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Setting the historical record straight for the critics of The New York Times project on slavery in America

  • Written by Kelley Fanto Deetz, Lecturer in American Studies, University of Virginia
Screen Shot of the New York Times homepage for its series, "1619."New York Times

Four hundred years after the event, the New York Times has published a special project focusing on the first Africans arriving in 1619 at Point Comfort, Virginia, and the legacy of slavery in the U.S.

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