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thisisntmynametoday t1_iryitjo wrote

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

Many Nipmuc and Wampanoags were sold into slavery during the colonial years, especially in the aftermath of King Philip’s War.

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[deleted] OP t1_irz19j5 wrote

So then your problem is with the history of the region. That has nothing to do with the word "plantation."

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Cheap_Coffee t1_is0z5cy wrote

More correctly: as a *result* of wars.

It was standard practice in those days to sell any (indigenous) prisoners taken during the wars. Most were shipped out to the Caribbean. They were not, by and large, used as slaves locally -- there were already more than enough indentured servants on hand to do the work.

This also started well before King Philip's War.

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