Boston Removes Statue Of Freed Slave Kneeling Before Lincoln
A statue depicting a freed slave kneeling at the feet of former President Abraham Lincoln was finally removed from its perch in Boston’s Park Square this week.
The move was made after Boston officials voted to dismantle the 141-year-old monument over the summer. Workers took down the statue, called The Emancipation Group, early Tuesday morning.
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“We’re pleased to have taken it down this morning,” a spokeswoman for Mayor Marty Walsh said in a statement to CNN. “As expressed by so many during the public process this year, we fully agree that the statue should be relocated to a new publicly accessible location where its history and context can be better explained,” the spokeswoman said. “The decision for removal acknowledges the statue’s role in perpetuating harmful prejudices and obscuring the role of Black Americans in shaping the nation’s fight for freedom.”
Now, the statue won’t be destroyed but instead, Walsh’s office said that the statue was moved to a storage facility until a new location is selected. The removal comes after months of a nationwide movement to remove symbols of the Confederacy and other statues that have been deemed racist by today’s standards.
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