The 1619 Project
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The 1619 Project is a long-form journalistic revisionist historiographical work that takes a critical view of traditionally revered figures and events in American history, including the Patriots in th
A 1901 illustration of the landing of the first enslaved Africans in Virginia in 1619. The White Lion is seen anchored in the background.
First Africans in Virginia
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The first Africans in Virginia were a group of "twenty and odd" captive persons originally from modern-day Angola who landed in the Colony of Virginia at Old Point Comfort in Hampton, Virginia in late
The 1619 Project
…Times, and The New York Times Magazine. It focused on subjects of slavery and the founding of the United States, taking its name from the year that the first enslaved Africans arrived to colonial Virginia. The first publication from the project was in The New York Times Magazine of August 2019. The project developed an…
Port of Luanda, 1626.
Except regarding Tony Longo, wherein he refers to the court official as an "idle rascal". Longo's name is highlighted.