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To: llevrok
Seattle was named after Chief Sealth who definitely was not a slave owner.

Chief Seattle was a Suquamish Tribe and Dkhw'Duw'Absh chief. A prominent figure among his people, he pursued a path of accommodation to white settlers, forming a personal relationship with "Doc" Maynard. The city of Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington, was named after him

15 posted on 08/17/2017 5:30:42 PM PDT by SkyDancer (There Are Three Great Ways To Perfect Landings - Unfortunately We Pilots Don't Know Them.)
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To: SkyDancer

Further on in that Wikipedia article it says Seattle did own slaves, captives taken in raids.

Some Northwest Indian tribes even killed slaves to use as rollers for the canoes of their guests, as they arrived at a potlatch.

Every human alive must be the descendant of successful murderers, rapists, slavers and conquerors. The amazing thing is that we can be better than that at all.


47 posted on 08/17/2017 7:36:29 PM PDT by heartwood (If you're looking for a </sarc tag>, you just saw it.)
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