Statue of Henry Watkins Allen | |
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Artist | Angela Gregory |
Year | 1962 |
Subject | Henry Watkins Allen |
Location | Port Allen, Louisiana, U.S. |
30°27′36″N 91°12′37″W / 30.459949°N 91.210237°W |
A statue of Henry Watkins Allen (1962) by Angela Gregory is installed in Port Allen, Louisiana, United States.[1] The memorial is slated for removal, as of July 2020.[2]
In July 2020, after the international social movement of Black Lives Matter (BLM) and protests, a Henry Watkins Allen statue in Port Allen, created by local artist Angela Gregory was under debate over its historical significance.[1] One side of the debate is the sculpture may need more context for it to hold any significance, since Allen was a former Confederate States Army military leader, the owner of the Allendale Plantation, and he had owned enslaved African Americans.[3] On the other side of the debate, Henry Watkins Allen shaped Louisiana history and some say he should have more representation, even beyond the one monument by Gregory.[4]
Henry Watkins Allen's connection to the city of his namesake, Port Allen was his residence at the Allendale Plantation.[5][2]