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Originally Posted by sentinel
Why do I keep reading that Pointe de Sable (real name, NOT 'du Sable'), had slaves of his own? It seems like a highly dubious claim, especially considering that very little is actually known of him. But I've read it before, and it would be very troubling that the City and state would continue honoring such a man if there was documentation of that.
Regardless, the man's life story is clearly more mythical than anything idiot alderman want people to believe.
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Yeah, frankly I think the fetishization of someone who was undoubtedly a murderous, greedy, colonizer is one of the more offensive government actions in recent memory. I get that they want to celebrate a free black man as the founder of the city, but the fact remains this is land stolen from the Potowatami and guys like DuSable are directly to blame for it. If they wanted to actually be politically correct they would do something, anything, to celebrate the true founders and owners of this place, not a literal colonizer. I would be much more supportive of it being renamed Potowatami Drive or something like that.