| Harriet Tubman Memorial | |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Artist: | Fern Cunningham |
| Type: | bronze |
| Imperial Unit: | ft |
| Metric Unit: | m |
| City: | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates: | 42.3434°N -71.0781°W |
The Harriet Tubman Memorial, also known as Step on Board, is located in Harriet Tubman Park in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.[1] It honours the life of abolitionist Harriet Tubman. It was the first memorial erected in Boston to a woman on city-owned property.[2]
The memorial is a 10-foot tall bronze sculpture by artist Fern Cunningham and depicts Tubman leading a small group of people. She holds a Bible under her right arm. The figures are backed by a vertical slab, on the reverse of which is a diagram of the route Tubman took when accompanying passengers on the Underground Railroad, and several quotes by and about Tubman.
The inscription on the back of the memorial reads:
Go Down Moses, Way Down in Egypt's Land,Tell Old - Let My People Go
There are two things I've got a right to,and these are death or liberty. One or anotherI mean to have. No one will take me back alive. - Harriet Tubman
The midnight sky and the silent stars have been thewitnesses of your devotion to freedom and of your heroism. - Frederick Douglass
Tell my brothers to be always watching unto prayer,and when the good old ship of Zion comes along,to be ready to step aboard. - Harriet Tubman
She expected deliverance when she prayed,unless the Lord had ordered otherwise. - Sarah Bradford
Locations along the Underground Railroad are shown along an arc: Canada, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, New York City, Philadelphia, Delaware, and Maryland.