Letter: The term âdixieâ must be removed from all public funded entities "DIXIE" is painted on the Sugarloaf sandstone rock formation Tuesday, June 30, 2020, in St. George, Utah. After years of resisting calls to change its name, Dixie State University is considering dropping the term Dixie as another example of the nationâs reexamination of symbols associated with the Confederacy and the enslavement of Black people. (Chris Caldwell/The Spectrum via AP) By Stephen McLaughlin | The Public Forum   | Feb. 25, 2021, 1:00 p.m. In 1847, the Mormon pioneers arrived with at least three African slaves to the Great Salt Lake, then part of Mexico, which banned slavery in 1829. Slavery continued in Utah as a custom until the Utah Territorial Legislature formalized African and Native American slavery in 1852. This remained the law regarding slavery in the Utah Territory until June 1862 when Congress outlawed slavery in all territories of the United States.