Harriet Tubman Memorial (Boston)

Harriet Tubman Memorial
Artist	Fern Cunningham
Year	1999 (1999)
Type	bronze
Location	Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°20′36″N 71°04′41″W / 42.34335°N 71.07811°W / 42.34335; -71.07811

The Harriet Tubman Memorial, also known as Step on Board, is located in Harriet Tubman Park in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.^[1] It honours the life of abolitionist Harriet Tubman. It was the first memorial erected in Boston to a woman on city-owned property.^[2]

The memorial is a 10-foot tall bronze sculpture by artist Fern Cunningham and depicts Tubman leading a small group of people. She holds a Bible under her right arm.^[1] The figures are backed by a vertical slab, on the reverse of which is a diagram of the route Tubman took when accompanying passengers on the Underground Railroad, and several quotes by and about Tubman.

The inscription on the back of the memorial reads:

Locations along the Underground Railroad are shown along an arc: Canada, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, New York City, Philadelphia, Delaware, and Maryland.

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