Ngaphambi nje kweMfazwe Yombango, indoda eyayikhotyokisiwe eyayisebenza kwindawo ekuyiyo ngoku eyi-Route 1 Corridor yanceda ukuphosa umfanekiso oqingqiweyo wobhedu phezu kwe-US Capitol. Ngelixa abantu abaninzi ababengamakhoboka bancedisa ukwakha iCapitol, uPhilip Reid mhlawumbi ngoyena waziwa kakhulu. indima yakhe ekudaleni "Statue of Freedom" isithsaba phezulu. Wazalwa malunga 1820, Reid wathengwa njengoko umfana eCharleston, SC, $1,200 ngumkroli ozifundisayo uClark Mills, owabona ukuba yena.
“wayenetalente ecacileyo” entsimini. Weza noMills xa wayefudukela e-DC ngeminyaka yoo-1840s. E-DC, iMills yakha isiseko se-octagon eBladensburg kumazantsi e-Colmar Manor apho umfanekiso oqingqiweyo weNkululeko waphoswa khona ekugqibeleni. umfanekiso wokuqala wobhedu eMelika - umfanekiso oqingqiweyo ka-Andrew Jackson - emva kokuphumelela ukhuphiswano, nangona naluphi na uqeqesho olusesikweni.Ngo-1860, bobabini baphumelela ikhomishini yokuphosa umfanekiso weNkululeko. U-Reid uhlawulwe i-$ 1.25 ngosuku ngomsebenzi wakhe - ngaphezu kwe-$ 1 abanye abasebenzi abayifumanayo - kodwa njengomntu okhoboka wayevunyelwe kuphela ukugcina umvuzo wakhe weCawa, kunye nezinye iintsuku ezintandathu ukuya kwi-Mills.Reid wayenobuchule obuphezulu emsebenzini. Xa kwakufika ixesha lokuhambisa imodeli yodaka lomfanekiso, umkroli waseTaliyane oqeshwe ngurhulumente ukuba ancede wala ukubonisa nabani na ukuba angawuthatha njani lo mzekelo ngaphandle kokuba unikwe imali engakumbi, kodwa uReid wafumanisa indlela yokuwuphakamisa lo mfanekiso ngomfanekiso oqingqiweyo. pulley ukuveza imithungo.
Phakathi kwexesha lokusebenza kumfanekiso oqingqiweyo weNkululeko kunye nokufakwa kwenxalenye yokugqibela, uReid wafumana inkululeko yakhe. Kamva wazisebenzela, apho umbhali wabhala esithi “wayexatyiswa kakhulu ngabo bonke abamaziyo.”
Ungawubona umfanekiso wodaka womfanekiso oqingqiweyo weNkululeko kwiHolo ye-Emancipation kwiZiko leeNdwendwe leCapitol.
Ixesha lokuposa: May-31-2023