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Archer Alexander (1806 – December 8, 1880) was a formerly enslaved American man who served as the model for the "emancipated slave" in the Emancipation Memorial 1876 located in Lincoln Park in Washington, D.C.
13 de jul. de 2020 · Archer Alexander was a slave who escaped to freedom during the Civil War and became the model for the kneeling black man in the Emancipation Memorial in Washington, D.C. Learn about his life, his role in the war, and the controversy over his representation in the monument.
In 1885 he published a moving biography, The Story of Archer Alexander, in which he wrote, “I never knew a man, white or black, more thoroughly Christian . . . in all conduct and demeanor.”. As Eliot described it, Alexander was born in 1828 in Virginia on the plantation of a Reverend Delaney. When Alexander was a young boy, his father was ...
23 de sept. de 2021 · Archer Alexander was born enslaved in Virginia and became a Union informant in Missouri during the Civil War. He was emancipated in 1863 and served as the model for the Emancipation Monument in Washington, D.C.
6 de jul. de 2020 · Archer Alexander was the real-life model for the freed slave in the controversial Emancipation Memorial, which racial justice protesters in D.C. have demanded be removed. But Alexander didn't...
1 de jul. de 2020 · The crouching Black man is modeled on a real person: Archer Alexander, who lived from around 1813 to 1880.
1 de abr. de 2012 · Archer Alexander was a slave who escaped to freedom and became a symbol of emancipation in the U.S. Learn about his life, his role in the Civil War, and his legacy in the Emancipation Monument and the Black American Commemorative stamp.
