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Statue of a 17th century slave trader, then dumping him in the harbor. pressure from protesters creating action in america, as well. in jacksonville, florida, a statue of a confederate soldier standing on this pedestal since the 19th century carted off by the city overnight. >> this is a symbol of white supremacy and hate that was put up in the jim crow days and black people know that. >> reporter: just moments ago, the city's mayor ordering all confederate statues removed. tonight, the u.s. navy moving to ban all confederate flags from public spaces. but some argue these monuments are apart o...
Felt was important. >> you have two brave commanders you have jim buoy and travis. >> buoy was a slave trader. he also was a charismatic leader. >> buoy was with his brother and known as crocodile, tough kind of character out of the bayou. buoy, crockett and travis and others decided we're going to dig in our heels. it's freedom or death. we're going to make our stand here. it was like a second american revolution in their mind that we now going to get sources of mexico. >> first thing is to think about the alamo, we think that's the alamo. actually the alamo was a pretty big place.
Sacrifice for something they felt was important. >> seo two braided commanders, jim bowie and william travis, what were they like? >> travis was a young man, had strong, bowie we had more wisdom, he was a slave trader, one of the things he got involved in life, but he also was a charismatic leader. bowie was famous in his own right, creating the bowie knife in louisiana, known as a tough character of the bayous. bowie and crockett and travis on the others decided we are going to dig in our heels, and it's freedom or death. that we are going to make our stand here. it was like a second american...
>> it's an incredible story of a man that blew the lid off slave industry in the 1700s. he was a slave trader. through an appearance out at sea alone in a hurricane, he basically changed his life and came back and became the world 's first whistle blower. >> as the executive producer how difficult is it to bring that story to the stage? >> as difficult as you can imagine. yeah. we had a good run in chicago. that opened the doors for us to come to new york. you know it's not the typical broadway fair. it's incredible entertaining, big broadway show. it has a different heart. >> when he says sav...