New York Times Named After a City Named After a Slave-Trading Racist - Granite Grok

New York Times Named After a City Named After a Slave-Trading Racist

NYC SkylineThe list of things the Democrats and their thugs must insist we change (remove, destroy) because “slavery” (symbols of Hate!) grows by the day. This time it’s New York. The State, the City, and everything else that sounds similar.

The Daily Caller reminded everyone that New York is named after the former Duke of York, James Stuart, who would eventually become King James II. James formed the Royal African Company (RAC), which eventually “became the largest single company involved in the slave trade,” according to a 1999 UNESCO paper.

The RAC traded an average of 5,000 slaves per year from 1680-6 and a total of 30,000 from 1680-1700. The company remained in the slave trading industry until it moved to trading gold dust and ivory in 1731. The RAC was dissolved in 1752.

I doubt they are prepared to make so big a leap, but perhaps they could use that context to reconsider their lesser tantrums?

Or not.

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