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“The Statue of Liberty was built to commemorate the end of slavery in America, not immigration, legal or otherwise.”

I stand by what I said. Look at your comment. Immigration was indeed brought up to raise funds.

The fact is that the sculptor did what he had to do no matter what country...to get his original idea erected...including making up a story in a fund raising pamphlet to help sell it.

The original drawing was not made to end slavery. It is clear that the drawing was the basis for our statue with changes made to sell it.

If the statue was erected because of the end of Slavery..then why didn’t NY or Congress fund it?

It started with an idea and a sculptor that was bent on getting that idea erected somewhere. That is a tribute to him...not Eiffel who seems to get the credit on this thread for being the originator of the sculpture idea

and for the French side of it:

http://www.statue-de-la-liberte.com/en/Funding-of-the-statue-of-Liberty.php
When the idea of the construction of the statue was issued in 1865 there was only a vague project, interesting but that was part of a future not so concrete as that. When Bartholdi could look a little more seriously on that construction, he fell ill: The authoritarian government of Napoleon III, then head of government, prevented him from implementing a project statue of criticizing his regime, which was the hidden purpose the statue. The power of monarchical support in France was scuppered any attempt to public funding. Then, in 1870, the Franco-Prussian war broke out, leaving the land fallow. Bartholdi chooses exile in the United States, as much to escape her occupied country to discover that this young nation and to build relationships that allow him to make his statue. When he returned after the historic episode of the town is completed, the MacMahon government was still strong monarchical power. It took until 1875 for the Republican ideas are strong enough in the opinion that the government tends toward more openness, and he dismisses 1876 MacMahon. So it is not until the mid 1870s that the project of the Statue of Liberty was able to do.

I stand by what I said

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You said I needed a clue. You were wrong, you were insulting, and you’re not big enough to admit it or apologize. The information at your own provided link proves you were wrong.

The Statue of Liberty was intended to commemorate the end of slavery in America and the centennial of American independence.

“The Statue of Liberty was built to commemorate the end of slavery in America, not immigration, legal or otherwise.”
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The Statue of Liberty had nothing to do with the Civil War, Slavery, or otherwise. The Statue of Liberty was created to commemorate the Centennial of the Declaration of Independence and was a cooperative effort between France that would deliver and reassemble the copper statue, and the United States which would be responsible for the base.
Eiffel was the engineer chosen to build the support structure necessary to hold up the copper sheets which comprised the sculpture. Bartholdi was the Sculptor and Eiffel was the Engineer. An American built the base within the old Star Fort on Bedloe’s Island.
The tablet in the arm of Liberty is inscribed July 4, 1776. This is the confirmation of the REASON for the statue, a gift of friendship between France and America. The dedication took place October 26, 1886.
On October 26, 1986, I was invited by the mayor of the 16th Arrondissement in Paris to attend the Reception celebrating the Centennial of the Statue of Liberty at the site of the Statue of Liberty in the Seine in Paris.
American schoolchildren collected funds to give a small copy of the Statue of Liberty to France. This is the one in the Seine.