Pitt on a Pedestal: Sculpture and Slavery in Late-Eighteenth-Century Charleston
On July 5, 1770, South Carolina raised its first public sculpture. Representing the English statesman William Pitt the Elder in the mode of a classical orator, the marble statue stood on a pedestal at the intersection of Meeting and Broad Streets, in Charleston’s historic Civic Square. This essay re...
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European Association for American Studies
2019-12-01
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| Series: | European Journal of American Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/ejas/15410 |