Oppression, exploitation and inhumanity against fellow humans was and still is everywhere. I think about it often and how writers of history try to obscure reality.
My typical bike ride takes me past scores of roadside markers in Massachusetts related to Massasoit, the leader of the Wampanog Indians (allegedly poisoned by the Pilgrims to obtain his land) his son Metacomet (King Phillip) and King Phillip's War.
When the Wanpanog were ultimately defeated by early American settlers in the Bay Colony, those that survived were rounded up, placed on ships in New Bedford and Providence, and sold into slavery on Caribbean plantations. So the slaves were being moved in many directions across the Atlantic. When it comes to shear barbarity it’s hard to equal the genocide of the Spanish in Latin and South America with Catholic priests in tow.
Contemporary historians will write about Uganda, Gaza and Ukraine, I’m sure it will no doubt be an accurate accounting.
Ironically the head of the UMASS Chan School of Medicine (T.H. Chan) recently demanded that the now famous City of Worcester, MA change the name of the street that the school is located on. The city explained to Chan that “Plantation Street” is not named after slave plantations, but rather after another famous Plantation in Plymouth, MA. So was Dr. Chan a boob who didn’t know his history, or did he know more about history than he let on? The school is still located on Plantation St.
. Yeah, there's nothing better than getting a nice cool day to ride on an FZ1. I've got to get on here more often , check my messages.
