![]() ![]() : 54 In 1879, he married Mary Marshall, a laundress. He married Jane Brown, a housekeeper, in J and they had a son named Henry Reed about 1868. living on 3rd and C Street SW near the National Mall. After he was freed his surname was spelled "Reed" in census and other public records. During that time, he did not learn to read or write. Reed remained enslaved to Mills for over twenty years. Seen by Mills to have an "evident talent for business", Reed became his apprentice. 1820 into slavery in South Carolina and at about the age of 22, he was purchased by a sculptor, Clark Mills, in Charleston for $700 or $1,200. Garrett presented a paper honoring Reed for his "faithful service and genius", and describing the key role he had played in casting the statue of Freedom, that is now part of the Congressional Record. In 1928, Tennessee Representative Finis J. In the 1860s, after having worked at the foundry for almost two decades, Reed's skills in working with bronze casting were recognized. After his emancipation, he assisted Mills in installing the Statue of Freedom atop the United States Capitol, which was completed on December 2, 1863. Reed was emancipated on April 16, 1862, under the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act. Reed began working as an enslaved apprentice to Mills in 1842, as a young man in his twenties, who was already recognized for his talents in the foundry industry. ![]() 1820 into slavery in South Carolina's historic city of Charleston. There, historical monuments such as the 1853 equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square, near the White House in Washington, D.C., the 1860 equestrian statue of George Washington in Washington Circle, and the 1863 Statue of Freedom in Washington, D.C., were created. ![]() 1820 – February 6, 1892), was an African American master craftsman who worked at the foundries of self-taught sculptor Clark Mills. Philip Reed, known as Philip Reid before he was emancipated (c. For similarly named individuals, see Phil Reed. ![]()
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