File:Statue of Liberty - breaking chains of slavery.jpg: Difference between revisions

From Green Policy
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
 
No edit summary
 
(4 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:


<big><big>'''Liberty: Breaking the Chains of Slavery'''</big></big>
* https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/to-the-world-were-now-america-the-racist-and-pitiful
'''In France, the country that backed the American Revolution and later donated the Statue of Liberty, forty-six per cent of the people polled said that their opinion of the U.S. has “worsened a lot” (in the period of the administration of US President Donald Trump)'''.
The proportion of respondents who still view America as a key ally is “vanishingly small” — as low as six per cent in Italy.'''
-- Robin Wright on US Independence Day
In The New Yorker / July 4th, 2020
How the world now sees America -- and how the Statue of Liberty was originally created to celebrate breaking chains of slavery. Robin's history shines a light... and a warning...
''... the chain under Lady Liberty’s feet: she is stomping on it. “In the early sketches, she was also holding chains in her hand,” Edward Berenson, a professor of history at New York University, told me last week. The shackles were later replaced with a tablet noting the date of America’s independence. But the shattered chain under her feet remained.''
''The statue was the brainchild of Edouard de Laboulaye, a prominent French expert on the U.S. Constitution who also headed the French Anti-Slavery Society. After the Civil War, in 1865, he wanted to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S., enshrined in the new Thirteenth Amendment, which, in theory, reaffirmed the ideals of freedom—this time for all people—first embodied in the Declaration of Independence.''
''The now famous line — “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” from a poem by Emma Lazarus — wasn’t added until 1903, Berenson noted.''
''The poem had been donated as part of a literary auction to raise funds for the statue’s pedestal. France donated the statue; the Americans had to raise the funds to pay for its pedestal. Long after Lazarus’s death, a friend lobbied to have the poem engraved on a plaque and added to the base...''
~
[[Category:Civil Liberties]]
[[Category:Civil Rights]]
[[Category:Democracy]]
[[Category:France]]
[[Category:Green Graphics]]
[[Category:Social Justice]]
[[Category:United States]]
[[Category:US]]

Latest revision as of 20:13, 10 June 2024


Liberty: Breaking the Chains of Slavery


In France, the country that backed the American Revolution and later donated the Statue of Liberty, forty-six per cent of the people polled said that their opinion of the U.S. has “worsened a lot” (in the period of the administration of US President Donald Trump).

The proportion of respondents who still view America as a key ally is “vanishingly small” — as low as six per cent in Italy.


-- Robin Wright on US Independence Day

In The New Yorker / July 4th, 2020


How the world now sees America -- and how the Statue of Liberty was originally created to celebrate breaking chains of slavery. Robin's history shines a light... and a warning...


... the chain under Lady Liberty’s feet: she is stomping on it. “In the early sketches, she was also holding chains in her hand,” Edward Berenson, a professor of history at New York University, told me last week. The shackles were later replaced with a tablet noting the date of America’s independence. But the shattered chain under her feet remained.

The statue was the brainchild of Edouard de Laboulaye, a prominent French expert on the U.S. Constitution who also headed the French Anti-Slavery Society. After the Civil War, in 1865, he wanted to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S., enshrined in the new Thirteenth Amendment, which, in theory, reaffirmed the ideals of freedom—this time for all people—first embodied in the Declaration of Independence.

The now famous line — “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” from a poem by Emma Lazarus — wasn’t added until 1903, Berenson noted.

The poem had been donated as part of a literary auction to raise funds for the statue’s pedestal. France donated the statue; the Americans had to raise the funds to pay for its pedestal. Long after Lazarus’s death, a friend lobbied to have the poem engraved on a plaque and added to the base...


~

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current18:21, 3 July 2020Thumbnail for version as of 18:21, 3 July 2020546 × 478 (75 KB)Siterunner (talk | contribs)