MNH 1940 3c Emancipation Memorial Abraham Lincoln 13th Amendment 75th anniv

SCULPTED BY THOMAS BALL, THE STATUE DEPICTS LINCOLN HOLDING THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, WITH A NEWLY FREED SLAVE WITH BROKEN SHACKLES, PREPARING TO STAND AND EMBRACE HIS FREEDOM. THE FORMER SLAVE IS ARCHER ALEXANDER, THE LAST MAN CAPTURED UNDER THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT, WHOSE STORY WAS MADE FAMOUS BY WILLIAM GREENLEAF ELIOT.