Harriet Tubman (St. Catharines, Ontario)

Photograph of a bust portrait of Harriet Tubman, made from concrete and positioned on a black granite plinth at the British Methodist Episcopal Church of Canada-Salem Chapel, St. Catharines, Ontario.

Photograph of bust portrait of Harriet Tubman at the British Methodist Episcopal Church of Canada-Salem Chapel, St. Catharines, Ontario.

Photograph of the Harriet Tubman bust at the British Methodist Episcopal Church of Canada-Salem Chapel, St. Catharines, Ontario. Detail of the black granite plinth.

Photograph of a bust of Harriet Tubman bust at the British Methodist Episcopal Church of Canada-Salem Chapel, St. Catharines, Ontario. View of the meditation garden.

Photograph of the Harriet Ross Tubman information sign in English at the British Methodist Episcopal Church of Canada-Salem Chapel, St. Catharines, Ontario.

Photograph of the Harriet Ross Tubman information sign in French at the British Methodist Episcopal Church of Canada-Salem Chapel, St. Catharines, Ontario.

Dublin Core

Title

Harriet Tubman (St. Catharines, Ontario)

Subject

Subject (Topic)
Antislavery movements--Canada
Freedom
Ontario--St. Catharines
Public art
Public sculpture
Underground Railroad--Canada

Subject (Name)
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913

Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

Description

The half-bust portrait of Harriet Tubman, made from concrete, rests on a rectangular plinth made of polished black marble bearing her name and an inscription. Tubman is depicted wearing her signature headscarf, with a wrap covering her shoulders. The portrait is situated in a meditation garden next to British Methodist Episcopal Church of Canada-Salem Chapel, St. Catharines, Ontario.

Creator

Rekrut, Frank, 1959-

Source

Photographs by Renée Ater

Date

September 13, 2010

Contributor

Frank Rekrut (donation); St. Catharines Green Committee ; St. Catharines Horticultural Society, Eco Landscape Design; and Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada and Parks Canada.

Rights

British Methodist Episcopal Church of Canada-Salem Chapel, 92 Geneva St, St. Catharines, Ontario, L2R 4N2, Canada

Format

JPEG

Language

English

Type

Visual Arts-Sculpture

Coverage

British Methodist Episcopal Church of Canada-Salem Chapel, 92 Geneva St, St. Catharines, Ontario, L2R 4N2, Canada

Has Part

Inscription on front of black marble plinth:
"After the passing of the USA 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, she said. 'I wouldn't trust Uncle Sam with my people no longer. I brought them all clear off to Canada.'"

Inscription on back of black marble plinth:
Sculptor
Frank Rekrut
2010

Ontario Heritage Foundation historic marker:
Harriet Ross Tubman c. 1820-1913
A legendary conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman became known as the "Moses" of her people. Tubman was born into slavery on a Maryland plantation and suffered brutal treatment from numerous owners before escaping in 1849. Over the next decade she returned to the American South many times and led hundreds of freedom seekers north. When the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 allowed slave owners to recapture runaways in the northern free states. Tubman extended her operations across the Canadian border. For eight years she lived in St. Catharines, and at some point rented a house in this neighborhood. With the outbreak of the Civil War, she return to the U. S. to serve the Union Army.

Ontario Heritage Foundation, Ministry of Culture and Communications

[Reverse in French]

References

Monument and Myth: Commemorating Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

Extent

Unknown

Medium

Concrete; Black marble

Bibliographic Citation

Spaan, Natalie. "Harriet Tubman Monument Unveiled." The Brock Press, September 21, 2020. Accessed May 26, 2020. http://www.brockpress.com/2010/09/harriet-tubman-monument-unveiled.

Zettle, Mike. "Tubman Statue to Grace BME Church." The Standard (St. Catharines), February 19, 2020. Accessed May 26, 2020. https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news-story/3305714-tubman-sculpture-to-grace-bme-church-garden/.

"Legacy of Freedom Honored." The Standard (St. Catharines), September 14, 2020. Accessed May 26, 2020. https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/community-story/3311877-legacy-of-freedom-honoured/.

Rights Holder

Renée Ater

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Sculpture

Physical Dimensions