Immigrant NYC, Episode 1: White Supremacy and Multiculturalism (1608-1775)
Channel: Samuel Finesurrey, Ph.D.
Date: 2020-03-30

This episode explores the foundations of multiculturalism and white supremacy in New Amsterdam-later New York City-from the arrival of Henry Hudson in 1609 to the eve of the America Revolution. It traces the city's development as it leaned on the slave trade and a process of native removal to expand and grow. It also highlights the Dutch influence on the City that allowed for development without the stunting impact of religious intolerance found in the rest of British North America. 

Clarifications

1) The Dutch West India Company, not Dutch East India Company controlled New Amsterdam. 
2) By the mid-1700s NYC became Britain's third largest port in the Atlantic. 
3) A "Gradual Emancipation" was not passed in NYC until 1799.