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Why does it matter if they called him a black man? It doesn’t matter but it will sure piss off a white racists with the through of a non European person being in in the Americans before the Europeans arrived killed off the native population

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.

I disagree with the above statement. Juan Rodríguez was not a black man, he was biracial or mixed, half white and half black. Mulatto in colonial and Spanish parlance. So biologically he was the first man of both African and European heritage to settle in Manhattan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emanuel Kingsley ( talk • contribs) 08:38, 16 June 2013 (UTC) reply

Imported from Governors Island article: The original documents about Adriaen Block's voyages and the 1613 employment of Jan Rodrigues as factor in Block's service, from May 1613 to December 1613 on Noten Island, now Governors island, are to be found in the City Archives of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, under Not. Arch. 269 pp.201V-202; Not. Arch.197 pp.614V-615; Not. Arch. 197 P.646V; Not. Arch. 132 P.197VNot. Arch. 133 pp 30-31; Not. Arch. 198 pp.97, 97V, 98; Not. Arch. 198 pp. 113V-115V; Not. Arch. 198 pp. 99-101V; Not Arch. 198 pp. 116-116v; Not. Arch. 611 P. 45; Not. Arch. 137 pp. 117-117V-118; and Not. Arch. 198 p.269V. Djflem ( talk) 10:43, 9 March 2009 (UTC) reply

The plaque mentioned in the final sentence of the article was never installed in the park. This can be verified by visiting the park, calling Riverside Park or the Parks Department, or clicking the NYC Parks Department link listed as a source earlier in the article (the Jan Rodrigues historical sign no longer exists). Mram28 ( talk) 19:02, 28 September 2009 (UTC) reply

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The Biography section states that his parents were "an African woman and a Portuguese sailor," citing a 2012 story in the NY Times. However, the linked NY Times story does not include that information, instead stating only that he was described as a "mulatto" or "Spaniard." Mcavalletto ( talk) 01:38, 23 November 2022 (UTC) reply