Lincoln emancipation statue triggers debate on how the Black experience should be commemorated Even descendants of the former slave depicted in the memorial are split over whether it should remain ...

A Boston statue depicting a formerly enslaved man kneeling beneath President Abraham Lincoln was removed Tuesday morning, according to the mayor’s office.

When Boston artist Tory Bullock looks at the Emancipation Memorial in Boston's Park Square, he sees subservience instead of freedom.

A statue of Abraham Lincoln with a freed Black man appearing to kneel at his feet has been removed from its downtown Boston perch.

The statue has stood in a park just off Boston Common since 1879. It's a copy of an identical monument that was erected in Washington, DC's Lincoln Park.

A statue of Abraham Lincoln with a freed slave appearing to kneel at his feet — optics that drew objections amid a national reckoning with racial injustice — has been removed from its perch in ...

Boston's mayor says he considering taking down a statue of former President Abraham Lincoln standing before a freed black man after a petition was launched for its removal.

Boston Removes Statue of Formerly Enslaved Man Kneeling Before Lincoln Officials voted unanimously to remove “Emancipation Group” in June, after a widespread petition and hours of debate.

The Emancipation Group, which is a replica of a statue in Washington D.C., was installed in 1879. It depicts Abraham Lincoln standing over Archer Alexander who is kneeling.

Thousands of Americans are signing a petition to remove a statue that shows President Abraham Lincoln standing over a kneeling slave in Boston's Park Square.

A Boston statue depicting a formerly enslaved man kneeling beneath President Abraham Lincoln was removed Tuesday morning, according to the mayor’s office.