Lady Antebellum change name due to association with slave trade
completemusicupdate.comLady Antebellum have announced that they are changing their name to Lady A, due to their former moniker’s association with slavery.The antebellum era in the US was a period of rapid economic growth in the southern states during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, aided in large part by a reliance on slavery.
While the band say that they were not named in direct reference to this period of US history, they add that they are now “regretful and embarrassed” that they chose the word nonetheless.“After much personal reflection, band discussion, prayer and many honest conversations with some of our closest black friends and colleagues”, say the band in a statement, “we have decided to drop the word ‘antebellum’ from our name and move forward.
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