[Ads-l] "slaves" and "enslaved [persons]" revisited

[Kyle Fr.]

Could you elaborate on this? (Who of/what city?)
Preciate it,
fr.

> Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 16:16:16 -0400
> From: toff at MAC.COM
> Subject: Re: "slaves" and "enslaved [persons]" revisited
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> On Apr 16, 2016, at 3:08 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> =
> wrote:
> > It seemed to me that in some places the substitution would work fairly =
> naturally, in others not so much.=20
> 
> Aside from that, when it comes to the NYT print edition they=E2=80=99re =
> possibly keeping column inches in mind, and they=E2=80=99re probably not =
> going to do different versions for print and online.  Sixteen characters =
> when five might do for something recurring thirty-five (or whatever) =
> times cuts down a bit on how much information one can convey in the =
> space left.  Even worse on Twitter, of course.
> 
> I=E2=80=99ve unfortunately had occasion to type one or the other a lot =
> more often lately due to a statue of a slaver/slaveowner/slaveholder/? =
> being recently put up in the city where I was born.  I=E2=80=99m pretty =
> upset about it happening.  The city=E2=80=99s first African-American =
> mayoral candidate supported the project, bizarrely; he=E2=80=99s not =
> voiced his reasons for doing so.
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