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

 

December 7, 2023

Alaska DOT photo.

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.

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