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NY wants to replace statue of slave-owning Founding Father with one of Harriet Tubman
Each state honors two notable people in their history by donating statues to the National Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S ...
Amsterdam News11h
Raise your voice for racial justice at Reparations Commission meeting in the Bronx
After meetings held in Buffalo, Albany, Rochester, and Southeast Queens, the Bronx is set to host the next New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies (CCRR) hearing.
PBS9y
New York: The Revolt of 1712
Militia units from New York and Westchester were mustered, as were soldiers from a nearby fort. Twenty-seven slaves were soon captured. Of these, six committed suicide. The rest were executed ...
Harriet Tubman fought slavery. Most of the men on US paper currency had ties to it
A US Senator wants to replace Andrew Jackson, who kept scores of slaves at his Tennessee plantation, on the front of the $20 ...
The New York Times23d
Slave Trade.
It charges that the bark Augusta was fitted out and equipped in the port of New-York, on the 10th of November, 1861, for the purpose of carrying on a trade and traffic in slaves, and sailed from ...
Democrat and Chronicle28d
NY reparations commission holds Rochester hearing on slavery’s impact
The New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies (NYSCCRR) hosted a public hearing to address the effects of slavery and systemic discrimination. The commission aims to develop ...