Peter Stuyvesant Was a Slave Trader

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Creator

@slaversofny

Title

Peter Stuyvesant Was a Slave Trader

Coverage

Stuyvesant Ave & Gates Ave Brooklyn, NY 11221 United States

Description

A sticker on a light post at the corner of Stuyvesant Ave and Gates Ave in Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy neighborhood. The entire sticker reads “Peter Stuyvesant was a slave trader. Peter Stuyvesant trafficked 290 human beings in the first slave auction in Manhattan in 1660,”.

Rights

@slaversofny

Publisher

Urban Art Mapping Research Project

Date

Contributor

HS

Identifier

UAM-GF_1717

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