My whole life, I've been told that the statue of liberty represented the freedom America offered immigrants from Europe. It's been intrinsically linked with Ellis Island, poor, huddled white folk in rags. That's been the narrative, right?

Wrong. The Statue of Liberty celebrates the emancipation of the slaves. She wears chains and shackles on her feet. Originally, the chains were supposed to ho all the way up to the book, but the project went over budget, and the French weren't going to fork any more cash. The US government picked up the rest of the tab, under the condition that they tone the chains down.

http://www.nps.gov/stli/historyculture/abolition.htm

Basically it was a black woman, US had that toned down as well.

http://www.snopes.com/history/american/statueofliberty.asp

And you can get proof of this from proper sources, with documentation to prove it. Both from France and the US. We're talking about two different things.

of the UN. They have documentation of it and an image was published back in the 8o's.

'According to its Press and Information Service, "We constantly get calls from people requesting for information , and we do not have reliable information to give them." '

but it needs to be shipped COD payable in moon rocks.

also

http://www.nps.gov/stli/historyculture/black-statue-of-liberty.htm

gift like that. The story just doesn't sound right in modern times. Either things were very different back then or their is more to the story.

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They are America's godfather basically

To France, the US in the 19th century had the potential to be a beacon of Enlightment thinking and progressive ideala

Not the way its worked out obviously

Europe was saying fuck yo' couch to each other as much as possible until very very recently

The French contributions to the wars for Independence and of 1812 were massive in economy and manpower

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that's why it's hollow inside.

unfortunately all of the French soldiers died during the trek from France and so their bodies are buried on Liberty Island.

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