The
original statue of Liberty gifted by the French
to America
Why was the Statue of Liberty Really Created?
French historian Edouard de Laboulaye, chairman of the French Anti-Slavery Society, together with sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, proposed to the French government that the people of France should present the United States – through the American Abolitionist Society – the gift of a Statue of Liberty in recognition of the Black soldiers who won the Civil War in the United States, earning themselves their freedom. It was widely known then that it was Black soldiers who played the pivotal role in winning the war, and this gift was supposed to be a tribute to their prowess.
Why was the Black Statue of Liberty Rejected?
When the statue was presented to the U.S. Minister toFrance
When Did This Hidden Piece of History Publicly Resurface?
Dr. Jack Felder, a biochemist, educator, author and historian, asked this startling question in a New York newspaper, the Daily Challenge (July 16, 1990):
Did you know that the original Statue of Liberty was to have been a Black woman being liberated from slavery with broken chains in her hands and at her feet and that she also had a dark Negroid face?
In the newspaper article, Dr. Felder further writes that:
Eventually, Bartholdi built a model faithful to the wishes of de Laboulaye with broken chains at her feet and a broken chain in her left hand and a distinctly Negroid face. The broken chains were to show the broken chains of slavery.
This list is of the documents of proof, presented in the same newspaper article by Dr. Felder:
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 103rd Street
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 inWashington , D.C.
The Journey of Edouard de Laboulaye and Frederic Auguste Bartholdi in Creating the Statue of Liberty
Edouard de Laboulaye, an internationally renowned lawyer and author of a three-volume history of the United States, first presented the idea of a symbol of the end of American slavery at a dinner party in 1865, at his country home near Versailles, France, among many abolitionists including Victor Hugo and Frederick Auguste Bartholdi.
After Abraham Lincoln was elected president of theUnited
States in 1861, the French liberals and abolitionists
including Hugo, Bartholdi, and Laboulaye urged Lincoln
When the war ended in 1865, French abolitionists again urgingLincoln
to free all slaves, Laboulaye and Bartholdi requested permission to build and
dedicate a colossal monument to symbolize the freeing of all slaves in America Lincoln
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, an outstanding French sculptor had a life changing experience the year of 1855 when he touredEgypt France ,
by 1881 some 100,000 people and 181 towns throughout France
In 1871, Frederic Bartholdi at the urging of Laboulaye travelled toAmerica to promote his idea of a colossal statue
symbolizing the end of chattel slavery in the United States Paris ,
France
Unfortunately, Bartholdi was forced to conform to specific white supremacist ideals that saw the statue evolve to the Statue of Liberty we see inNew York
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Why was the Statue of Liberty Really Created?
French historian Edouard de Laboulaye, chairman of the French Anti-Slavery Society, together with sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, proposed to the French government that the people of France should present the United States – through the American Abolitionist Society – the gift of a Statue of Liberty in recognition of the Black soldiers who won the Civil War in the United States, earning themselves their freedom. It was widely known then that it was Black soldiers who played the pivotal role in winning the war, and this gift was supposed to be a tribute to their prowess.
Why was the Black Statue of Liberty Rejected?
When the statue was presented to the U.S. Minister to
When Did This Hidden Piece of History Publicly Resurface?
Dr. Jack Felder, a biochemist, educator, author and historian, asked this startling question in a New York newspaper, the Daily Challenge (July 16, 1990):
Did you know that the original Statue of Liberty was to have been a Black woman being liberated from slavery with broken chains in her hands and at her feet and that she also had a dark Negroid face?
In the newspaper article, Dr. Felder further writes that:
Eventually, Bartholdi built a model faithful to the wishes of de Laboulaye with broken chains at her feet and a broken chain in her left hand and a distinctly Negroid face. The broken chains were to show the broken chains of slavery.
This list is of the documents of proof, presented in the same newspaper article by Dr. Felder:
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,
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
The Journey of Edouard de Laboulaye and Frederic Auguste Bartholdi in Creating the Statue of Liberty
Edouard de Laboulaye, an internationally renowned lawyer and author of a three-volume history of the United States, first presented the idea of a symbol of the end of American slavery at a dinner party in 1865, at his country home near Versailles, France, among many abolitionists including Victor Hugo and Frederick Auguste Bartholdi.
After Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the
When the war ended in 1865, French abolitionists again urging
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, an outstanding French sculptor had a life changing experience the year of 1855 when he toured
In 1871, Frederic Bartholdi at the urging of Laboulaye travelled to
Unfortunately, Bartholdi was forced to conform to specific white supremacist ideals that saw the statue evolve to the Statue of Liberty we see in
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