On October 11th my class and I went on a tour to see different sculptures in our area of Brooklyn. On of the sculptures we saw were the Henry Ward Beecher sculpture and we were able to see him standing tall and almost affirmative in a way and besides him were two children and a women. These were three blacks and they were slaves and when I first seen the sculpture I thought he was standing up for them and helping the in a way. Also assumed that he had power he had on a nice looking coat, he had a suit on or he was just very well dressed. he also kind of had a stomach me and one of my classmates thought maybe the person that created the sculpture saw him in this way and back then people that had size were normally assumed that they had power money or were just able to eat well in there time of life. we also went and saw the arm holding one finger up. now when I saw the sculpture I first thought one for all, and all for one. its something said in the sports world but also the muscle on the arm showed strength. on question 6 I said that this sculpture at the time could of meant unity and how the people could have stuck wit one a another at the time when it was most needed.
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Thanks for also writing about Hank Willis Thomas's Unity on Tillary Street. Be sure to note the artist and the title and location of anything you write about on a blog post so readers aside from me know what you're writing about.
Thanks for your post, Jahki. Please make sure that your post reflects knowledge of assigned class materials and in-class discussions about the sculpture. The sculpted figures on the pedestal of the Beecher statue in Columbus Park are not slaves. Even though the figures can be easily misinterpreted, given their position, we did talk about them, and their reception, and they are also discussed in the assigned reading for last week. The two figures at the foot of the Plymouth Church sculpture, are enslaved sisters whom Beecher freed at one of his mock slave auctions.