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Remove The Emancipation Memorial/Freedman Statue

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Eric A Moore
6 years ago

Lincoln and Frederick Douglass had mutual respect. I would like to see Lincoln and Douglass standing side by side.

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Alexis
6 years ago

I used to work nearby; it made me sick to see tourists taking photos here. The inscription is inaccurate and the physical portrayal is horrific.

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Jennifer K Firneno
6 years ago

We can do better. Let's choose art for that space that does justice to our collective legacy.

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Jessica Urquhart
6 years ago

Take down and replace with Black artist sculpture

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Richard Gaudet
6 years ago

I just read the statue has been there for 100 years! It has to go. I believe Abraham Lincoln himself would say tear it down.

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David Russell
6 years ago

Yes! Racist iconography is not just a southern thing.

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Kit Schlosky
6 years ago

Thank you Tory for bringing this to attention! It is a ridiculous statue and must come down! Marty Walsh please do the right thing!

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Jesse Francois
6 years ago

Yea it really does need to go. It looks like "Sure, you're 'free'..."

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Anonymous
6 years ago

Please remove this degrading and demeaning statue.

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Susan Brown
6 years ago

perfect example of "white savior" mentality. meant to be heroic, but its patronizing and insulting. it should be removed.

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Anonymous
6 years ago

I don’t know what that artist was thinking, how can this not be seen as offensive?

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Tanya Edwards
6 years ago

This statue is weird and patronizing, at best. Let’s fix it!

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Anonymous
6 years ago

This is so dehumanizing please remove

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Mattia Mauree
6 years ago

Smash it up.

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Julie Paquette
6 years ago

Seriously just take it down

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Kim Vass
6 years ago

Please take this statue down.

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Anonymous
6 years ago

You can't burybthis horrible statue deeply enough in the ground. Melt it and re-use the metal for something better.

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Anonymous
6 years ago

I agree it's offensive.

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Karen Blumenfeld
6 years ago

It’s long past time for racist art to be replaced by anti-racist art in our city and everywhere.

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Philip Wright
6 years ago

This is an embarrassing statue. It should come down. Faneuil Hall should be renamed and Columbus removed permanently.