Bye Bye Cameron Village (Raleigh, Hillsborough: apartments, how much, gated)

[bluecomet]

Originally Posted by lottamoxie

People will continue to call it whatever they learned, despite the name changing.

yep, meet you at Cameron Village.

[raleighsocial]

Originally Posted by DodsonRamseur

North Korea, Iran and the Taliban are proud.

I have no clue what that even means.

[NC Observer]

Regency had no choice but to change the name once Sabrina Goode confronted them. They even “donated” $ 50,000.00 towards her cause.

[BoBromhal]

Originally Posted by raleighsocial

I don't see the problem. Raleigh destroyed numerous historic black neighborhoods in the name of 'urban renewal' during the 20th century. All that is happening here is a name change to give the middle finger to the largest slaveholder in North Carolina history.

whoever this Cameron fellow was - he was the largest slaveholder in NC History?

[NC Observer]

Originally Posted by BoBromhal

whoever this Cameron fellow was - he was the largest slaveholder in NC History?

According to the News & Observer article, yes he was.

All of the tenants in Cameron Village will now have to delete the word "Cameron" from their signage and/or advertising. They will suddenly become woke. LOL

[raleighsocial]

https://museum.unc.edu/exhibits/show...on--1808-1891-

Prosperity came to North Carolina and the South from their plantation economy. As a result, most of the university’s early supporters were slave owners. Most prominent among them was Paul Carrington Cameron. Born in North Carolina and a university student during the 1820s, he expanded his inheritance to become the state’s largest slaveholder and one of the wealthiest men in the South. He was a Whig before the Civil War and a political ally of President David Swain. After the war, he contributed funds to reopen the university and to build an auditorium to honor Swain and the university’s Civil War dead. When Memorial Hall opened in 1885, the university named the avenue in front of it for Cameron. He also willed the university scholarship funds for needy students.

[BoBromhal]

Originally Posted by NC Observer

According to the News & Observer article, yes he was.

All of the tenants in Cameron Village will now have to delete the word "Cameron" from their signage and/or advertising. They will suddenly become woke. LOL

WRAL, linked in the first post, and N&O article say "one of". https://www.newsobserver.com/news/lo...248700545.html

It will be called Village District, dropping its connection to the Cameron family, whose wealthy patriarch was one of the largest holders of enslaved people in North Carolina before the Civil War.

Prior to the Civil War, Duncan Cameron owned one of the largest holdings of enslaved men and women in the area. Aside from owning the Cameron plantation, which stood on around 10 acres of land

I just figured unless it was a MUCH larger farm than what we know as the mall area, that there would be much larger farms with more slaves.

[NC Observer]

Originally Posted by BoBromhal

WRAL, linked in the first post, and N&O article say "one of". https://www.newsobserver.com/news/lo...248700545.html

I just figured unless it was a MUCH larger farm than what we know as the mall area, that there would be much larger farms with more slaves.

The man owned slaves. Not sure that the number of slaves that he owned makes any difference. I wonder if Cameron Clothiers , now located in North Hills, will have to change their name as well ?

[ucctgg]

I started this thread and I don't think anyone has mentioned that sea dog, Sir Walter Raleigh. Many many historical figures from that era had some connection to slavery. If we rename Cameron Village "The Village", do we rename Raleigh "The City"?

[raleighsocial]

Originally Posted by ucctgg

I started this thread and I don't think anyone has mentioned that sea dog, Sir Walter Raleigh. Many many historical figures from that era had some connection to slavery. If we rename Cameron Village "The Village", do we rename Raleigh "The City"?

I mean you're free to pursue that if you want if you feel so strongly about it. Cameron Village is privately-owned property and the decision was privately made by the owner.