Jaime Steele’s Reviews > The Hudson: A History > Status Update

the Philipsburg Manor was commercially successful because of the enslavement and exploitation of African slaves' labor by the Philipse family. what a way to end this evening with mixed emotions that slavery was conducted in this part of NY by a family who made this an industry. end of chapter 4....

by now the Dutch were taking advantage of the natives that lived along the Hudson. liquor was constantly provided to the natives. this is a to much to read as the natives are pushed away from their ancestral lands.

Now comes the colonizers to Hudson Valley. I would like to see the documents or bill of sale supposedly the Natives sold Manhattan Isle for $24 at that time. $24 of worthless beads and trinkets. No.document exist here in.USA or at the Hague. ......