tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post4942842279148296883..comments2024-03-17T12:16:42.048-07:00Comments on Civic Center: Plantation PoliticsCivic Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11380345.post-9758075925223729892009-01-23T07:08:00.000-08:002009-01-23T07:08:00.000-08:00I'm reading The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell, a...I'm reading <I>The Wordy Shipmates</I> by Sarah Vowell, and the original Massachusetts Bay Co. Puritans called Boston a "plantation" when they founded it, and the earliest settlers there had no slaves, barely able to keep themselves alive at first.<BR/><BR/>It's odd to see the word free of racial context.Matthew Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17769958949302039878noreply@blogger.com