AdvertisementAn Emancipation Statue Debuts In Virginia Two Weeks After Robert E. Lee Was RemovedSeptember 22, 2021Deepa ShivaramfacebookEmailThe new Emancipation and Freedom Monument in Richmond, Va., features two 12-foot bronze statues of a man and woman holding an infant who have been newly freed from slavery. (Virginia's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission)