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Boston Herald | Dec 30, 2020 | News | 11 Lincoln Emancipation Statue, Boston The controversial Emancipation Group Lincoln statue no longer sits in public downtown, though the Boston Art Commission said it will end up in a new home. A flatbed truck trundled out of Lincoln Park on Tuesday morning, bearing the statue of former President Abraham Lincoln standing with his hand out over a kneeling shackled slave after the Boston Art Commission voted in June to remove the statue. Tory Bullock, the local artist who led the push, said he’s “very proud” of Boston for taking away the statue, whic...

The Emancipation Group statue was removed and towed away from Park Square, Boston courtesy Kobi 5TV A statue of a slave kneeling before President Abraham Lincoln has been removed from Park Square in Boston, US, after more than 12,000 people signed a petition initiated by artist Tory Bullock calling for it to be replaced. The controversial Emancipation Group sculpture, designed by Boston artist Thomas Ball, has been in place since 1879 and was designed to show the emancipation of slaves after the Civil War. But it has come under scrutiny, along with other historic statues...

‘It’s an amazing funeral,’ Emancipation group statue removed from Boston’s Park Square     BOSTON (WBZ) — The controversial Emancipation Group Memorial in Boston’s Park Square was removed Tuesday morning. The statue depicts a formerly enslaved Black man kneeling before President Abraham Lincoln. Critics said the memorial was racist and demeaning. Dorchester native and social media influencer Tory Bullock started a petition to remove the sculpture earlier this year. It quickly racked up thousands of signatures and the Boston Art Commission voted unanimously in June to have it ...