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Harriet Tubman (fourth cast) (Ypsilanti, Michigan)

Description

Abstract:
The monument depicts Harriet Tubman leading a young African American boy by her left hand and holding a long walking stick in her right. She wears a brimmed hat, a long-sleeve shirt with a shawl wrapped around her neck, and a flowing skirt. As they walk, Tubman peers kindly at the boy, who gazes back at her. The boy wears a vest, long-sleeved shirt, trousers, and laced shoes. Both figures are shown in mid-stride.
Notes:
Harriet Tubman (fourth cast) (Ypsilanti, Michigan), 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 3.0
Restrictions on Use
Collection is open for research.

Citation

Burdette, Dwight (Wikimedia Commons), "Harriet Tubman (fourth cast) (Ypsilanti, Michigan)" (2006). Black Abolitionists: Tubman, Douglass, Truth. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:wtrswdcw/

Relations

Collection:

  • 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 …

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