Talk:Roland V. Libonati

Legislation on Columbus Day
Libonati, as reported by James Loewen, professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Vermont, wrote that in congress "he told perhaps the most outrageous lie about Columbus, when he introduced the bill that made Columbus Day a national holiday in 1963. The statement he made "We owe to this great emancipator and nobleman of the seas a signal national debt of gratitude." According to Loewen, Jhonnpeople (talk) 16:53, 9 February 2017 (UTC)Emancipator means someone who frees slaves.  Historians have called Abraham Lincoln "the great emancipator".  Here, according to Loewen, Congressman Libonati applied the term to the person who started the Atlantic slave trade.

Jhonnpeople (talk) 16:53, 9 February 2017 (UTC)jhonnpeople