Is it true that Slaves were used in the construction of Statue of liberty the way we see it today?
2007-01-17 07:26:35 · 4 answers · asked by Ali 5 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ New York City
Not likely--it was given to us by the French to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the Declaration of Independence--on July 4, 1876, long after the Civil War ended slavery, and even longer after slavery was ended in New York and New Jersey. And that's just when we got it--we didn't raise enough money to build the base for it until the 1880's.
2007-01-17 07:39:45 · answer #1 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nonsense. Slavery was illegal in the US before Lady Liberty was even a seed of an idea.
Why do you ask?
2007-01-17 17:18:48 · answer #2 · answered by gormenghast10014 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, The SofL was built 20 years after slavey ended in the US.
2007-01-17 19:07:58 · answer #3 · answered by ccfromnj 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, that would have been really impossible as it was completed in 1876! There were no slaves in France or the US in that era.
2007-01-17 15:30:59 · answer #4 · answered by Lisa A 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