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A report on Confederate monuments and streets in Austin , Texas included the recognition that Austin itself is named after Stephen F Austin, a man who supported slavery. Changing demographics
The issue noted by the city's Equity Office has raised the possibility of renaming the city. The report released last week recommended renaming several streets and removing markers related to the Confederacy.
The report also noted that Stephen Austin "fought to defend slavery in spite of Mexico's effort to ban it."
He "believed slave labor indispensable for Texas to flourish" and "believed that if slaves were emancipated they would turn into 'vagabonds, a nuisance and a menace.'" It also said that Austin sought to have slave owners compensated if their slaves were freed.
Austin is the latest figure who is undoing scrutiny for support of slavery. Street names and monuments are just the tip of the iceberg ..
Full story
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/31/us/stephen-f-austin-renaming.html
Comments
rmrd0000... Maybe . . .
The City of Passon
Named after Wesley H. Passon (1864-1933)
W. H. Passon Historical Society Records and Bio
legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/aushc/00545/ahc-00545
~OGD~
by oldenGoldenDecoy on Mon, 08/06/2018 - 5:14am
Thx OGD, I was unaware of this Texan.
by rmrd0000 on Mon, 08/06/2018 - 6:47am
Holy fuck, Texas seceded because Mexico wouldn't allow slavery there. Of course every single historical figure before say 1880 and most after supported slavery. Are we this bored and ignorant?
by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 08/06/2018 - 9:19am
you got me looking up history, mining the cross-links @ Wikipedia for Stephen Austin and finding out things I didn't know. Like that Texas was actually a long-term family project:
by artappraiser on Mon, 08/06/2018 - 2:24pm