I was appalled by this statue 50 years ago. I attended UMass Boston before it relocated to Columbia Point. I am very glad to have the opportunity to urge for its replacement, removal or "editing".
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Tangela Turner
6 years ago
I want this removed immediately!!!
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Anonymous
6 years ago
The depiction in this statue has always made me uncomfortable. I am a Bostonian who owns a home not far from it's location. While I don't believe it is necessary to have any special training to assess the statue's imagery, I would like to mention that I have a degree in Fine Arts from SMFA/Tufts, so I have spent my life looking at art. This statue should be replaced with one that expresses emancipation AND equality in both the position of the figures and their attire. The current depiction venerates Lincoln and nothing more. I understand that this statue was funded by freed slaves BUT that they had no say in it's depiction. We must do better. Also: when can we get a Crispus Attucks statue near the Boston Massacre site? THAT would add real contextualization to one of the most important moments in American history, and would be a real feather in Boston's hat.
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Anonymous
6 years ago
tear it down
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Tammy Mitchell
6 years ago
Long over due
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6 years ago
This statue absolutely must go. The fact that is was created in the first place speaks to the deep systemic racism our nation was founded upon and that time. Shut it down.
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DumbassPetition
6 years ago
Your entitled ass is all over Reddit lmao, disrespectful retard. You’re part of the problem.
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Evan Young
6 years ago
Take this down!
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Martin Solomon
6 years ago
In full support
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E Craig Jackson
6 years ago
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Anonymous
6 years ago
On going discussions of public materials keeps people questioning whether or not those before us represent everything we as a people are now.
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Jerome T Spencer
6 years ago
Remove
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Maureen Oboyle
6 years ago
Please remove this statue
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Randy Gravitt
6 years ago
For these various purposes large sums of money, clothing, &c., were contributed and sent to them, and I can say, honestly and judiciously expended. And finally, after the war was closed ; after the lamented, honored, and loved Lincoln had been so foully assassinated in this city, five dollars were sent to us—the contribution of Charlotte Scott, a poor slave-woman, who, on hearing of the assassination of President Lincoln, went, in great distress, to her mistress—that had been, for she was then free—and said to her: "The colored people have lost their best friend on earth ! Mr. Lincoln was our best friend, and I will give five dollars of my wages towards erecting a monument to his memory." This money, this five dollars, this grain of mustard seed, contributed by Charlotte Scott in gratitude to her deliverer, was sent to us by her former master, Mr. P. Rucker, through the hands of General T. C. H. Smith, then in command of the military post of St. Louis, having received it from Mr. Rucker, who was a Union refugee from Virginia, having sought safety for himself and family in Marietta, Ohio, taking along with him Charlotte Scott, and perhaps others belonging to him. It was this five dollars that was the foundation of this beautiful and appropriate memorial which we now see before us. General Smith addressed a letter to me, conveying it, which was as follows:
ST. LOUIS, April 26, 1864.
JAMES E. YEATMAN, Esq.:
MY DEAR SIR: A poor negro woman, of Marietta, Ohio, one of those made free by President Lincoln's proclamation, proposes that a monument to their dead friend be erected by the colored people of the United States. She has handed to a person in Marietta five dollars as her contribution for the purpose. Such a monument would have a history more grand and touching than any of which we have account. Would it not be well to take up this suggestion and make it known to the freedmen?
Yours truly, T. C. H. SMITH.
In compliance with General Smith's
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Mo Wang
6 years ago
We should have a statue of Obama standing and a white kneeling down
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Anonymous
6 years ago
We should respect the feelings of the slaves who paid for the memorial. If you dont like it then pay for one that you do like. A memorial paid for by emancipated slaves is a treasure not a consumer item for you to cancel. To did not order it - EMANCIPATED SLAVES DID !
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Temple Durham Goodhue
6 years ago
At the very least, removed the formerly enslaved man. Or replace him with a standing man who is representative of his full value and worth. And if that's not possible, the whole thing should go!
