Rare! CIVIL War Freed Slave's Statue To Abraham Lincoln 1876 Stereoview Photo

  

CIVIL WAR FREED SLAVES STATUE TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN 1876 STEREOVIEW PHOTO. CIVIL WAR FREED SLAVES STATUE /' EMANCIPATION MEMORIAL' MONUMENT TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN 1876 STEREOVIEW PHOTO. Built and dedicated in 1876 the Emancipation Memorial, also known as the " Freedman's Memorial " is a monument in Lincoln Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington D. It was sometimes referred to as the "Lincoln Memorial" before the more prominent national memorial was dedicated in 1922. According to the National Park Service, the monument was paid for solely by formerly enslaved people.

The campaign for the Freedmen's Memorial Monument to Abraham Lincoln, as it was to be known, was not the only effort of the time to build a monument to Lincoln; however, as the only one soliciting contributions exclusively from those who had most directly benefited from Lincoln's act of emancipation it had a special appeal... The funds were collected solely from freed slaves (primarily from African American Union veterans).. Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park, Washington, D. Lincoln, standing, with left arm extended over kneeling freed slave, statue on stone base, walkways and building behind.

ORIGINAL PERIOD IDENTIFICATION LABEL ON THE REVERSE. DIMENSIONS: 3 3/8" x 6 7/8". SHARP FOCUS WITH VERY GOOD CONTRAST.

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