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  • Collection: Harriet Tubman Monuments

Unwavering Courage in the Pursuit of Freedom (Wilimington, DE)

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A multi-figure sculpture of Harriet Tubman and Thomas Garrett leading two fugitive enslaved persons, a semi-nude man, and completely clothed woman, to freedom along the Underground Railroad in Wilmington, Delaware. Tubman carries a baby in her arms…

Step on Board: Harriet Tubman Memorial (Boston, MA)

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A high relief sculpture with Harriet Tubman and six figures: three women, two men, and a baby. All figures are clothed in nineteenth-century dress. Wearing a dress, shawl, and head wrap, Tubman strides forward, gesturing with her left hand and…

Harriet Tubman (first cast--Mesa, AZ)

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Harriet Tubman is shown with a walking stick in her right hand and grasping the hand of a young boy with her left hand.

Harriet Tubman (second cast--Brenau University, Gainesville, GA)

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Harriet Tubman is shown with a walking stick in her right hand and grasping the hand of a young boy.

Harriet Tubman (third cast--Little Rock, AR)

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Harriet Tubman is shown with a walking stick in her right hand and grasping the hand of a young boy with her left hand.

Harriet Tubman (fourth cast--Ypsilanti, MI)

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Harriet Tubman is shown with a walking stick in her right hand and grasping the hand of a young boy with her left hand.

Underground Railroad Memorial (Battle Creek, MI)

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A multi figure statue that includes portraits of Erastus and Sarah Hussey, abolitionists and Underground Railroad conductors in southern Michigan as well as an image of Harriet Tubman.

Harriet Ross Tubman Memorial (Bristol, PA)

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Single figure of Harriet Tubman, wearing a coat, haversack slung over her right shoulder, and a pistol at her waist. Tubman points her right hand toward the sky, symbolic of the “North Star.” Signed by the artist: James L. Gafgen, 2005. Foundry…

Harriet Tubman (Salisbury University, MD)

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Harriet Tubman wears a nineteenth-century inspired dress. On her left shoulder sits a saw-whet owl, at her right foot rests a rabbit. She extends her right arm into the air, perpendicular to her body. Ten seashells are sculpted into the base of the…

Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial (New York City)

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Over-life size portrait sculpture of Harriet Tubman. Signed by the artist: A. Saar, 2006. Foundry stamp: DS/Decker Studios.