There are many reasons to hate Manhattan's Wall Street. It's the home of miserable bankers on the brink of mental breakdown, expensive lunch options and of course, the dreaded 1%ers. But black people have a whole other reason to hate Wall St and it's about time we all learned about it.
THE DARK HISTORY OF BLACK PEOPLE AT WALL STREET
Go to Wall Street today and you'll see shiny buildings and crowded stock markets. However, a different type of trade existed in the 1700's but back in the 1770's. Then, it was the site of a popular slave market where slaveholders bought, sold and traded black people and Native Americans like products.
In 1771, the city officially sanctioned the human market at Wall St and collected a sales tax when someone bought
THE DARK HISTORY OF BLACK PEOPLE AT WALL STREET
Go to Wall Street today and you'll see shiny buildings and crowded stock markets. However, a different type of trade existed in the 1700's but back in the 1770's. Then, it was the site of a popular slave market where slaveholders bought, sold and traded black people and Native Americans like products.
In 1771, the city officially sanctioned the human market at Wall St and collected a sales tax when someone bought