![]() ![]() The 504 dead of this short-lived uprising were placed in an ossuary underneath the column, as, later, were the dead of the I848 revolution. Gilles Desmons explains that, as eventually built, it commemorates "the 1830 Revolution of the Trois Glorieuses (the last three days of July, 1830)." He continues, However, its history is somewhat more recent than many suppose. Towering over the middle of the square, the column is often taken as commemorating the 1789 Revolution, and indeed it was originally conceived as such, and is in an area where people often gather to take place in political protests. Greened bronze, with a gilded globe and statue, the monument stands in the Place de la Bastille, Paris. It was inaugurated 1840, when the sculpture was installed. The Spirit of Freedom by Augustin Dumont (1801-84) was installed on a column designed by Jean-Antoine Alavoine (1776-1834), and completed, with some revisions, by Joseph-Louis Duc (1802-79). Emancipation Act had ended slavery in the District of Columbia on April 16, 1862.Left: The Spirit of Freedom by Augustin Dumont (1801-84), installed on its column in 1840. If Philip Reid was present on that day, he was there as a free man. The final section was bolted in place on December 2 with thirty-five guns firing a salute to Freedom. Once the casting was completed in 1862, workmen erected the statue section by section atop the Capitol Dome. After an Italian craftsman in 1859 demanded more money for the job, Mills turned to one of his slaves, Philip Reid, to separate the five sections of the plaster model. Reid then worked on casting the sections in bronze. The statue of Freedom was cast from Crawfordâs plaster model at Clark Millsâs foundry in the District of Columbia. Neither Davis nor Crawford could know that an enslaved African American would play a critical role in casting the statue. The sculptor followed Davisâs instructions, and Freedom wears a helmet composed of an eagleâs head and feathers. Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, a slaveowner from Mississippi who would later become president of the Confederacy, objected to the liberty cap âas the badge of a freed slaveâ and suggested that Crawford change the statueâs headgear to a helmet. ![]() Sculptor Thomas Crawfordâs second design represented Freedom as a female figure clad in classical robes, bearing a sheathed sword and shield, and wearing a liberty cap. The nineteen-foot six-inch bronze statue of Freedom crowns the cast-iron Dome of the Capitol. âI have endeavored to represent Freedom triumphant.â Emancipation Act hadended slavery in the District of ![]() In 1859 an Italian craftsman demanded more money for the job. ![]() The Statue of Freedom was cast from Crawfordâs plaster model at Clark Millsâ foundry in the District of Columbia. Ll persons held to service or labor within the District of Columbia by reason of African descent are hereby discharged and freed.â ![]()
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