A Legacy of Endurance, Resilience and Resistance

Of course, the history of African Americans begins in Africa. However, that history continues with the sad and horrific saga of enslavement in the Americas.

A Legacy of Endurance, Resilience and Resistance

That history is depicted here in a segment of the African American History Monument in Columbia, South Carolina on the grounds of the State Capitol building.

People of African decent endured over 300 years of forced labor in the United States.

The Enslaved

African American History Monument,
Columbia, S.C.

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The Auction Block

African American History Monument,
Columbia, S.C.

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Slave Labor

African American History Monument,
Columbia, S.C.

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The African American History Monument
Columbia, SC

From Enslavement to Emancipation
1619-1863 and Beyond

An overview of the period is portrayed here with a structure depicting a slave ship and the middle passage in the foreground.

Harriet Tubman, "Moses"

War Hero, Liberator, Spy, Lifelong Activist for Women's Rights
Harriet Tubman Park, Boston, MA

Harriet Tubman

This temporary monument created by sculptor, Wesley Wofford, will be replaced by a larger permanent monument.

Philadelphia, PA

The Underground Railroad Monument, Oberlin, Ohio

This imaginative monument found in Oberlin seeks to describe the Underground Railroad literally.

The Jerry Rescue
Syracuse, NY 1851

This unusual monument provides a vivid description of Jerry, who had escaped from enslavement in the South to live freely and independently in Syracuse, as he is being rescued by local abolitionists from the city jail after being arrested by slave catchers.

Jerry later escaped to freedom in Canada.

The Jerry Rescue was a prime example of Abolitionists resistance to the Fugitive slave Act of 1850.

The Monument depicts Jerry and The Rev. J. Wesley Loguen in the escape from the Syracuse, NY Police Station.

The Amistad Monument

In 1839 Captive Africans on the schooner, Amistad rebelled, took control of the ship and tried to return to Africa, but eventually landed in of the coast of Long Island, NY. There began their legal struggle to gain their freedom in U.S. Courts.

New Haven, CT.

"Emancipation"

This Monument is titled Emancipation. It was created by Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller in 1913 commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

Harriet Tubman Park,
Boston, MA

John Henry

John Henry, the steel driving man of legend is depicted with this monument at the John Henry Historical Park in Talcott, West Virginia. While the stories and songs about the competition between the man, John Henry, and the machine may not be grounded in fact, there is growing evidence that a railroad laborer name John Henry did exist. To learn more about this fascinating history press the button below.

Talcott, WV