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*During the 17th century, Dutch trading posts established for the trade of pelts from the Lenape, Iroquois, and other tribes were founded in the colony of '''New Netherland'''. | *During the 17th century, Dutch trading posts established for the trade of pelts from the Lenape, Iroquois, and other tribes were founded in the colony of '''New Netherland'''. | ||
*Both the Dutch and the British imported '''African slaves''' as laborers to the city and colony; New York had the second-highest population of slaves after Charleston, South Carolina. Slavery was extensive in New York City and some agricultural areas. The state passed a law for the gradual abolition of slavery soon after the Revolutionary War, but the last slave in New York was not freed until 1827. | *Both the Dutch and the British imported '''African slaves''' as laborers to the city and colony; New York had the second-highest population of slaves after Charleston, South Carolina. Slavery was extensive in New York City and some agricultural areas. The state passed a law for the gradual abolition of slavery soon after the Revolutionary War, but the last slave in New York was not freed until 1827. | ||
* | *In the 1620s and 1630s, the '''Dutch and Walloons (French-speaking Belgians)''' settled in the Hudson Valley and on western Long Island. | ||
*Large numbers of '''Irish and Germans''' came to New York cities in the mid-1800s. The Irish tended to settle in New York and other large cities, such as Albany, and along the canal. Large numbers of Germans settled in New York City, Buffalo, and Rochester. | *Large numbers of '''Irish and Germans''' came to New York cities in the mid-1800s. The Irish tended to settle in New York and other large cities, such as Albany, and along the canal. Large numbers of Germans settled in New York City, Buffalo, and Rochester. | ||
*New York was the destination for millions of '''southern and eastern Europeans, especially Italians and Russian Jews''', from about 1890–1910. | *New York was the destination for millions of '''southern and eastern Europeans, especially Italians and Russian Jews''', from about 1890–1910. | ||