The 1619 Project Vendor Code_V0413 to protect their own—and everything

to protect their own—and everything they hold most precious

Now all she has to do is graduate high school

" Cassandra Clare

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The 1619 Project Vendor Code_V0413 to protect their own—and everythingIn 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 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.