Bartholdi ya yi wahayi ne daga farfesa a fannin shari'a da siyasa na Faransa, Édouard René de Laboulaye, wanda aka ce ya yi sharhi a 1865 cewa duk wani abin tunawa da aka kafa don samun 'yancin Amurka zai zama aikin hadin gwiwar Faransa da Amurka. Saboda rashin zaman lafiya a Faransa bayan yakin, aikin mutum-mutumi bai fara ba har zuwa farkon shekarun 1870. A 1875, Laboulaye ya ba da shawarar cewa Faransa ta ba da kyautar mutum-mutumi kuma Amurka ta samar da shafin da kuma gina ginin. Bartholdi ya kammala shugaban da kuma makamai masu ɗauke da wuta kafin a tsara mutum-mutumi, kuma an nuna waɗannan sassan don talla a nune-nunen kasa da kasa. Tambaya: Wanene Laboulaye yake so ya ba da kyautar mutum-mutumi?
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