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To: MountainWalker

Maybe Montgomery County should change its name because I’m betting Montgomery was a slaveowner...


11 posted on 03/01/2017 9:47:22 AM PST by piasa
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To: piasa

Can’t discern if Richard Montgomery (whom the county was named after) did own any slaves or not. He was born and raised in Ireland, served in the British Army for a long time (was involved in the Seven Years War) and eventually moved to Kingsbridge NY (now part of the Bronx) in 1773, where he owned a farm.


14 posted on 03/01/2017 10:06:30 AM PST by Olog-hai
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