RE: What Happened to My Wall St Slave Burial Ground Thread?
March 26, 2017 at 1:37 pm
(This post was last modified: March 26, 2017 at 1:39 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
It would be pointless to do so, it's obvious hyperbole (as was the comment about capitalism requiring chattel slavery to work). Wall street was already a commodities market when the ordinance was passed that made it the official slave market of the city.
Quote:1711. Law Appointing a Place for the More Convenient Hiring of Slaves Source: Minutes of the Common Council of the City of New York, vol. II, 458, December 13 , 1711. Be it Ordained by the Mayor Recorder Aldermen and Assistants of the City of New York Convened in Common Council and it is hereby Ordained by the Authority of the same That all Negro and Indian slaves that are lett out to hire within this City do take up their Standing in Order to be hired at the Markett house at the Wall Street Slip untill Such time as they are hired, whereby all Persons may Know where to hire slaves as their Occasions Shall require and also Masters discover when their Slaves are so hired and all the Inhabitants of this City are to take Notice hereof Accordingly.https://people.hofstra.edu/alan_j_singer...Market.pdf
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