Focus on Emancipation Memorial and explain the Other versions.
In 1879, Moses Kimball, for whom Ball had once worked for at the Boston Museum, donated a copy of the statue to Boston. It was located in Park Square. In July 2020, the Boston Art Commission voted to remove the statue after conducting a public debate on the statue's meaning. The statue made many feel uncomfortable, and many felt it lacked a proper narrative for the trauma it represents. The future state of this statue has not been decided, but it was removed from the Boston park on December 29, 2020.Architect Edward Francis Searles purchased an early small demonstration version from Ball and brought it to Methuen, Massachusetts, where it rests in the Town Hall atrium.The Chazen Museum of Art, located on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was gifted a version of the statue in white marble by Dr. Warren E. Gilson in 1976.
Moses Kimball Edward Francis Searles removed University of Wisconsin-Madison Park Square Chazen Museum of Art copy of the statue to Boston Boston Museum Methuen, Massachusetts Boston Art Commission