| Emancipation and Freedom Monument | |
| Image Upright: | 1 |
| City: | Brown's Island, Richmond, Virginia |
| Coordinates: | 37.5344°N -77.4439°W |
| Artist: | Thomas Jay Warren[1] |
| Medium: | Bronze statues |
| Dimensions: | (height) |
| Subject: | Emancipation |
| Pushpin Map: | Virginia#USA |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Virginia##Location in United States |
The Emancipation and Freedom Monument on Brown's Island, Richmond, Virginia, is a public statue installed on September 22, 2021. The monument includes two 12foot bronze statues of an emancipated man and woman with an infant.[2] The woman is holding a piece of paper with the date January 1, 1863 which corresponds with the day U.S. president Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
The monument was designed by Oregon sculptor Thomas Jay Warren. Virginia senator Jennifer McClellan led the commissioning of the statue. According to McClellan, "it's the first state-funded statue celebrating emancipation in the U.S."
The pedestal features the names, photos, and stories of ten Virginians who participated involved both before and after emancipation.