DuBose Memorial Cross; a grave marker memorializing William Porcher DuBose

Item

Legacies Classification
Memorial Object
Memorial Type
Plaque/Marker
Memorial Context
Lost Cause
Memorialized Subject
DuBose, William Porcher
Title
DuBose Memorial Cross; a grave marker memorializing William Porcher DuBose
Background and Context
A tall stone grave marker for long-time University Chaplain and theology instructor William Porcher DuBose on the grounds of the University Cemetery. DuBose was a Confederate veteran, pre-Civil War enslaver, and apologist for slavery.
Physical Description
A slender limestone grave marker, 15 feet in height, surmounted by a Celtic cross.
Memorial Inscription
Front:
William
Porcher
DuBose
Winnsboro, SC
April 11, 1836
Sewanee, Tenn.
August 18, 1918

Side one:
Soldier
Philospher
Theologian

Side two:
University Chaplain
1871-1882
Professor of Ethics
1871-1908
Founder,
Professor, Dean
of the
Theological Department
Creator/Participating Person(s)
Presbey-Leland Company
Date created, installed or dedicated
1920
Historical Period
1890-1945: Era of the Lost Cause, Jim Crow legal segregation and discrimination, and organized anti-Black racism
Campus Location
University Cemetery
Location: Institution, City, State
University of the South; Sewanee, Tennessee
Learn More About this Subject
“Types of the Year’s Best Cemetery Monuments,” The Monumental News, January 1921

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