A statue of a Revolutionary War general was removed from City Hall in Albany, New York, on Saturday over his ownership of slaves.
City workers removed the statue of Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler before loading it onto a trailer and hauling it to a storage facility. The statue’s removal fulfilled an executive order that Democratic Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan issued three years earlier.
As a Revolutionary War soldier, Schuyler led colonial forces defending against the British Saratoga campaign that sought to control the Hudson River valley. The British campaign was defeated at the Battle of Saratoga, marking the first time continental forces successfully repelled a large-scale British force….