The New York Times' 1619 Project - a curriculum that makes the fantastical claim that a primary cause of the Revolutionary War was the colonists' desire to protect slavery - has been adopted in 3,500 classrooms across all 50 states.
Slavery was abolished in Great Britain in 1833 - over a half-century after the founding of the United States.
Also working completely against Hannah-Jones' narrative is the fact that almost all the states north of the Mason-Dixon Line had voted to abolish slavery by the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783.
By 1804, all the Northern states had passed legislation ending slavery.
Some of the nation's top historians sent a letter to The New York Times in December taking The 1619 Project to task for claiming that protecting slavery was a primary cause of the Revolution.
In their letter to The Times, the academics applauded The 1619 Project's desire "To address the enduring centrality of slavery and racism to our history."
All of these facts from the founding era demonstrate that slavery was not a primary reason the Colonies declared their independence from Great Britain, and our nation's students should not be taught that it was.
https://thefederalistpapers.org/us/children-taught-revolutionary-war-fought-promote-slavery
Slavery was abolished in Great Britain in 1833 - over a half-century after the founding of the United States.
Also working completely against Hannah-Jones' narrative is the fact that almost all the states north of the Mason-Dixon Line had voted to abolish slavery by the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783.
By 1804, all the Northern states had passed legislation ending slavery.
Some of the nation's top historians sent a letter to The New York Times in December taking The 1619 Project to task for claiming that protecting slavery was a primary cause of the Revolution.
In their letter to The Times, the academics applauded The 1619 Project's desire "To address the enduring centrality of slavery and racism to our history."
All of these facts from the founding era demonstrate that slavery was not a primary reason the Colonies declared their independence from Great Britain, and our nation's students should not be taught that it was.
https://thefederalistpapers.org/us/children-taught-revolutionary-war-fought-promote-slavery
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