Harriet Tubman Park - Boston, MA
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N 42° 20.620 W 071° 04.675
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This triangular plot of land is a tribute to Harriet Tubman, who was a part of the Underground Railroad that routed former slaves to Canada before the U.S. Civil War.
Waymark Code: WMZPT2
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 12/16/2018
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In Boston, along Columbus Avenue, is Harriet Tubman Park.
The park is located at the intersection of Columbus Avenue and Warren Avenue, on the south side of the intersection.
The triangular lot is lined with an iron fence and has a sidewalk at one end and a brick plaza at the opposite corner. At the brick plaza is a sculpture that features the image of Harriet Tubman walking out in 3-D while other human figures are in deep bas relief. On the back is an etching that represents the route of the Underground Railroad and four quotes. Further in the park is another plaza where there is another sculpture with images of people representing former slaves being led by Tubman. Around it are plants.
A site about the memorial has the following about the park:
". . . local sculptor Fern Cunningham shows Tubman leading a small group up north. She strides forward confidently, with a Bible tucked under her left arm—a reference to both her religious devotion and her Biblical nickname, Moses. Interestingly, the men and women behind her appear calm and assured. Perhaps their journey is coming to an end, or perhaps their expressions are not literal but symbolic, illustrating the spirit of courage and devotion that drove Tubman on.
Although Tubman never lived in Boston, she had links to the city through her network of abolitionist friends, one of whom opened the Harriet Tubman House as a settlement house for black women who had migrated from the South. The house has since relocated, but it still exists today as part of the United South End Settlements program.
The other artwork located in the Harriet Tubman Park is Emancipation by Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, one of the leading female artists of the Harlem Renaissance movement. Fuller created this work in 1913 for a New York exposition celebrating the 50th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s order abolishing slavery."
More Information:
tubmanboston.org
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