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When the English seized the land in 1664, they renamed it New York in honor of the Duke of York.All of it.
In the 1680s the Company was transporting about 5,000 slaves a year to markets primarily in the Caribbean across the Atlantic. Many were branded with the letters "DY", for its Governor, the Duke of York ... Between 1662 and 1731, the Company transported approximately 212,000 slaves, of whom 44,000 died en route.The whole place is a monument, and we know what "happens" to those.
They're gonna need a bigger mob.
The grand old Duke of York /
ReplyDeleteHe had ten thousand men /
He marched them up to the top of the hill /
And marched them down again. /
He branded them with DY /
And marched them to the shore /
And when he'd got his price for those /
He bought ten thousand more.