From: richmicheyes@aol.com THE  BLACK STATUE OF LIBERTY (Hello everyone!  Long time no see or hear!!  Wish I could have been apart of your little world.  I guess there was no room for me.  Anyway, I'm writing to give you the information that we spoke of several months ago at Uncle Leon's favorite eatery, concerning that the original Statue of Liberty was a Black Woman.  Remember Matt, when you asked if I could provide proof?  Well, here it is without further ado.  You all have a nice time and just think about me when something comes up and/or open.  Oh, by-the-way, please read this in its entirety before you cast judgment, or decides to dismiss this and not finish reading it.  Give me that much respect, okay!!??) In 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte stated that history was only "a lie agreed upon."  Nothing could be more illustrative than the history of the Statue of Liberty originally called "Liberty Enlightening the World."  The liberation of African American slaves was the only inspiration for the creation of a Statue of Liberation for Edouard Rene LeFebvre DeLaboulaye.  He recruited a young sculptor, Frederick Auguste Bartholdi, to create a Black Female slave statue holding a broken chain in her left hand and with broken chains of slavery at her feet. The official web site of the Statue of Liberty states that the statue was given to the people of the United States by the people of France as an expression of friendship and to commemorate the centennial of American Independence (1776).  The Encyclopedia Britannica states Bartholdi designed the Statue of Liberty as a monument to the Franco-American alliance of 1778.  These are absolute and total lies!!!  Edouard Rene LeFebvre DeLaboulaye, an internationally renowned lawyer and author of a three-volume history of the United States, first discussed the idea of a symbol to represent the end of U.S. slavery at a dinner party in 1865 at his country home near Versailles, France.  In attendance at the dinner party were many abolitionists including Victor Hugo and Frederick Auguste Bartholdi, who had initially been retained to create a sculptured bust of Mr. DeLaboulaye. Victor Hugo and Edouard DeLaboulaye were leaders of the French abolitionist movement.  They hated slavery and were in strong support of John Brown when he attempted to arm slaves in West Virginia for rebellion by raiding the armory of Harpers Ferry in 1859.  After John Brown failed and was hanged, Hugo and DeLaboulaye took up a collect among the French people and presented a gold metal to John Brown's widow. After Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States in 1861, the French liberals and abolitionists including Hugo, Bartholdi, and DeLaboulaye urged Lincoln to free the slaves even if civil war resulted.  Lincoln was told: "You would become the first country in history to have fought a war against itself to free the internal slave and you would go down in history as a truly great country and a beacon of light to all freedom loving people."  The French abolitionists saw the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 as a worthless piece of paper since it only freed slaves in the Confederate controlled states where Lincoln was still in authority.  When the war ended in 1865, French abolitionists were extremely happy and in addition to again urging Lincoln to free all slaves, DeLaboulaye and Bartholdi again headed the abolitionists' committee that presented a gold metal to Mrs. Lincoln just as he had done for the widow of John Brown. In addition to a staunch abolitionist, Frederick Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904) was an outstanding French sculptor.  Bartholdi trained to be an architect in Alsace and Paris and then studied painting with Ary Scheffer and sculpture with J>F> Soitoux.  Bartholdi's life and ideas changed dramatically after 1855 when he toured Egypt and witnessed the magnificent colossal monuments and statues created by the ancient Black Egyptians.  Bartholdi's creation of a giant Black ex-slave female with broken chains at her feet and left hand was readily accepted in France.  Although liberals, freemasons, and businessmen with American interests were against the project, by 1881 some 100,000 people and 181 towns throughout France had contributed money. In 1871, Frederick Bartholdi at the urging of DeLaboulaye undertook a voyage to America to sale his idea of a colossal statue clearly symbolizing the end of chattel slavery in the United States.  He was armed with a large terra-cotta statue and numerous drawings to clearly illustrate his proposed Statue of Liberty.  The original model of the Statue of Liberty with the broken chains in her hand and on her feet and with African facial features is still available for viewing at the Museum of the City of New York --- located at Fifth Avenue and 103rd. Street.  The original African face of the Statue of Liberty was also published in the New York Post dated June 17, 1986 as part of the centennial celebration.  Bartholdi found little American support for his African slave model.  In 1878, as the African head of Miss Liberty first went on display at the Universal Exposition in Paris, France, rampant reaction raged throughout the American South. Bartholdi finally had to abandon his original ideas and changed the Statue of Liberty to the features we are now familiar with.  The African face was re sculptured into a face of his Mother Madame Bartholdi!!!  A tablet of law tucked into her folded arm that bears the date July 4, 1776 replaced the broken chains in the slave's left hand.  