North Carolina Residents Sue to Remove Confederate Statue Honoring ‘Faithful Slaves’

The residents have argued that the monument expresses ‘a racially discriminatory message.’

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A group of black residents in North Carolina filed a federal lawsuit on May 21, demanding the removal of a Confederate monument dedicated to “faithful slaves” from outside Tyrrell County Courthouse in Columbia.

The Concerned Citizens of Tyrrell County sued the board of commissioners over their maintenance of the public monument inscribed with “In Appreciation of Our Faithful Slaves.”