Emancipation Monuments

Dublin Core

Title

Emancipation Monuments

Contributor

Renée Ater

Collection Items

Emancipation (Boston, MA)
The multi-figure sculpture is anchored around a truncated tree that reaches over the heads of the three human figures. The tree is roughly realized, and Fuller’s hand is evident in the surface treatment. At the center of the composition, a young…

Corinth Contraband Camp (Corinth, MS)
Eight life-size bronze statues (in six groupings) commemorate the formerly enslaved persons who escaped from the South and sought safety and freedom behind Union lines at the Corinth Contraband Camp in Corinth, Mississippi. Established by Union…
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