipper constellation with the North Star. Quotations from Douglass embellish the site.
- Notes:
- Frederick Douglass Memorial (New York, New York), Brown University Library
- Digital object made available by: Brown University Library, Center for Digital Scholarship, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)
Access Conditions
- Rights
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
Ater, Renée, and Miller, Algernon,
"Frederick Douglass Memorial (New York, New York)"
(2011).
Black Abolitionists: Tubman, Douglass, Truth.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:k5xpgthe/
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Black Abolitionists: Tubman, Douglass, Truth
...The monuments and memorials in this collection commemorate the extraordinary achievements of three U.S. Black abolitionist and freedom seekers: Harriet Tubman, née Araminta Ross, (c. 1822-1913); Frederick Douglass (c. 1818-1895); and Sojourner Truth (1797-1883).
Born into slavery on Maryland’s Eastern …