From this morning's @cspanwj: The Statue of Freedom was cast in bronze by an enslaved laborer, named Phillip Reid. Also, Jefferson Davis disapproved of the liberty cap...concluded that American freedom should not be represented by the badge of a freed slave. pic.twitter.com/AeGAKz2zV1
— CSPAN (@cspan) June 12, 2020
Friday, June 12, 2020
The Statue of Freedom
