Faithful Slave Mammies of the South Memorial

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Washington
Title
Faithful Slave Mammies of the South Memorial
Date
1922
Type
Proposed
Description
In 1922, Congress received a proposal from the Washington, DC, chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy to create the "Faithful Slave Mammies of the South" memorial recognizing the supposed loyalty of enslaved women to their owners during the Civil War. African American newspapers, including the Chicago Defender condemned the proposal as an insult at a time when Congress was unwilling to pass laws protecting African Americans from lynching. The Senate approved the proposal in 1923, but pressure from citizens and the press prevented passage of the bill in the House, and the memorial was never built.
Type
Monuments
Unbuilt
Temporal Coverage
1920-1949
Source
National Archives and Records Administration.
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