1895
GUSN-283118
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 Boston and Providence Railroad Station can be seen on the right in the image.
memorials
streetscapes
railroad stations
presidents
emancipation
slavery
photographs
Stebbins negative 6055
1 photographic print
PC047
Nathaniel L. Stebbins photographic collection
PC047.02.6020.06055
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Stebbins, N. L. (Nathaniel Livermore), 1847-1922 (Photographer)
Ball, Thomas, 1819-1911 (Sculptor)
photographs
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Alexander, Archer
Peabody & Stearns (Boston, Mass.)
Architectural photography
Emancipation Group (Sculpture)
African Americans
Park Square (Boston, Mass.)
Enslaved person
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
copy print
Item
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