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thisisntmynametoday t1_irzb9qq wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in What's your opinion on renaming Plantation Street because it's racist? by [deleted]

While you’re at it, Google Indian Slavery in New England. And English plantations in the Caribbean.

See if any of that happened before English settlements in Quinsigamond.

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[deleted] OP t1_irzbq53 wrote

None of it has anything to do with the specific use of the word "plantation." which simply meant "farm" when it was introduced here. If you're honest, you have to admit that your argument isn't with the term "plantation,' but with any name associated with the settlers, which is, pretty much, most of the non-Native American names. So why not just be honest and say you want to rename the most of the city?

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