Statue of Liberty was created to celebrate freed slaves, not immigrants

The "Black Models" exhibit at Musée d'Orsay has a number pieces on France's abolitionist stance in the 19th century [1].

There is also a replica of Lady Liberty in the hall at Musée d'Orsay -- you can see the chains at her feet [2].

The early abolitionist/Black empowerment movement in France is quite interesting, see Tom Weis's Pulitzer award winning biography "The Black Count"[3].

[1] https://m.musee-orsay.fr/en/exhibitions/article/black-models... [2] https://charlescearl.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_0274.jp...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Count:_Glory,_Revolu...