The original statue of Liberty gifted by the French to America was not the stern-faced green Roman looking woman that you see today holding a tablet and a torch. The original and first Statue of Liberty was a Black woman holding the broken shackles of slavery. She was refused on the notion that the black statue would be a constant reminder of the liberty that the slaves earned, from successfully fighting in the American Civil War. Those who wanted to downplay the connection between the statue and slavery insist that the year 1865 played no role in the idea to build the monument. In a report released by the U.S. Park Service in 2000, the Park Service claimed that noted abolitionist Edouard de Laboulaye did not propose the idea of constructing a monument in 1865. Their report states: This story is a legend. All available evidence points to its conception in 1870 or 1871. The dinner party legend is traceable to a single source — an 1885 fund-raising pamphlet written by the statue’s sculptor, Auguste Bartholdi, after the death of Laboulaye. But somewhere along the way, the U.S. Parks Service changed its position. They now admit that: a. the year 1865 was a key element of the story; b. Laboulaye is the father of the idea for the monument; and c. he was an abolitionist who wanted to honor the emancipation of the slaves. BLATANT LIARS.
Posted on: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 09:03:22 +0000
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