Bronze statues of famed abolitionists Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass unveiled at the Maryland State House.
A bronze statue of abolitionist Harriet Tubman is seen during a private viewing ahead of its unveiling at the Maryland State House, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, in Annapolis. The statue, along with a statue of Frederick Douglass, will be unveiled Monday night in the Old House Chamber, the room where slavery was abolished in Maryland in 1864.
“A mark of true greatness is shining light on a system of oppression and having the courage to change it,” House Speaker Adrienne Jones, the state's first black and first female House speaker, said in prepared remarks. “The statues are a reminder that our laws aren’t always right or just. But there’s always room for improvement.”
Both Tubman and Douglass were born on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Tubman escaped from slavery to become a leading abolitionist who helped slaves escape through the Underground Railroad. Douglass also escaped slavery, and he went on to become an author, speaker, abolitionist and supporter of women's rights. His autobiography, published in 1845, was a bestseller that helped fuel the abolitionist movement.
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