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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...

Boston city workers on Tuesday removed a controversial statue of former President Abraham Lincoln standing before a kneeling freed slave which has stood downtown for more than 140 years.

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...

City officials had agreed in late June to take down the memorial after complaints and a bitter debate over the design.

The Abraham Lincoln Statue, erected in 1879, by Thomas Ball, is viewed in Park Square in Boston, Massachusetts on June 16, 2020. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) *A statue in Boston depicting a formerly enslaved man kneeling at the feet of President Abraham Lincoln has been removed. The Emancipation Group Memorial was removed after critics saw it as demeaning and racist. Among them was social media influencer Tory Bullock, who started a petition over the summer pushing for its removal. “It’s an amazing funeral, I’m here to provide a silent eulogy for this piece of artwork that’s be...