Posted on 08/24/2019 4:22:57 AM PDT by C19fan
For such an ambitious project examining America’s history of racism; the 1619 Project falls short on multiple levels. Right out of the gate, Nikole Hannah-Jones essay misleads on the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution. First, it’s worth noting that NY Times publisher Dean Baquet admitted that since the Russia 24/7 narrative didn’t work as planned, exploring the roots of racism because Trump! is Plan B. Hannah-Jones went further when introducing the project. ““What if I told you that the year 1619 is as important to the American story as the year 1776? What if I told you that America is a country born both of an idea and a lie?” she asked.” Hannah-Jones essay kick-starts the entire 1619 Project. I urge everyone to read the essay in its entirety and all the other materials with the project. Historical facts not in evidence. This is her jaw dropper about the Declaration of Independence. “And so in Jefferson’s original draft of the Declaration of Independence, he tried to argue that it wasn’t the colonists’ fault. Instead, he blamed the king of England for forcing the institution of slavery on the unwilling colonists and called the trafficking in human beings a crime. Yet neither Jefferson nor most of the founders intended to abolish slavery, and in the end, they struck the passage.”
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I’m happy to give NY back to the U.K.
Stalinists lie. Always.
When is Mother Africa going to finally ban slavery?
IIRC, Aesop (a Greek and that “Fables” guy) was a slave; this circa 560 BC.
Right Australia had it.
Card carrying Communist Howard Zinn. A man who didn’t think it was a just war to fight Nazi Germany in WWII.
Not to pick, but slavery is NOT the only reason the Civil War was fought: invasion of their homelands, a terrible tariff on the South, states' rights, and, yes, slavery, etc.
A terrible price to pay, especially in the South that is being ignored by our modern day historically stupid media.
A case of truth over facts by the Nazi Times.
I didn’t say the war was about slaver, you did in your original post and you asserted that the total dead had died to free the slaves.
Since your total included CSA dead I pointef out that this was illogical
I’m tired of this crap. It is nothing more than an effort to stir up blacks for the election.
Cornell scholar cited in NYT’s ‘1619’ series charged with fabricating quotes, evidence
https://www.thecollegefix.com/cornell-scholar-cited-in-nyts-1619-series-charged-with-fabricating-quotes-evidence/
If you are a Democrat, a SJW, or a terrorist, then yes..
Correct. But you do not want to confuse these people with the facts or truth. The truth they will not believe. A lie they will.
What a pile of S^^T!!!
Link to the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database:
https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm
A true story on how the US courts treated slaves:
February 1839: The Amistad Rebellion
In February 1839, slave hunters abducted a group of Africans from Sierra Leone and shipped them to Havana, Cuba to be sold as slaves. Their kidnappings violated all treaties then in existence. When they arrived in Cuba, two Spanish plantation owners, Pedro Montes and Jose Ruiz, purchased 53 slaves to work their Caribbean plantation. They loaded the slaves aboard the Cuban schooner Amistad. On July 1, while sailing through the Caribbean, the captured slaves organized a mutiny. One of the slaves, Sengbe Pieh (also known as Joseph Cinque), freed himself and loosed others. They killed the captain and the ship’s cook, seized the ship, and ordered Montes and Ruiz to sail to Africa.
Under the guise of heading towards Africa, Montes and Ruiz sailed the ship north instead. The Amistad zigzagged up the east coast for nearly two months. On August 26, 1839, it dropped anchor off the tip of Long Island and a few of the men went ashore for fresh water. Soon, the US Navy brig Washington sailed into view. Thomas R. Gedney, commanding officer of the Washington, assumed those on board were pirates. He ordered his men to disarm the Africans and capture everyone including those who had gone ashore for water. They were all transported to Connecticut where officials freed the Spaniards but charged the Africans with murder upon the high seas.
The murder charges were eventually dismissed, but the Africans remained imprisoned and their case sent to Federal District Court in Connecticut. The plantation owners, the government of Spain, and Gedney all claimed some sort of compensation. The plantation owners wanted their slaves back, the Spanish government wanted the slaves returned to Cuba where they would likely be put to death, and Thomas Gedney felt he was entitled to compensation under maritime law that allowed salvage rights when saving a ship or its cargo from impending loss.
The district court ruled that the case fell within Federal jurisdiction. The ruling was appealed, and the case sent to the Supreme Court. Former president John Quincy Adams argued on behalf of the Africans. He said they were innocent because international laws found the slave trade was illegal. Thus, anyone who escaped should be considered free under American law.
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Africans and ordered their immediate release. Abolitionists who had supported their cause raised funds to return them to Africa. On November 26, 1841, nearly three years after their abduction, the Africans departed New York City bound for home. Only 35 of them made it back. The others died at sea or while in custody.
The Communists would love is to throw out the baby with the bath water and relinquish all of our individual rights and Constitution.
I agree that was definitely part of the thinking.. leaving the south in tact to be supported by the French or English was a danger... so mix it up and as the saying goes let the French and English say don’t wade in when your adversaries are fighting themselves.
Good point
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