Austin’s Equity Office suggested renaming the city in a report about existing Confederate monuments that was published this week.
Known as both the “father of Texas” and the namesake of the state’s capital, Stephen F. Austin carved out the early outlines of Texas among his many accomplishments.
He also opposed an attempt by Mexico to ban slavery in the province of Tejas and said if slaves were freed, they would turn into “vagabonds, a nuisance and a menace.”
For that reason, the city of Austin’s Equity Office suggested renaming the city in a report about existing Confederate monuments that was published this week.
Also on the list of locales to possibly be renamed: Pease Park, the Bouldin Creek neighborhood, Barton Springs and 10 streets named for William Barton, the “Daniel Boone of Texas,” who was a slave owner.
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Vagabonds, nuisance, and menace?? Well where was he wrong??
ReplyDeleteThat's not a racist comment at all.
ReplyDeleteTexas needs to stay strong on this. We are a Southern nation and proud of our Southern and Confederate ancestors and ties.
ReplyDeleteI say if you don't like this then move back North or to the country you came from.
You can't make this sh*t up, can you.
ReplyDeleteAgain, cerebral thinking versus hippocampus reactions.
Does the 6 million dollar man need to change his name, too?
Should we change the name of new York ? Since the English named it.
ReplyDeleteThus is what comminuist do!
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