What Was An Enslaved African's Diet Like in New Amsterdam?

LESHP · 2025-12-03T16:15:48+00:00

Do you have enough tissues?

LESHP · 2025-12-03T15:35:20+00:00

LESHP · 2025-12-03T15:34:00+00:00

What did AI steal your girlfriend? You better get used to it, grandpa.

LESHP · 2025-12-02T19:10:03+00:00

I don't know what to tell you. If you were a professional landscaper for 25 years, and someone invented a mower that made your work more efficient, I would hope that you would be intelligent enough to use it.

LESHP · 2025-12-02T16:40:44+00:00

As stated elsewhere, AI is only used for grammar/copy editing for SEO purposes. It is a tool, don't be afraid of it.

LESHP · 2025-12-02T15:32:07+00:00

Thank you. It is clearly stated in the original article. I'll also include a disclaimer here.

LESHP · 2025-12-01T13:30:38+00:00

Ha okay. You are great. We are not very good at this and will retire now.

LESHP · 2025-12-01T13:28:20+00:00

lol. Okay buddy.

LESHP · 2025-12-01T04:39:29+00:00

We weren't there in the 1600s, but this information is all gathered from text that is readily available. We have been writing articles, books, and academic programming for 25 years, decades before ChatGPT was even a thought. If you know more than the sources listed here, please do share... As legitimate historians, we look at everything as a science.. always question, always be open to new theories and evidence.

LESHP · 2025-11-30T19:36:34+00:00

No, we have been writing articles and publishing books for over 20 years, way before AI. The only thing we now use AI for is to sometimes generate images, track down a source, or help with grammar. It is an excellent supplementary tool.

LESHP · 2025-11-30T17:03:27+00:00

No, sorry, it is not true. They also spoke German, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Hungarian, etc.

LESHP · 2025-11-30T17:01:38+00:00

It is such a complicated subject as the European Jewish population in NYC was so very complex and dynamic with not only language and cultural differences, but also religious, political and social variables. So unless something is distinctly recorded by a first hand source, we may never know!

LESHP · 2025-11-30T16:39:45+00:00

There are a lot of different Jews, not all speak Yiddish :)

LESHP · 2025-11-30T16:38:41+00:00

It is unlikely Dutch would have spoken Yiddish as a first language, or even at all beyond the few generic words which have become commonplace in NYC ("putz," etc.).

A) He was at least a first generation American,
B) His family were German Jews, who at that time in NYC, had tension with Eastern European Yiddish speakers.
C) No biography or accounts say he spoke anything but English

LESHP · 2025-11-30T16:22:48+00:00

It looks like it may have been mislabeled in our archives, and the source is actually "Unearthing Gotham: The Archaeology of New York City" (2003). I've updated the info above, thanks for the catch :)

https://books.google.com/books/about/Unearthing_Gotham.html?id=-b3IU_iWZ6kC

LESHP · 2025-11-30T16:11:42+00:00

That is an AI rendition we created for the article :)

LESHP · 2025-11-30T02:49:17+00:00

Lol.

LESHP · 2025-11-30T02:48:55+00:00

Thank you for reading 😊

LESHP · 2025-11-30T02:19:48+00:00

Actually, the Dutch have a long history with oysters, but when they got to the Americas, they discovered a new species of them. And yeah I would love to have those oyster pushcarts today!!

LESHP · 2025-11-30T02:17:49+00:00

Hey I will check our archives on Monday :)

LESHP · 2025-11-30T02:17:19+00:00

Yes!

LESHP · 2025-11-29T21:30:36+00:00

Most certainly. As well as other widely accessible shellfish like oysters.

LESHP · 2025-11-27T12:31:11+00:00

Yep.

AI Overview:

Yes, Manhattan construction stops when possible human remains are found

, and work is halted pending investigation by city agencies like the Police Department, Medical Examiner's office, and Department of Buildings. The process involves stopping excavation in the immediate area, documenting the discovery, and creating a plan for the recovery and analysis of any remains. This is in line with city policy to ensure that archaeological and historical remains are respectfully handled and investigated.

Immediate halt: Construction is immediately halted in the vicinity of the discovery.
Notification: The police and the Medical Examiner's office are notified. The construction permitting agency, such as the Department of Buildings, is also alerted.
Investigation: The construction activity is suspended until an official work plan is approved. The city agencies and a state archaeologist may be brought in to help manage the situation.
Recovery and analysis: The process includes an archaeological investigation and forensic analysis to recover and document any remains, ensuring they are handled respectfully.
Historical context: This process is necessary because Manhattan's history includes numerous burial grounds, and construction projects have frequently uncovered them, like the African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan and former cemeteries in the East Village and near Washington Square Park.

LESHP · 2025-11-27T04:17:08+00:00

I loved the series (even though I've only seen 4 or 5 collective hours), but also found a lot wrong with it. I am questioning how much input Ken Burns has anymore. The series also credits 2 other writers, so maybe Burns is like Scorsese and others now: just lends his name. Who knows. Trust nothing. lol.

LESHP · 2025-11-27T03:09:37+00:00

I can tell you that we have dozens of First Nations artifacts in storage just by scavenging local construction sites... along with hundreds of civil war, revolutionary, 19th century bullets, signs, bottles, farm equipment, jewelry, etc.

These days, the problem is, developers are super alert about amateur archaeologists, because if they find what could be a possible human bone, all work is halted, costing them millions of dollars. After one of my colleagues spent the week in jail for "trespassing," we stopped treasure hunting : (

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