Pillars of Freedom

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Pillars of Freedom

Commissioned for the Mary and Eliza Freeman Center in Bridgeport, CT. I was asked to help in creating the visual language for one of the first freed black communities in America. In this piece I chose to depict Mary and Eliza Freeman who were the teachers, bankers, community organizers of this great community back in the 1820’s. Here is some more info on the center and Little Liberia… https://freemancenterbpt.com/little-liberia/