Jocko lawn jockey -$275 OBO

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For sale is a great "Jocko" lawn jockey. The jockey is all-aluminum and is mounted to an aluminum base. This is one piece. It ships to the lower 48 united states for a flat rate of $25. The purchase price is only $275 Buy-it-now or best offer! Please email with interest and offers. We accept paypal, Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American Express,cash,and checks with 10 day clearance. The item ships unpainted to your door. This is a great chance to get a metal jockey for an affordable price. The jockey statue is 45 inches tall. Please review the partial article below for a well written historical account of this particular version of the lawn jockey. Illinois residents are required to pay 6.25% sales tax. We ship these direct to your door. We accept Paypal, Visa, Discover, Mastercard, American Express, Cash, Checks with 10 day clearance. This is the absolute best deal out there on a metal "Jocko"!!! Get a Jocko shipped to your door! Buy now and save BIG!!! Jocko Graves lawn statue The jockey pointed to safe houses along the Underground Railroad. "These statues were used as markers on the Underground Railroad throughout the South into Canada," said historian/author Charles Blockson, curator of the Afro-American Collection at Temple University in Philadelphia. "Green ribbons were tied to the arms of the statue to indicate safety; red ribbons meant to keep going." "People who don’t know the history of the jockey have feelings of humiliation and anger when they see the statue," he added. "But this figure which was sometimes used in a clandestine nature, and sometimes without the knowledge of the person who owned the statue, was a positive and supportive image to American-Americans on the road to freedom." Sometime, added Blockson, a flag was put into the hand of the statue to indicate safety. ‘Jocko’ honored slave, book says Legend has it that George Washington created the first groomsman hitching post, or "Jocko," in honor of the frozen slave in the 1770s. According to Florida Atlantic University history professor Kenneth W. Goings, in his book Mammy and Uncle Mose (Indiana University Press), Gen. Washington wanted to mount a surprise attack on a British encampment during the Revolutionary War. Several blacks – slaves and free men – joined the group. A young black man named Tom Graves wanted to fight but Washington said he was too young and asked the boy to hold a lantern for the troops as they crossed the Delaware , Goings writes. (Some versions of this story say it was Graves’ son, "Jocko," a nickname or given name, who died holding the reins of the horses.) Another version of the story: When the troops rowed back after the battle, instead of finding their horses hitched to a post, the reins were in the hands of Graves, who had frozen to death. Washington was moved by the boy’s dedication, Goings writes, and ordered a statue made in his honor. All night long Jocko Graves had stood there freezing from the ice and snow. he had crossed earlier with his father; Tom Graves. Tom was among the sixty Negro volunteer troops in Washington's immediate command. When the patriots were needed to take care and herd the horses on the Jersey side, Graves was among the volunteers. His son, Jocko, having the attributes of a normal boy, tagged along with his father. When the horses were gathered, someone asked, "who will hold the General's horses?" Jocko was quick to step forward, saying, "I will." When George Washington realized the supreme sacrifice made by the little Negro boy, he was very much impressed. He told his officers about it and they in turn told their men whose hopes and valor were restored as if by magic. The Colonials charged the Red Coats and Hessians at Trenton, routing the garrison, killing and capturing over 1,000 royalists. Only four patriots died; two in battle and two frozen to death. Jocko is counted among the latter. It was the turning point for Washington. Nicholas Cresswell who knew the father of ou... read more

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