On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 07:37:29 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
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On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 21:33:24 -0400, Mr. B1ack
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On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 14:21:39 -0700, "raykeller"
whiney_will_have_his_nose_in_my_ass_in_3_2_1@l eftards_are_loosers.com
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http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/17/ne...-slave-trader/

New York Is Named After A Horrendous Slave Trader
Thomas Phippen | 9:00 PM 08/17/2017

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.

Well then ... we'll just have to tear it down I suppose .......

They can rebuild "New Amsterdam" on its ashes.


No, you can't do that as that is a reference to the Netherlands, and
Dutch living in both "The Spice Islands" and "The Cape Colony" kept
slaves, and the VOC (Dutch East India Company) traded in slaves.


Native American names aren't "pure" either, they captured and traded
slaves too, such as Sacagawea. She was useful as a guide and
translator because Hidatsa slave raiders had captured her in Shoshone
territory far upriver (Salmon, Idaho).


The truth of the matter is that nearly every nation/country throughout
has, or does, keep slaves.

And, the Civil war was not fought over the slavery question, per se,
although that was an extremely good excuse to raise a hue and cry.