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Petition seeks name change for LeConte state ferry, named after slaveowner

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 […]