Monument to John McDonogh, Lafayette Square

John McDonogh (29 December 1779–26 October 1850) was a United States entrepreneur whose adult life was spent in south Louisiana and later in Baltimore. As a slave owner, he supported the American Colonization Society, which organized transportation for freed people of color to Liberia, in Africa, and also organized a plan for self-purchase by slaves in his control. In his will he provided large grants for the public education of children of poor whites and freed people of color in New Orleans and Baltimore. He was described as miserly, controversial, and eccentric.

New Orleans, Nov 2018, Photo 94

Monument to John McDonogh, Lafayette Square

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New Orleans, Nov 2018, Photo 96