Ingxelo ka-Abraham Lincoln nguThomas Ball eBoston, eMassachusetts ngoJuni 16, 2020.UJOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP ngokusebenzisa imifanekiso kaGetty Kulo nyaka, phakathi kohlaselo lwe-coronavirus kunye nokubala ngokobuhlanga okwenzeka kwihlabathi liphela ngabantu ekugqibeleni beza nobunzulu bokungalingani kwehlabathi, imifanekiso eqingqiweyo yabakholoniyali kunye namanye amanani obuhlanga sele eqalile ukususwa kwi-plinths yabo. Ngaphezulu kwehlobo, abaqhankqalazi baseBoston benze uxwebhu lwezikhalazo babiza usodolophu ukuba asuse umfanekiso oqingqiweyo Iqela lokuKhululwa ebonisa uAbraham Lincoln emi phezu kwekhoboka eliguqe. NgoLwesibini wale veki ukususwa ekugqibeleni kwenzeka , emva kokuba lo mfanekiso ubemi eBoston's Park Square kangangeminyaka eli-141; okanye ukusukela ngo-1879.
Umfanekiso oqingqiweyo, owawenziwe kudala ngumthonyama waseBoston uThomas Ball, ubonisa uLincoln ebambe isibhengezo se-Emancipation kwisandla sakhe sasekunene. Ikhoboka elenzelwa umongameli ngu-Archer Alexander, owayekade eyindoda ebukhoboka eMnyama eyathi kamva yaya kungena kwi-Union Army. Emva kwexesha ebomini bakhe, nangona kunjalo, uAlexander wabanjwa phantsi kwegunya le Umthetho wamakhoboka abalekayo.
Njengoko kubonisiwe ngabaninzi ngexesha lenkqubo yoluntu kulo nyaka, siyavuma ngokupheleleyo ukuba umfanekiso oqingqiweyo kufuneka ufuduselwe kwindawo entsha efikeleleka esidlangalaleni apho imbali kunye nomxholo unokuchazwa ngcono, isithethi sikaMarty Walsh, usodolophu waseBoston, uxelelwe CNN . Isigqibo sokususwa siyayiqonda indima yomfanekiso oqingqiweyo ekuqhubekiseni ubandlululo oluyingozi kunye nokufihla indima yabantu abamnyama baseMelika ekubumbeni umlo wesizwe wenkululeko.
Eyona nto ingaqhelekanga ngokususwa kwalo mfanekiso uqingqiweyo kukuba izichaso ziphakanyisiwe malunga nawo ukusukela ngoku umzuzu wokudalwa kwawo, kungabikho mntu ungomnye ngaphandle kombhali ophelisayo ka-Frederick Douglass. Iyancomeka njengokuba isikhumbuzo sikaMnu Ball epaki yaseLincoln, ayitsho, njengoko kubonakala kum, iyithetha yonke inyani, kwaye mhlawumbi akukho nalinye ilitye lesikhumbuzo elinokwenziwa ukuze lithethe inyani epheleleyo yawo nawuphi na umxholo onokuthi wenzelwe Umzekelo, wabhala uDouglass, kwileta ka-1876 eya kumhleli we- IRiphabhlikhi yeSizwe .
Ngenxa yokuba kuthathe unyaka we-2020 ukuba imifanekiso eqingqiweyo enje iqale ukuhla, kubonakala ngathi iMelika inde, inde kakhulu xa isiza kujongana nenyani yayo yonke.
