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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish24•2 years agoWhat great foresight they had to create that space
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•2 years agoIt wasn’t that heroic. They intentionally did it to decimate new black land owners.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•2 years agohttps://www.nbcnewyork.com/discover-black-heritage/black-history-of-new-york-before-central-park-there-was-seneca-village/3543777/
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 years agoInteresting… it says it was 40 acres. I wonder what was in the other 95% of that land at the time? Everything on Google just mentions Seneca Village.
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What great foresight they had to create that space
It wasn’t that heroic. They intentionally did it to decimate new black land owners.
Wait, what?
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/discover-black-heritage/black-history-of-new-york-before-central-park-there-was-seneca-village/3543777/
Dang
Well that’s depressing
Interesting… it says it was 40 acres. I wonder what was in the other 95% of that land at the time? Everything on Google just mentions Seneca Village.