Chicago really started as a military base in 1803, Fort Dearborn. It was built largely by the way, by the Irish and the Poles and the Czechs and the Bohemians and the Italians. And It was not built by slaves. I mean there was a big influx of black migration that came to Chicago. And actually before we decided to addict a bunch of our populations on government benefits, those parts of Chicago were flourishing, were safer. (14:27–14:29)
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