Greenleaf Whittier Statue
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Greenleaf whittier statue. The still unidentified vandal wrote blm as well as an expletive slave owners on the seated statue which is located at central park 6532 friends ave. In whittier calif vandals tagged a statute of john greenleaf whittier the city s namesake and a poet who dedicated his life to the anti slavery cause with blm and f k slave. The john greenleaf whittier statue in whittier california in a photo taken in 2007.
The statue is of john greenleaf whittier a poet who spent 30 years writing articles and essays against slavery for numerous abolitionist publications. The statue is of john greenleaf whittier a poet who spent 30 years writing articles and essays against slavery for numerous abolitionist publications. Editor s pick damage to whittier statue causes ripples on both coasts.
Statues of abolitionist campaigners such as matthias baldwin and john greenleaf whittier have been defaced. Statue of abolitionist john greenleaf whittier vandalized in his namesake city driver sought in fatal pico rivera hit and run pico rivera mayor education consulting firm owner charged in campaign contribution case how to celebrate 4th of july during a pandemic in the san gabriel valley whittier area. In whittier california this weekend blm hooligans trashed a statue of john greenleaf the prominent quaker abolitionist known for his anti slavery writings.
John greenleaf whittier december 17 1807 september 7 1892 was an american quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the united states frequently listed as one of the fireside poets he was influenced by the scottish poet robert burns whittier is remembered particularly for his anti slavery writings as well as his book snow bound.
