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LINCOLN Park: Emancipation Memorial at Lincoln Park in Washington, D.C.
by Thomas Ball, O E Babcock
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the sixteenth President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1861 until his assassination. As an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery in the United States, Lincoln won the Republican Party nomination in 1860 and was elected president later that year. During his term, he helped preserve the United States by leading the defeat of the secessionist Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. He introduced measures that resulted in the abolition of slavery, issuing his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and promoting the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1865. Lincoln closely supervised the victorious war effort, especially the selection of top generals, including Ulysses S. Grant. Source: Wikipedia
Holding a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation in his right hand, Lincoln looks on a newly unshackled slave. A vine has grown around the ring on whipping post where the chain was once secured. The monument was funded entirely by the contributions of freed slaves & the last person to be captured under the Fugitive Slave Act, Archer Alexander, was the model for the freed slave.
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Bronze by Thomas Ball (Sculptor), O E Babcock (Architect)
Address: East Capitol & 12th Sts NE Nearest Metro: Eastern Market (Orange - Blue)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 76004862 (dcMem ID #222)
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Sources & Links:
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The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington D.C. (A37/p86)
'Who is That Man Anyway?' on Emancipation (35)
Wikipedia article on Lincoln
dcMemorials.com on Emanipation Memorial
The Story of Archer Alexander
