Talk:Tar Heel

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"A great deal of controversy has come from another origin of the word.  Tar Heels was also a nickname for slaves, namely those who just arrived in the Americas.  It was generally believed that those with darker skin tones were more desirable workers, therefore sellers would apply tar to the lighter parts of their body; their heels were one of those areas."
which I have absolutely never heard of and could not find reference for anywhere...except Wikipedia.  I removed it from the main article but left it here should there be some verifiable source for it.  DukeEGR93 17:31, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Claim of Controversy 

message: This article failed the GA noms for the following reasons:
*Per WP:MSH, headings generally should not repeat the title of the article. 
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Hope this helps. Tarret 23:12, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Failed GA

message: Just speculation on my part, but the reason the history of the "Tar Heel" phrase cannot be traced fully might be that this phrase was initially "Tar Hill", referring to the North Carolina hills where pine forest are, and where tar was produced.  Later, it would be changed verbally to its current form "Tar Heel".
:Interesting theory, but unless you can provide a reliable source for that hypothesis, it can't go in the article. Rreagan007 (talk) 19:13, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  How about if "Tar Heel" was actually "Tar Hill" in the beginning? 

message: I'm from NC, and in our history classes we were taught that the term Tar Heel comes from the Civil War explanation listed on the page. It had nothing to do with any hills, pitch, or slaves. It was actually documented that the term came from that, as North Carolinians were pretty proud of the term.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Solo013 (talk • contribs) 00:00, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
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message: Does anyone have a source for the Rosin Heel information in the lede? If not, I will remove. Remember (talk) 11:50, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rosin Heel