Talk:Jan Rodrigues
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[edit] African-American
In an effort to be overly politically correct the article previously stated that Juan "Jan" Rodrigues was the first African-American to live in and work on Manhatten island. Since Rodrigues was not born in Africa and it's debatable whether the term American was in common usage at this time, this was a misnomer and was changed to the more correct statement that he was the first black man in Manhatten.
