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New York Is Named After A Horrendous Slave Trader
« on: August 18, 2017, 02:09:03 pm »
New York Is Named After A Horrendous Slave Trader

Posted By Thomas Phippen On 9:00 PM 08/17/2017 In | No Comments

New York, both the city and the state, is named after the house of York and particularly for James Stuart, then Duke of York, one of the most successful slavers in colonial American history.

President Donald Trump wondered aloud during a raucous press conference Tuesday whether the impulse to tear down memorials to leaders of the Confederacy like Gen. Robert E. Lee would slip into calls to remove monuments to America’s founders, like Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, both of whom owned slaves. 

Article printed fromThe Daily Caller: http://dailycaller.com

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Offline dfwgator

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Re: New York Is Named After A Horrendous Slave Trader
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2017, 03:21:26 pm »
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam....
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Re: New York Is Named After A Horrendous Slave Trader
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2017, 03:34:37 pm »
It would be good to see this go up Cuomo's pipe.

And then there's Albany.
« Last Edit: August 18, 2017, 03:40:20 pm by endicom »