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Arisael Rivera
6 years ago
This statue should be replaced with the image of a black man standing up. It's been time we represent history correctly.
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Delores Sangster
6 years ago
It has to go period! I been lookin at it since I was a kid!
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Robin Greeley
6 years ago
Member of Symbolic Reparations Research Project, www.symbolicreparations.org
I was appalled by this statue 50 years ago. I attended UMass Boston before it relocated to Columbia Point. I am very glad to have the opportunity to urge for its replacement, removal or "editing".
I want this removed immediately!!!
The depiction in this statue has always made me uncomfortable. I am a Bostonian who owns a home not far from it's location. While I don't believe it is necessary to have any special training to assess the statue's imagery, I would like to mention that I have a degree in Fine Arts from SMFA/Tufts, so I have spent my life looking at art. This statue should be replaced with one that expresses emancipation AND equality in both the position of the figures and their attire. The current depiction venerates Lincoln and nothing more. I understand that this statue was funded by freed slaves BUT that they had no say in it's depiction. We must do better. Also: when can we get a Crispus Attucks statue near the Boston Massacre site? THAT would add real contextualization to one of the most important moments in American history, and would be a real feather in Boston's hat.
tear it down
Long over due
This statue absolutely must go. The fact that is was created in the first place speaks to the deep systemic racism our nation was founded upon and that time. Shut it down.
Your entitled ass is all over Reddit lmao, disrespectful retard. You’re part of the problem.
Take this down!
In full support
OWNii.net will empower our freedom emencelly pledge to vote in local elections. goal is 30,000 investors
On going discussions of public materials keeps people questioning whether or not those before us represent everything we as a people are now.
Remove
Please remove this statue
For these various purposes large sums of money, clothing, &c., were contributed and sent to them, and I can say, honestly and judiciously expended. And finally, after the war was closed ; after the lamented, honored, and loved Lincoln had been so foully assassinated in this city, five dollars were sent to us—the contribution of Charlotte Scott, a poor slave-woman, who, on hearing of the assassination of President Lincoln, went, in great distress, to her mistress—that had been, for she was then free—and said to her: "The colored people have lost their best friend on earth ! Mr. Lincoln was our best friend, and I will give five dollars of my wages towards erecting a monument to his memory." This money, this five dollars, this grain of mustard seed, contributed by Charlotte Scott in gratitude to her deliverer, was sent to us by her former master, Mr. P. Rucker, through the hands of General T. C. H. Smith, then in command of the military post of St. Louis, having received it from Mr. Rucker, who was a Union refugee from Virginia, having sought safety for himself and family in Marietta, Ohio, taking along with him Charlotte Scott, and perhaps others belonging to him. It was this five dollars that was the foundation of this beautiful and appropriate memorial which we now see before us. General Smith addressed a letter to me, conveying it, which was as follows: ST. LOUIS, April 26, 1864. JAMES E. YEATMAN, Esq.: MY DEAR SIR: A poor negro woman, of Marietta, Ohio, one of those made free by President Lincoln's proclamation, proposes that a monument to their dead friend be erected by the colored people of the United States. She has handed to a person in Marietta five dollars as her contribution for the purpose. Such a monument would have a history more grand and touching than any of which we have account. Would it not be well to take up this suggestion and make it known to the freedmen? Yours truly, T. C. H. SMITH. In compliance with General Smith's
We should have a statue of Obama standing and a white kneeling down
We should respect the feelings of the slaves who paid for the memorial. If you dont like it then pay for one that you do like. A memorial paid for by emancipated slaves is a treasure not a consumer item for you to cancel. To did not order it - EMANCIPATED SLAVES DID !
At the very least, removed the formerly enslaved man. Or replace him with a standing man who is representative of his full value and worth. And if that's not possible, the whole thing should go!
This statue should be replaced with the image of a black man standing up. It's been time we represent history correctly.
It has to go period! I been lookin at it since I was a kid!
Member of Symbolic Reparations Research Project, www.symbolicreparations.org