Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 6: The 1619 Project and the American Revolution
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“Conveniently left out of our founding mythology is the fact that one of the primary reasons the colonists decided to declare their independence from Britain was because they wanted to protect the institution of slavery.” – Nikole Hannah-Jones The broad judgment in the opening quote, that the revolutionary leaders of the 1770s supported independence from Britain because “they wanted to protect the institution of slavery” – even though it’s qualified as being “one of the primary reasons” - gives the impression that their goals were possibly more
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 6: The 1619 Project and the American Revolution
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 6…
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 6: The 1619 Project and the American Revolution
“Conveniently left out of our founding mythology is the fact that one of the primary reasons the colonists decided to declare their independence from Britain was because they wanted to protect the institution of slavery.” – Nikole Hannah-Jones The broad judgment in the opening quote, that the revolutionary leaders of the 1770s supported independence from Britain because “they wanted to protect the institution of slavery” – even though it’s qualified as being “one of the primary reasons” - gives the impression that their goals were possibly more