1619 Project: A Flawed interpretation of American History with a Hidden Agenda | Phillip Magness & Kate Wand

America’s founding is tainted with the stain of slavery.

This is undoubtedly among the darkest parts of American history, that has long been repudiated.

It also presents a paradox which is this: the founding principles of liberty and equality under the law are incompatible with the institution of slavery that was still present upon the founding.

This has left a void ready to be filled with all kinds of interpretations as to what America is fundamentally about.

There are historians who research the past in order to understand the nuanced truth.

And then there are those who are focused on rewriting history in order to further their ideological and political agenda in the modern day.

Phil Magness is one of the most passionate, significant and qualified critics of the New York Time’s 1619 project, which just launched a Hulu miniseries. As a historian who specializes in 19th century United States, the American revolution, and the political and economic dimensions of slavery, he was astonished at the core fallacies, distortions and omissions of the 1619 project, and its blatant attempt to rewrite American history to fit a modern day political agenda.

In this episode of Liberty Curious, we explore the fundamental flaws of the 1619 project, and point to stories about abolitionists like Frederick Douglass that never made the cut. Phil also explains how they shockingly use pro-slavery figures to make a denouncement of slavery and free market capitalism, and exposes the underlying Marxist ideology that underpins the 1619 projects’ premises, when ironically, it is slavery and Marxism that have much more in common than the 1619 projects’ authors care to admit.

What I really wanted to ask him first was, “is tipping rooted in slavery and racism?”.

0:00 - intro

1:58 - is tipping racist?

6:10 - Nikole Hannah-Jones

7:28 - what is the 1619 project?

9:51 - what is the New History of Capitalism?

14:13 - the slave owner the 1619 project distorts

19:25 - capitalism and the cotton industry

25:00 - pairing slavery with capitalism

27:03 - American revolution & Nikole Hannah-Jones

28:38 - 1619 discounts the abolition movement

35:19 - an example of an abolitionist free market capitalist

40:28 - Did Canada have a slavery problem?

44:37 - American values & hypocrisy

47:09 - Nikole Hannah-Jones doubles down

50:10- history, journalism, or politics?

52:17 - last thoughts

To read Phil's book: https://www.amazon.com/1619-Project-Critique-Phillip-Magness/dp/1630692018

Footage in the intro used from Hulu's 1619 Project is fair use and meant for educational purposes only. No copyright infringement intended.

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