Tower of Freedom (Windsor, Ontario)

Tower of Freedom (Windsor, Ontario)

Subject (Topic)
Underground Railroad
Slavery-- Abolition
Slavery-- Emancipation
Resistance
Public art
Public sculpture,
Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

The Canadian counter-part to Ed Dwight's Gateway to Freedom, Tower of Freedom consists of a twenty-two-foot high granite tower, adorned with a bronze flame symbolizing the “Eternal Flame of Freedom.” Life-size bronze figures stand on opposite sides of the tower’s base. The cluster of four bronze figures facing the river include an African American woman holding an infant and a white woman, often identified as a Quaker “operative.” Behind the women, a man stands with his arms raised in a gesture of praise. On the opposite side of the tower, a singular figure of a woman looks back towards the river and the United States. Despite her age, she clutches a rag doll.

Dwight, Ed, 1933-

Jim Shreve, Flickr; The City of Winsor

Dedicated: October 20, 2001

Detroit 300; The Underground Railroad Monument Committee of Windsor

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English

Visual Arts-Sculpture

Civic Esplanade, 200 Pitt St. E., Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Sculpture

264''