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Remove The Emancipation Memorial/Freedman Statue

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Ninette Buco
6 years ago

Get rid of this statue! It doesn’t belong in Boston or anywhere else!

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Theodore Kuttner
6 years ago

Replace the statue with a work of art by a black artist.

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Spencer Icasiano
6 years ago

This statue is disgusting and shameful. Thank you so much for bringing attention to this.

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Craig Mathers
6 years ago

YES! It's painful to look at, and incredibly outdated. It's time to put something else there. Long overdue.

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Kate Smyres
6 years ago

Take it down.

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Naomi kling
6 years ago

Thank you for calling attention to this

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Natacha V
6 years ago

Do the right thing Boston... Remove the statue and any others that are similar.

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Anonymous
6 years ago

this statute is degrading and disgusting it must be taken down

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Jenn Thompson
6 years ago

TAKE IT DOWN!

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Karl Chester
6 years ago

Yes this tasteless discusting statue has to go! Especially in this day in age with all that's going on in this country. Lincoln standing over a "black slave" neeling on his knees is a insult to the black community and blatantly shows the ignorant racist veiws this country has long lived by and in my opinion should be abolished immediately indefinitely!

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Kevin
6 years ago

This statue should come down. 1) It looks demeaning and stupid 2) Lincoln’s original emancipation proclamation was to pretty much free the slaves and deport them and his biggest priority was the preserving the union not ending slavery so he gets no love from me

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Michael
6 years ago

Take it down!

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Shan You
6 years ago

This is demeaning and offensive. I've never liked it. It needs to go.

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Anonymous
6 years ago

Take this racist statue down before it gets beheaded like Colón in the North End

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Maria Molteni
6 years ago

That statue is completely ridiculous and demeaning. It was offensive when it was installed and it’s offensive now. Get it outta there!

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Kimberly Elliott
6 years ago

Thank you! Whoever started this petition, thank you!!! Let's get this down now!!

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Jamilah Allwood
6 years ago

Where is this?!? I loved there from 1994 to 2017, and I’ve missed it. It’s terrible!!

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Michelle Harrell
6 years ago

Let's erect statues of change!

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Kevin Benoit
6 years ago

I can't believe this is a thing

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Leslie Jayne Wright
6 years ago

Take it down. Racist monuments promoting revisionist history have no place here.