Talk:Juan Rodriguez (trader)

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unreliable citations

Quite a bit article is based on disputed and non-academic citations. If you look at ^[1] these authors claim that much of this is uncertain or mythologized. I think this article needs a substantial rewriting. Comments? mnewmanqc (talk) 21:54, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mnewmanqc: You posted this on the actual page and not the talk page. Moved it here. 2A00:11B1:10A0:993E:4650:554F:B318:9383 (talk) 20:10, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled

Why does it matter if they called him a black man? It doesn’t matter but it will sure piss off a white racists with the through of a non European person being in in the Americans before the Europeans arrived killed off the native population

African-American

In an effort to be overly politically correct the article previously stated that Juan "Jan" Rodrigues was the first African-American to live in and work on Manhatten island. Since Rodrigues was not born in Africa and it's debatable whether the term American was in common usage at this time, this was a misnomer and was changed to the more correct statement that he was the first black man in Manhatten.

I disagree with the above statement. Juan Rodríguez was not a black man, he was biracial or mixed, half white and half black. Mulatto in colonial and Spanish parlance. So biologically he was the first man of both African and European heritage to settle in Manhattan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emanuel Kingsley (talk • contribs) 08:38, 16 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Riverside Park Sign

The plaque mentioned in the final sentence of the article was never installed in the park. This can be verified by visiting the park, calling Riverside Park or the Parks Department, or clicking the NYC Parks Department link listed as a source earlier in the article (the Jan Rodrigues historical sign no longer exists). Mram28 (talk) 19:02, 28 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Parentage

The Biography section states that his parents were "an African woman and a Portuguese sailor," citing a 2012 story in the NY Times. However, the linked NY Times story does not include that information, instead stating only that he was described as a "mulatto" or "Spaniard." Mcavalletto (talk) 01:38, 23 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

PBS documentary

Juan Rodriguez's story is recounted in this 2024 PBS documentary. Source: https://www.pbs.org/video/threads-in-the-american-tapestry-irfb2a/ 98.123.38.211 (talk) 02:03, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The above documentary mentions that in 1613 the Dutch sailors tried to coerce Rodriguez to come with them to the Netherlands, but he refused, saying that if they forced him to sail for the Netherlands he would jump overboard at the first opportunity. Should we add this story to this article? 98.123.38.211 (talk) 02:08, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

^ https://academicworks.cuny.edu/dsi_pubs/17.)

[1] ttps://academicworks.cuny.edu/dsi_pubs/17.)

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