The Enslaved People of George Mason Memorial, dedicated during a Monday ceremony at George Mason University, is at the center of the school’s efforts to reckon with its past.
. It spans roughly 300 feet and features several markers, including a fountain and the silhouettes of Penny — an enslaved girl whom Mason gave to his daughter — and Mason’s “personal assistant” named James. The names of other people enslaved by Mason appear throughout the installation.The memorial also includes a statue of Mason, a longtime campus fixture. Rather than remove Mason, his presence is an integral part of the installation.
The memorial is an attempt to embrace the contradictions that existed within many of the Founding Fathers. Mason opposed the slave trade that violently trafficked Africans between Africa, the Caribbean and the Americas. He penned the— the foundation for the U.S. Bill of Rights — and asserted that “all men are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherent natural rights.”
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