Did you know that Asheville NC was originally named Morristown NC?
Asheville NC was renamed after Samuel Ashe governor of NC he was the ninth governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1795 to 1798.
He is known to have owned slaves and one such slave Amar, was a West African woman who was enslaved and brought to America in 1735 aboard a ship called The Doddington. Legendary tennis player Arthur Ashe is a direct descendant of Samuel Ashe's slave Amar.
Do you think with Sheville turned QUEER BLUE. Should we now demand asheville change its name to SHEVILLE instead for inclusivity?
https://www.romanticasheville.com/vance.htm
However then when Sheville became WOKE!
The all female Asheville City Council passed a resolution last June that created a task force to determine what to do with the Vance Monument. Its members ultimately voted to take it down.
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Another one bites the dust.
Asheville NC was renamed after Samuel Ashe governor of NC he was the ninth governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1795 to 1798.
He is known to have owned slaves and one such slave Amar, was a West African woman who was enslaved and brought to America in 1735 aboard a ship called The Doddington. Legendary tennis player Arthur Ashe is a direct descendant of Samuel Ashe's slave Amar.
Do you think with Sheville turned QUEER BLUE. Should we now demand asheville change its name to SHEVILLE instead for inclusivity?
https://www.romanticasheville.com/vance.htm
However then when Sheville became WOKE!
The all female Asheville City Council passed a resolution last June that created a task force to determine what to do with the Vance Monument. Its members ultimately voted to take it down.
Zebulon Vance monument in Asheville, North carolina, dismantled by city
A towering monument to Zebulon Baird Vance, a former Confederate soldier who later became the governor of North Carolina, has been removed from a park in downtown Asheville after more than 120 years.
Another one bites the dust.
