The 1619 Project - 9780753559536

The 1619 ProjectA New American Origin Story\nAuthor(s): Nikole Hannah-Jones, Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Magazine\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Ebury Publishing, United Kingdom\nImprint: W H Allen\nISBN-13: 9780753559536, 978-0753559536\nSynopsis\n#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New American Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, Esquire, Marie Claire, Electric Lit, Ms. magazine, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist In late August 1619, a ship arrived in the British colony of Virginia bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa. Their arrival led to the barbaric and unprecedented system of American chattel slavery that would last for the next 250 years. This is sometimes referred to as the country's original sin, but it is more than that: It is the sod