Harriet Ross Tubman Abolitionist - American Hero Monument (Bristol, PA)

Harriet Ross Tubman Abolitionist - American Hero Monument (Bristol, PA)

Single figure of Harriet Tubman, wearing a coat, haversack slung over her right shoulder, and a pistol at her waist. Tubman points her right hand toward the sky, symbolic of the “North Star.” Signed by the artist: James L. Gafgen, 2005. Foundry stamp: Art Research Enterprises: The Art Foundry.

James L. Gafgen

Caroline Scott

Site

2405

2006-06-24

0m x 0m x 1.9811999999999999m

https://slaverymonuments.org/items/show/10

current,40.093475988231035,-74.85724326663936;

William H. Smith

United States

Harriet Ross Tubman Abolitionist - American Hero Monument (Bristol, PA)

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https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Harriet_Ross_Tubman_Abolitionist_-_American_Hero_Monument_(Bristol,_PA)

Statue - women

the African-American Historical and Cultural Society of Bucks County; The Bucks County Committee For Interracial Harmony; State of Pennsylvania; and Mayor and Council of the Borough of Bristol.

State

Bronze,Granite

Harriet Ross Tubman Abolitionist - American Hero circa 1820 - 1913 Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery in 1849. She fled to Philadelphia where, as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, she made 19 sorties into the South, liberating over 300 slaves. Ms. Tubman also served as a spy and nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War. Harriet Tubman - authentic American Hero.

The African-American Historical and Cultural Society of Bucks County; The Bucks County Committee For Interracial Harmony

Pennsylvania

Bucks

Emancipation

Bristol

City