The 1619 Project: Large Print Edition Edition:Large Print symbol of our seeking once

symbol of our seeking once seemingly unattainable—that Sea of Tranquility—toward which we set our course

Skokloster Castle

"No other man contributed so much to the vast expansion of twentieth century knowledge

Lillian Russell

The 1619 Project: Large Print Edition Edition:Large Print symbol of our seeking onceNow available as a large print paperback, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story is a dramatic expansion of the groundbreaking work of journalism, offering a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present. In late August 1619, a ship arrived in the British colony of Virginia bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa. Their arrival led to the barbaric and unprecedented system of American chattel slavery that would last