West Rogers Park school drops its slaveowner namesake – Chicago Sun-Times

Daniel Boone Elementary will be called Mosaic School of Fine Arts from now on. Boone Elementary was named for a Quaker and folk hero who guided settlers into Kentucky but enslaved as many as seven people and fought in several wars against Native Americans. He had no known ties to Chicago but was honored with the school name when it opened in 1928.

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