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West End Avenue & 77th Street
I was rewatching the beginning of PBS’s documentary on New York the other day (which by the way is pretty awesome – get it from the library), and the point kept getting hammered home that unlike the m… more →
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Fake Stories or Real Stories?
wrote 1 week ago: History is replete with real stories. Here is an example from United States history. It concerns the … more →
VI History (The Long Version)
wrote 1 month ago: Pre-colonial History The island was originally settled around 1500 BC by the Ciboney people. They we … more →
This American Quaker and religious freedom pioneer was born today in 1627. Now WE know em
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wrote 2 months ago: John Bowne (1627–1695) was an English immigrant residing in the Dutch colony of New Netherland, who … more →
This American Quaker and religious freedom pioneer was born today in 1627. Now WE know em
wrote 2 months ago: John Bowne (1627–1695) was an English immigrant residing in the Dutch colony of New Netherland, who … more →
British Guiana Colonists - Historical database of residents
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wrote 5 months ago: British Guiana Colonists Introduction This site contains an index to an on-going database of 18th an … more →
What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed? James Madison
wrote 6 months ago: CECIL JOHN RHODES English financier in southern Africa. ‘The Rhodes Colossus – Striding … more →
Dutch Courage and the FV Abel Tasman
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wrote 8 months ago: They say it’s bad luck to change the name of a ship. The owners of the super trawler formerly known … more →
September 8 1664 New Amsterdam becomes New York
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wrote 8 months ago: New Amsterdam On September 8th 1664, Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrendered New Amsterdam, the … more →
Who Owns US Equities?
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wrote 9 months ago: Banking in the early 1900′s in the US became dominated entirely by German/Austrian interests. … more →
William Penn and James, Duke of York
wrote 9 months ago: In many writings on the life of the Quaker William Penn much is made of his close relationship with … more →
Ro Smeets visited Dutch Island
wrote 10 months ago: Ro Smeets visited Dutch Island is an island lying west of Conanicut Island at an entrance to Narraga … more →
Jews and Plantation Slavery in the Caribbean
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wrote 10 months ago: Two Sundays ago, when I visited the Shaare Shalom synagogue for the Kingston on the Edge (KOTE) conc … more →
West End Avenue & 77th Street
wrote 10 months ago: I was rewatching the beginning of PBS’s documentary on New York the other day (which by the way is p … more →
Governors Island
wrote 11 months ago: It’s nice sometimes to feel connected to the present day, to the current, to what’s happening right … more →
African American History: The Slave Trade
wrote 1 year ago: Portuguese traders brought the first African slaves for agricultural labor to the Caribbean in 1502. … more →
Capoeira, Runaway Slaves & The Dutch-Portuguese War
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wrote 1 year ago: Through a curious accident of history, Brazil is the only Portuguese-speaking country in all of Sout … more →
New Netherland - 1600s Company Town
wrote 1 year ago: Backstory: In 1602, the Dutch East India Company was chartered in the Netherlands. It’s purpos … more →
Harlem History 1658 to Present
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wrote 1 year ago: Harlem, NY Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, long known as a major … more →
March 22: World Water Day
wrote 2 years ago: Junior Chamber International Involvement of Banda Ariba, is one of the service-clubs where I’m … more →
