The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story (Unabridged)
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story (Unabridged) Audiobook ∙ History ∙ 2021 Nikole Hannah-Jones , The New York Times Magazine , Caitlin Roper , Ilena SIlverman & Jake Silverstein #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • NPR • Marie Claire In late August 1619, a ship arrived in the British colony of Virginia bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty people stolen 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 source of so much that still defines the United States. The New York Times Magazine ’s award-...