[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by rlcooper70

This one is funny .... never thought about the "Chiefs" before and didn't consider the profits in rebranding. Complicated subject

Turns out that the abolitionist, Alexander Hamilton, had a sister in Georgia who died with a manservant. The manservant packed all her stuff and came up to Boston whereby Hamilton "freed" him and funded him to open a cobbler shop where the man prospered and lived. However, technically, Hamilton owned a "slave" for the ten days it took the man to travel up to Boston (as he had inherited his sister's property). I heard a called on local radio call for Hamilton to come off the ten? Hmmmm.

Eli Yale of Yale University (slave trader)? Washington, Jefferson, the list is long.

I do not understand why these people cannot deal with our forefathers based on the times they lived in. Talking about their lives based on where we are as a society now makes no sense.