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bucolic_frolic

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1. I read somewhere slavery was first in the colonies on Long Island.

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Mon Apr 6, 2026, 07:34 PM

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and it still has redneck roots in some places.

On Edit: "founded on ripping enslaved people out of their homes. "

Yes, and using slaves in their businesses (even in colonial Philadelphia). And clubbing wildlife to death in the northeast and midwest (John Jacob Astor). And grabbing territory from indigenous peoples. Or high prices in frontier general stores (Andrew Jackson). Some might have even opened brothels in the Klondike!

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April 6, 1712, In Labor History: One Of The First Slave Revolts, In New York City [View all] erronis Monday OP

I read somewhere slavery was first in the colonies on Long Island. bucolic_frolic Monday #1

Hartford Courant did a great series in 2005. cachukis Monday #2