A petition that would ask the ferry service to change the name of the ship LeConte is being circulated, the latest in a series of efforts around the country to strip the names of people who enslaved others from public spaces.
The change.org petition, posted Nov. 12 by Petersburg resident Terrence Daignault, asks the Alaska Marine Highway System to add the topic to an upcoming meeting agenda.
“Joseph LeConte was a slave-owning…
