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 Reverend Charles T. Torrey Monument - Watertown, MA Posted by:  neoc1
N 42° 22.310 W 071° 08.823
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A three-sided marble monument honoring abolitionist Rev. Charles Turner Torrey is located at the intersection of Spruce Ave. and Fir Ave. in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMW07B
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 06/20/2017
Views: 1
A 10' by 2' by 2' marble monument to the Reverend Charles T. Torrey contains a medallion bronze relief portrait of the Charles T. Torrey set within a marble circle and a small bronze relief of a female slave, both created by sculptor Thomas A. Carew. The inscriptions on the sides of the monument tell the story of his martyrdom in the cause of the abolition of slavery and for personally freeing over 400 slaves via the underground railroad.
Front of monument:
"It is better to die
in prison
with the peace of God
in our breasts,
than to live in freedom
with
a polluted conscience."
Torrey's Letters, Feb. 7, 1846.
{Bronze Portrait of Rev. Torrey}
Reverend
CH'S T. TORREY.
Born at Scituate
Nov. 21, 1833.
Ordained at Providence
March 1837.
Arrested at Baltimore
June 24, 1844.
Died in the Penitentiary
of that City
May 9, 1846.
The friends of the
American Slave
erect this stone
in his memory
as a Martyr for Liberty.
·----------·
J.T. Carew
On side of the monument:
Where NOW beneath
his brethren
The toiling slave
is driven.
Where now a tyrant's mockery
is offered up
to heaven.
THERE shall his praise
be spoken,
Redeemed from falsehood's ban.
Where the fetters shall
be broken.
And the SLAVE shall
be a MAN.
{Bronze relief sculpture of a seated female slave with her hair arranged in corn rows}
On side of the monument:
CHARLES TURNER TORREY
was arrested,
for aiding slaves to
regain their Liberty
For this humane act
he was indicted as
a Criminal,
convicted by the Baltimore City Court
and sentenced to the
Penitentiary
for six years.
While on his death bed
he was refused
a pardon
by the Governor
of Maryland
and died of consumption
after two years
confinement,
a victim
of his sufferings.
TITLE: Reverend Charles T. Torrey Monument
ARTIST(S): Thomas A. Carew
DATE: undated
MEDIUM: marble monument; bronze sculptures
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 76009235
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Intersection of
Spruce and Fir Avenues
Mount Auburn Cemetery
entrance on
580 Mt Auburn Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
Monument has been restored.
Sculptures have been treated.
Date of death is May (not Mary) 9, 1846
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