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Imagine America erecting the Statue of Liberty while they still had slaves. Funny if they would've had something that represents "freedom" liberty and justice for mankind, while at the same time black people weren't free. Good thing they waited 12 years after the slaves were freed to decide to give it as a gift. And then they waited 10 more years after that to deliver it.

Your video is FILLED with errors! First it was never intended as a gift to the US, certainly not at a July 4th 1876 gift! The statue, which is named “ Liberty lighting the world” It was intended to sit at the entrance to the Suez Canal. The torch is not “The Light of Freedom” it was supposed to be a lighthouse at the entrance of the canal. Egypt paid for construction of the copper statue, but when costs of building a plinth for it to stand on at the mouth of the Canal, as well as erosion and collapse concerns arose, and cost of construction of an internal frame ballooned out of control, Egypt cut its’ losses and told Bartholdi that they no longer wanted it. The statue was offered to many countries, none of whom wanted it, including several refusals from the US, and was about to be scrapped when a private American group pledged to raise the funds to pay for the plinth, and the construction of the statue (which again, is named “Liberty Lighting the World” NOT “The Statue of Liberty". After that wealthier benefactors pledged the rest and construction of the base, and assembly of the statue began in earnest. There are actually pictures of the torch on tour to raise the money needed to put it together, as well as the truth of its’ history, HERE: www.nypl.org/blog/2015/04/07/statue-liberty-pedestal Why does it take a British citizen to correct Americans about your own history?

The statue of liberty was initially designed to celebrate the end of slavery but was later changed because the white supremacists didn't approve of it, the statue has shackles on its feet, look it up

A slap in the face towards today's immigration

But why are we not mentioning that this was originally a statue of a black women/Egyptian women who was nlack.But people didn't want a statue of a black women overseeing their land.The chains Represent a slave women being set free...TELL ME WHEN IN OUR HISTORY WERE THERE WOMEN WITH CHAINS ON??

Copper, you mean the color was copper.... NOT BROWN 😂😂😂

Россия подарила её Франции

Она была сделана в России на Урале и подарена Франции но те отказались и подарили её Америке :-)и это не шутка.

Ancient culture we could of build the golden bridge with a massive boats and build in scaffolding anchor with a rope line for tide from field or sync with boats on side for locomotive anchor weights ... ...on some a illegal alien for mars with hunger and no millennials phone believe in aliens ...i tell trump Biden how they build a pyramid...of his trump tower ...trump...quote American ain't wall the best ants there build big elephant in the room with clout ...with a concept with small brain and feed him peanuts ...

False.. and it’s a shame they used indigenous people to do the video. 🤦🏾‍♂️ the original statute s to be a black (indigenous) woman in broken chains to represent the ending of slavery!!!!! They changed the face to be white.. why u think he used copper.. for the copper colored people!!! Know your REAL HISTORY

Starting with a photo of a different dam suggests this is entertainment.

I wish there is still historic building/house at the SoL island

"She's still standing proud me- you like the weather? wait 5 mins..

She didn't mention that the statue was original a black woman but was re designed into what we see today...and the shackles on her feet had something to do with freed American slaves...not just freedom..... This lady trippin

Liberty is miracle of allah the statu is king ahmad kalipah ahmad rasul allah much photo king ahmad in there, firstime liberty bilding is 1930 tex meseg writing there is hendi m halipah king ahmad born1977-1-18 statue have lantetn and book of allah the name is purkon book banyak photo hendi m halipah di liberty

Lol this isn't true at all.....😆🤣🤣

I wonder how it would have been received if while the statue was closed for three years if it had been polished back to bright copper and then lacquered to preserve the finish 🤷🏻‍♂️

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lol imagine building your channel so much and the studio just to abandent it

P.O.V. Your Spanish teacher assigned this for ur homework

It is a very strange video because of the exclusion of the word slavery, which is what defines American liberty so-called. It is not freedom or liberty in a vacuum. The broken chains do not represent liberty in the abstract. The broken chains represent Humanity freed from slavery. The white washing of what the statue actually celebrated, Emancipation, is telling.

A very good video, it explains all the history of the statue, Great !

World most biggest gift given by France....wonder how much it costed to them?...

The largest restoration occurred in the 1980's, and this video didn't even mention it!

It saddens me to see two people of color giving false information. The Statue of Liberty was A GIFT TO THE SLAVES OF AMERICA FOR RECEIVING THEIR FREEDOM. Study your BLACK HISTORY. Just looking and listening to both of you puts me in a tIcked off state of mind.

They should just repaint it copper. That is what the artist intended. I think it would look stunning. There has to be something that could protect the paint.

Y’all not ready for the discussion of the original Statue of Liberty…

Once again, the true history of the creation and meaning of the Statue of Liberty is misrepresented. Good try.

Idk if it's just me but that dudes head top is big

Would be cool if they let people go into the torch again...

You're never supposed to put ***** on a pedastool .... but in this case it works. Lol

Frenchip good one

I'm just blown away they did all that back then. Even with modern technology it would blow my mind.

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Love you guys

You mean statue of literby

No menton of the statues original destination. Failure from the start.

John’s for the win... Joe’s is overrated. Just one guy’s opinion

I remember watching this when it came out in 2013 when I was 12... Nostalgia 🙏🏻

It was shot before world got 4G network😂

Pizza and Mark of newyork city

1776

dam on your thumbnail is not hoover

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That moment, when you're European, you've never been in NYC but you know more about the statue, than most Americans.

Oh shit you got Scott from Scott’s Pizzeria tour. I wish you would’ve went through more of where he goes on his tours I did see it online before.

It's so nice seeing black people talk about Americas history with pride.

I guess there not going to include the original design and meaning before this design

Nice and simple

The tour guide gives a "fast times" vibe.