Dutch Manhattan - The Dutch Influence Today | 7

American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

New York City was founded on the Dutch principles of tolerance and capitalism, both of which were new ideas at the time. But much of the city's early history was lost until the 1970s, when a renewed interest in the Dutch period led to the founding of the New Netherland Center. Here, thousands of previously untranslated records shed new light on this crucial moment in Gotham’s history. Our guest today is Greg Young, who co-hosts the Bowery Boys, a popular podcast about all things New York City history. Young visited the New Netherland Center, and he joins us to share what he found there and where Dutch influence can still be seen in New York today.

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0:09.6	It's August 22nd, 1664 at a town hall in New Amsterdam, a Dutch settlement on the
0:23.5	southern tip of an island off America's New England coast.
0:26.8	New Amsterdam is the seat of the colonial government for the Dutch colony known as New
0:30.7	Netherlands.
0:32.8	The mayors of the colony are gathered at this town hall for an emergency meeting.
0:37.3	These men, the Bergenmeister's as they were called, are among the most powerful politicians
0:42.0	in New Netherlands, but not quite the most powerful.
0:45.4	That distinction belongs to a natural-born Dutchman named Peter Stivacent, the governor
0:50.2	of New Netherlands.
0:51.9	Stivacent is a Dutch hero.
0:53.9	Decades ago, he lost a leg to a Spanish cannibal in defense of his country, but today it's
0:58.9	not Spain that gives his people pause.
1:01.5	It's four British warships surrounding the island.
1:05.1	Stivacent sits in his chair at the head of the hall and listens to a barrage of demands
1:09.2	from the frightened Bergenmeisters.
1:10.9	Governor of Stivacent, on behalf of people, we demand to see the summons from the British
1:14.6	commander.
1:15.6	If Colonel Nicholas has offered terms of surrender, the people of the colony have a right to know
1:19.8	what they are.
1:22.3	Stivacent is boiling with rage.
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