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Park Service to Revive Statue of Founding Father Who Enslaved Hundreds

公园管理局将恢复一位拥有数百名奴隶的开国元勋雕像

A bronze statue of Caesar Rodney, a Declaration of Independence signer, on a galloping horse stood in downtown Wilmington, Del., for nearly 100 years until it was removed in 2020.

A bronze statue of Caesar Rodney, a Declaration of Independence signer, on a galloping horse stood in downtown Wilmington, Del., for nearly 100 years until it was removed in 2020.

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Though somewhat obscure as founding fathers go, Mr. Rodney caught President Trump’s attention during his first term. (A conservative think tank in Delaware that, like Mr. Trump, opposes offshore wind farms and advocates for cutting taxes and regulation, is named after Caesar Rodney.) At the time, Mr. Trump criticized the city of Wilmington for removing Mr. Rodney’s statue, calling it part of a “radical purge of America’s founding generation.” Historians said Mr. Rodney enslaved as many as 200 men and women.

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