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To: delta7

New York is named for a duke of york who was instrumental in British slave trade.


14 posted on 06/25/2020 10:10:33 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Vote Giant Meteor in 2020)
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To: newzjunkey
New York is named for a duke of york who was instrumental in British slave trade.

Guess it's back to "New Amsterdam", although of course the Dutch had a history with slavery as well.

16 posted on 06/25/2020 10:11:42 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: newzjunkey

New York is named for a duke of york who was instrumental in British slave trade.


Well then time for a name change there, too.


22 posted on 06/25/2020 10:14:41 AM PDT by lodi90
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