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Letters: Wade Hampton today; who tomorrow?

Asha Marie started an online petition to change the name of Wade Hampton High School.
Asha Marie started an online petition to change the name of Wade Hampton High School. Greenville News

So now critics want to change the name of Greenville’s Wade Hampton High School, because Wade Hampton owned slaves and fought a government he believed as oppressive.

George Washington and Thomas Jefferson owned slaves. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson fought for independence from a government they believed was oppressive.

Raymond H. Lancaster

Columbia

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