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by Georgelemental 1268 days ago
"The 1619 project" purports to demonstrate that the primary motivation behind the American Revolution was to preserve slavery in the 13 colonies. But this conclusion is false, not supported by the evidece. And, interestingly, some of the best rebuttals of it were published by the World Socialist Web Site, a Trotskyist publication:

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/06/1619-s06.html

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/14/mcph-n14.html

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/28/wood-n28.html