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Lake Cumberland Slaves Memorial in Somerset, Kentucky, which honors enslaved people buried in unmarked graves in the region.
The Lake Cumberland Slaves Memorial honors the enslaved people buried in unmarked graves in the Lake Cumberland region. The memorial features a twenty-foot tall, stainless-steel obelisk with a trapezoidal base. The obelisk has four notches on either…

Located in Ponce, Puerto Rico, the sculpture shows a kneeling, formerly enslaved Black man in front of an obelisk.
A bronze sculpture of a seminude, Black man in a kneeling position is located at the southernmost point of El Parque de la Abolición (Abolition Park) in Ponce, Puerto Rico. His hands are open, palms facing upward, with broken manacles hanging from…

The Tower of Freedom in Windsor, Ontario, consists of a twenty-two-foot high granite tower, adorned with a bronze flame symbolizing the “Eternal Flame of Freedom.” Life-size bronze figures stand on opposite sides of the tower’s base.
The Canadian counterpart to Ed Dwight's Gateway to Freedom: International Memorial to the Underground Railroad consists of a twenty-two-foot high granite tower, adorned with a bronze flame symbolizing the “Eternal Flame of Freedom.” Life-size bronze…

Photograph of the South Carolina African American History monument in Columbia, South Carolina, looking towards the South Carolina Capitol. Two semicircular gray granite walls, inlaid with twelve bronze panels illustrating 300 years of African American history, frame an obelisk and pedestal.
Two semicircular gray granite walls, inlaid with twelve bronze panels illustrating 300 years of African American history, frame an obelisk and pedestal. The twelve scenes of African American history include images of the Middle Passage, an African…

Photograph of the 29th Colored Infantry Monument in New Haven, Connecticut. The memorial features a black stone obelisk, partially encircled by eight stone markers featuring the names of the members of the 29th Colored Regiments. The obelisk itself includes images and/or texts on all four sides.
The memorial features a black granite obelisk, partially encircled by eight stone markers featuring the names of the members of the 29th Colored Regiments. The obelisk itself includes images and/or texts on all four sides. The west side features a…

Photograph of the 56th United States Colored Infantry Monument in St. Louis, Missouri. The marble obelisk, which stands on a square base, honors the memory of the 175 African American soldiers of the 56th United States Colored Infantry who died of cholera in August 1866.
The marble obelisk, which stands on a square stone base, honors the memory of the 173 African American soldiers of the 56th United States Colored Infantry who died of cholera in August 1866. The soldiers were originally buried at the city's old…

Photograph of the Colored Union Soldiers Monument in Hertford, North Carolina. The monument consists of obelisk resting on a square plinth. It is engraved with text on two sides.
The memorial consists of obelisk resting on a square plinth. It is engraved with text on two sides and is accompanied by a North Carolina Civil War Trails marker and informational placard.

Photograph of the In Memory of More Than 400 Prominent United States Colored Troops from Kent County memorial in Chestertown, Maryland. The memorial takes the form of a black granite obelisk.
The black granite obelisk is dedicated to the memory of more than 400 United States Colored Troops from Kent County, Maryland, who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. In front of the obelisk is a stone bench with an additional engraving.
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