Question

Why has the Blackwell's Island been called a hospitable place ?​

Answer 1

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Blackwell's Island, known today as Roosevelt Island, is a tiny sliver of an island in New York's East River between Manhattan and the borough of Queens. The island has had several names over the centuries and multiple owners. The first residents of the island, then known as Minnahanock, were the Canarsie Indians.

Answer 2

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Explanation:

Blackwell’s Island, known today as Roosevelt Island, is a tiny sliver of an island in New York’s East River between Manhattan and the borough of Queens. The island has had several names over the centuries and multiple owners. The first residents of the island, then known as Minnahanock, were the Canarsie Indians. In1637, the Indians sold the island to Governor Wouter van Twiller, an employee of the Dutch West India Company. During this time the island was used as farmland and known by the Dutch name Varckens Eylandt or Hog Island (the Dutch raised hogs there). In the late 1700s, it was owned by the Blackwell family, hence the name Blackwell’s Island