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  • Collection: Harriet Tubman Monuments

William Seward and Harriet Tubman Statue (Schenectady, NY)

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Life-size statue of William Seward and Harriet Tubman standing on Mohawk Valley ordovician dolostone inside a garden bed. Seward stands with a cane in his right hand and his left arm around the back of Tubman. He wears nineteenth-century clothing…

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…

Harriet Tubman Memorial Plaque (Auburn, NY)

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Bronze plaque with a portrait of Harriet Tubman based on a 1890s photograph.

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…