Ironically, the chains were left at her feet but the meaning changed from broken American slavery to broken English tyranny. On May 18, 1986 during the centennial celebration, The New York Times joined The New York Post in describing the original Statue of DeLaboulaye and Bartholdi in presenting this statue to America.  It's unconscionable that the Encyclopedia Britannica and the official Statue of Liberty literature can still lie and say that this is a monument celebrating American Independence of 1776 and/or the Franco-American alliance of 1778.  Dr. Jack Felder sums it up clearly: "Once in place, Miss Liberty received a new meaning.  She was hailed as the 'Mother of White Exiles' greeting European immigrants seeking freedom in America.  Nothing in the original conceptions of Bartholdi or DeLaboulaye envisioned this role for their statue." -Richard Wilson-Carter- Feel free to contact with any responses or comments.  T. West, I know you will appreciate this information!  Much love and thanks for all the African information that you email me daily.  You're the only one who has not forgotten about me in some capacity or another.  May Amen bless you, Brother!! Hotep (Ancient Egyptian/Kemetian word meaning "Peace"), my Brothers and Sisters

Thank you for sharing this information about the "Black Statue of Liberty".  Yes, I appreciate the liberating truth!   The power has always been in our hands, most simply did not realize it and we have and continue to have so many who do not have the moral foundation, the tenacity and ability to lead a people who have been targeted for annihilation.  More often, they want to “get paid”. We must build Black Solidarity, if we are to attain sustainable and full economic empowerment.  This is the opposite of assimilation.  That model is dead and must now be buried.  We must drop and stop using the phrase, "not in my lifetime but my children's".  Black Solidarity will happen in our lifetime.  Black economic empowerment, through solidarity, will happen now. Of that, I am certain because we have thought and envisioned it and, therefore, bring forth the actions to make it a reality.  That is the god-force within Black men and women. Upon the backs of Africans, America was built in record time to become the most powerful nation on earth.  We will now build our own economic tower of power in blinding speed. No, it will not be one built upon the enslavement of others and by the shackling of the souls of men, women and children seasoned with treachery and hypocrisy.  How will we do this?  By focusing on our single greatest strength in "Regions 1-5" (Africa) with capital (money) injection from the single greatest strength from "Region 6" (African Diaspora). What many have stated was impossible is quickly becoming reality.  In the essence of blackness is the power to envision it and then make it happen.  It is not about making it happen for the “leader” on Sunday mornings but about making it happen for all, for the Black Universe, small and great. The “first heaven” for all of us is right here, not “on the other shore” or in the “circle in the sky”. It is not about the best, the gifted, the well educated, the most articulate, or the prettiest “getting paid” but about being a servant. I have no doubt as to what we will accomplish in record time.  The path is already there, as the power of the oppressor is being broken by the same ancient force that made folly of the pompous and “all powerful”.  We know this to be true because that was once us; people of our genome. Solidarity is being built at the grassroots level within the Black Universe all over the world.  In fact, when the Investor Class observe that which they thought they had under lock and key pulling out the chief cornerstone upon which their power and prestige stands, they will come running offering this and offering that. The Black Universe, the sleeper, the father and mother of all shall restore itself to its place as it was in the beginning. "Blackness", be it ones complexion or the black oil, is a blessing, not a curse.  The economic predators' power of suggestion is being broken.  PhD “Bo Bo” will no longer repeat what he was taught in the halls of mis-education that oil is Africa’s curse, instead oil is Africa’s blessing. We must persistently focus on "Blackness", the source of strength.  The chain of religion (wine) which has encouraged millions of you to hold out and be patient, hoping that White America and Europe will be "born again", is being broken.  The oppressor can no longer measure out “barley and wheat” to appease, deceive and buyoff. He can no longer secure stolen power through the use of that which was stolen to set brother against brother, and male against female so that he may feast upon their riches. The overseers, the lords of that tool and that “sign” of conquering and dominion have achieved failing grades as we give witness to the pitiful state of affairs with Black America, Africa and the rest of the African Diaspora.  The Black Church, National Urban League, NAACP, SCLC, PUSH, etc. have failed in the quest for assimilation, a bad ideology that has caused a loss of self, of culture, and of integrity. Today, we see the results of the false stoned liberty standing in the harbor of the minds of millions of Blacks. They have rejected it. It was pursuit on a dead-ending path. The chains of ignorance and blindness of our strength is being shattered.  The realization of the oppressors' greatest weakness is becoming evident and we know their greatest weakness is our greatest strength.  We will embrace the "oil". We will invest through our own private investment groups. We must never forget anyone but embrace the willing spirits, no matter how small.   Stay tuned......... Sincerely, T. West CART