yes the original Statue of Libertyis a slave. However there was a difference, the statue in France is Black. The Statue of Liberty was originally a Black woman, but, as memory serves, it was because the model was Black.
In a book called "The Journey of The Songhai People", according to Dr. Jim Haskins, a member of the National Education Advisory Committee of the Liberty-Ellis Island Committee, professor of English at the University of Florida, and prolific Black author, points out that what stimulated the original idea for that 151 foot statue in the harbor.
He says thats what stimulated the idea for the creation of the statue initially was the part that Black soldiers played in the ending of Black African Bondage in the United States. It was created in the mind of the French historian Edourd de Laboulaye, chairman of the French Anti-Slavery Society, who, together with sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi,proposed to the French government that the people of France present to the people of the United States through the American Abolitionist Society, the gift of a Statue of Liberty in recognition of the fact that Black soldiers won the Civil War in the United States.
It was widely known then that it was Black soldiers who played the pivotal role in winning the war, and this gift would be a tribute to their prowess. Suzanne Nakasian, director of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island Foundations' National Ethnic Campaign said that the Black Americans' direct connection to Lady Liberty is unknown to the majority of Americans, BLACK or WHITE.
When the statue was presented to the U.S. Minister to France in 1884, it is said that he remonstrated that the dominant view of the broken hackles would be offensive to a U.S. South, because since the statue was a reminder of Blacks winning their freedom. It was a reminder to a beaten South of the ones who caused their defeat, their despised former captives.
Documents of Proof:1.) You may go and see the original model of the Statue of Liberty, with the broken chains at her feet and in her left hand. Go to the Museum of the City of NY, Fifth Avenue and 103rd Street write to Peter Simians and he can send you some documentation.
2.) Check with the N.Y. Times magazine, part II_May 18, 1986. Read the article by Laboulaye.
3.) The dark original face of the Statue of Liberty can be seen in the N.Y. Post, June 17, 1986, also the Post stated the reason for the broken chains at her feet.
4.) Finally, you may check with the French Mission or the French Embassy at the U.N. or in Washington, D.C. and ask for some original French material on the Statue of Liberty, including the Bartholdi original model.
No, the Statue of Liberty is not a slave. It is a symbol of freedom and democracy, representing the ideals of liberty and enlightenment.
Manumitted refers to the act of freeing a slave and giving them legal freedom. It was a process common in ancient times where a slave owner would grant liberty to their slave, typically through a formal legal process.
The Personal Liberty Laws were state laws passed in Northern states in response to the Fugitive Slave Act. These laws aimed to protect the rights of free blacks and fugitive slaves from being captured and returned to the South. By undermining the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act, the Personal Liberty Laws exacerbated tensions between the North and South by challenging federal authority and the institution of slavery.
Some northern states used personal liberty laws to nullify the figitive slave Act, written to help the south.
Some northern states used personal liberty laws to nullify the figitive slave Act, written to help the south.
Northern state legislatures passed personal liberty laws to protect free African Americans from being captured under the Fugitive Slave Law. These laws made it more difficult for slave catchers to apprehend alleged fugitives and provided legal assistance to those accused of being runaway slaves.
The statue is also know as "lady liberty" but no other name as such.
=== === It's also known as The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World, Lady Liberty, and the Mother of Exiles to incoming immigrants. P.S.- To the previous answerer to this question's question (who thinks they can beat that?) ; the answer is, I JUST DID. (:
The fire on Lady Liberty is made out of copper.
Because the Liberty is a female name and therefore the statue had to be built looking as a lady.
The duration of Lady Liberty - film - is 1.62 hours.
Yes, Lady Liberty (Or known as The Statue of Liberty) is on the one million (1,000,000) Dollar Bill.
The duration of Office Lady Rope Slave is 1.13 hours.
Lady Liberty - film - was created on 1972-05-15.
Eisenhower dollar coins were struck in 1972, but no "Lady Liberty", matter of fact, no US coin is called a "Lady Liberty"
It was a woman; Lady Liberty.
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