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Remove The Emancipation Memorial/Freedman Statue

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Denise Rembert
6 years ago

Take it down or change it.

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Madeline Harris
6 years ago

Black people should not be under anyone anymore. America has pushed them down for too long. Time to have a statue that reflects real equality!

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Loretta Holliday
6 years ago

Remove it

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Kathy
6 years ago

This statute is an embarrassment and wholly disturbing.

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Bryant
6 years ago

This Lincoln statue must be removed. I moved to Boston in 2012 from New York to attend New England Law which is a couple blocks away from the statue. When I first saw it I was disgusted how it portrayed Lincoln as a God-like figure giving mercy to black slaves on their knees in front of him. It should be removed ASAP!

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Danielle Meller
6 years ago

This is a horrible representation of the white savior complex that should not be romanticized by a public statue.

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Arlene Snyder
6 years ago

Remove the statue.

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Matthew Cummings
6 years ago

Put all the racist statues in a racist theme park where all the racists can go a pay their respects. We can tag them all that was and know exactly who they are!

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JOANNE KELLY
6 years ago

Move inside to a museum explaining why this statue is so offensive

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Dr James Devaney
6 years ago

Redesign the monument with the Black Man shaking President Lincoln's hand as a 'thank you, well done, Mr Prseident.'

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Mary Frances Knapp
6 years ago

History is a living story. The way we preserve it should not be by keeping this monument that triggers such painful memories of inequality!

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Arnett
6 years ago

Tear it down.!!

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Maya Norton
6 years ago

Thank you, Tory Bullock.

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Danielle Montgomery
6 years ago

Take it down now! This should have never gone up.

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Issac Magana
6 years ago

I can't believe statues like this are still around in 2020! Remove it.

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Thomas Jonathan Stonewall Jackson
6 years ago

Glad to see so many brave souls taking up the cause against the Lincoln and the dirty north!

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John Wilkes Booth
6 years ago

The south will rise again!

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Theresa Colella
6 years ago

Take this down!!! I can’t believe this is in Boston and I’ve never noticed. Ugh.

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deborah martindale
6 years ago

Please get rid of that horrible thing. Unbelievable anyone ever thought this was OK.

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Sarah Switalski
6 years ago

This statue looks like it's advocating for slavery - not celebrating freedom. Get it gone!