New York city hall removes Thomas Jefferson statue
by Richard Luscombe from US news | The Guardian on (#5S8AK)
City public design commission voted to send 884lb, 7ft statue to the New York Historical Society because Jefferson enslaved people
A statue of Thomas Jefferson has been removed from city hall in New York, because the founder and third president enslaved people.
A work crew spent several hours on Monday freeing the 884lb, 7ft statue from its pedestal in the council chambers and carefully maneuvering it into a padded wooden crate, for the short journey to the New York Historical Society.
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