1620

A Critical Response to the 1619 Project

By: Peter W. Wood

Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby

Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins

Publisher's summary

Peter Wood argues against the flawed interpretation of history found in the New York Times’ 1619 Project and asserts that the true origins of American self-government were enshrined in the Mayflower compact in 1620.

Was America founded on the auction block in Jamestown in 1619 or aboard the Mayflower in 1620? The controversy erupted in August 2019 when the New York Times announced its 1619 Project. The Times set to transform history by asserting that all the laws, material gains, and cultural achievements of Americans are rooted in the exploitation of African Americans. Historians have pushed back, saying that the 1619 Project conjures a false narrative out of racial grievance.

This book sums up what the critics have said and argues that the traditional starting point for the American story - the signing of the Mayflower Compact aboard ship before the Pilgrims set foot in the Massachusetts wilderness - is right. A nation as complex as ours, of course, has many starting points, including the Declaration of Independence in 1776. But if we want to understand where the quintessential ideas of self-government and ordered liberty came from, the deliberate actions of the Mayflower immigrants in 1620 count much more than the near accidental arrival in Virginia 15 months earlier of a Portuguese slave ship commandeered by English pirates.

Schools across the country have already adopted the Times’ radical revision of history as part of their curricula. The stakes are high. Should children be taught that our nation is, to its bone, a 400-year-old system of racist oppression? Or should we teach children that what has always made America exceptional is its pursuit of liberty and justice for all?

©2020 Peter W. Wood (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing

Critically Important History!

Truth is always objective when it come to history, in other words what's happened in the past has been recorded for all to read and understand. Peter Wood has done America a great service by responding to the 1619 project. his scholarly approach is very refreshing insofar as he actually documents other sources who have already clearly defined the constitution and it's context. not a country built on slavery, but built on the principles of liberty and freedom for all citizens. no matter what color they are! to undermine this is to rip and tear at the foundation of the unalienable rights given by God to all men. then forged into the greatest documents ever written; the constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights! unfortunately the 1619 project attempts to do all of these things and more. through fabricated fantasies and emotional scholarship, this book is a critical and necessary response to error. if you want the truth of our Founding, than it's a must read.

Excellent

Excellent and well researched. Very informative. Well worth the time. A must read retort to the 1619

True History, and an Accurate Reply

I like how I was taught good and honest American history. Peter Wood gives an academically rigorous critique while keeping the narrative interesting and brief. This book should be listened to or read if you want a reasonable response to CRT and it’s destructive tendency. Those who would be ideologically opposed to this should read it for its merit in critique and accuracy. It corrects the narrative of the 1619 project.

Concise Examination

Concise examination of the 1619 project that points out historical inaccuracies that are not disputed. Discusses the impact this may have on Black Americans who are being taught that they are victims who can never escape. He cites the works of established historians. An interesting discussion of history text books in the 20th century that did ignore or put a dressing over slavery. Doesn’t diminish the tragedy of slavery, but tries to put it into context with a complicated story of America—a Republic born with the idea of equality but enslaved a race.

REQUIRED reading if you care about education

This book unequivocally eviscerates the arguments of charlatan activist Nicole Hannah-Jones, and exposes the pernicious agenda of Jake Silverstein and the once-great New York Times and the Pulitzer Center.

Wood does so with blistering accuracy and the tale about the many ways that these unforgivably mendacious text are attempting pushed a destructive narrative that infantilizes people of color and attempts to undermine anything of value that existed in the foundation of our country. I am a lifelong proud Democrat, but I was absolutely disgusted by what Jones and the New York Times are attempting to foist upon both the public at large, and more pernicious lie, our children.

If your school system is considering the adoption of this scandalously fallacious 1619 curriculum, send copies of this book to every member of the school board.

Excellent expose of the 1619 propaganda

Bottom line - she herself admits it's only journalism and was never meant to be historical.
Yet she received award after award from the self congratulatory mob, patting themselves on the back.

What are we to believe

I believe that Peter Wood did a great job of separating fact from fiction or as he put it histories facts from a myth. History is the past from which we can learn right from wrong, for without history I do not believe we would no have advanced from knuckle walker on the Savannah plains to where we are today

Truth triumphs lies (1619 project)

I knew that Hannah-Jones was promoting a leftist agenda. Just a outright lie. That's insult to all Americans.

I am glad Peter Wood choose to call out the lie with truth. So Americans will be missed by lies.

The 1620 book presented with facts that a lot of Americans was familiar with through own research and added layers to it. Wood expounded on areas of Lincoln, slavery, economics of slavery plus others that was taught in the Public schools. More specifically, where Hannah-Jones lied and presented verifiable facts as a strong counter.

I truly enjoyed this book for reasons. I would recommend this everyone.
I look forward to check out more of his works in the future.

Everyone Needs to read or listen to this book

The narrative about the history is currently being challenged by the 1619 project. However, in order to do so they have engaged in embellishments and outright lies.

This book outlines the myths, false assumptions and outright lies that the 1619 project has used to create a narrative that the United States was founded on slavery, that it owes its wealth to slavery and it's laws perpetuate slavery.

This book points out and summerizes the many historians who have challenged the myths portrayed by the 1619 project.

Even better, this book lays out the the historical events of the founding of the colonies and laws of our country from the 1620 Mayflower compact onward and includes the real history around the events used by the 1619 Project to make their claims.

Finally, it points out the stated motives of the 1619 project and the real damage it has and will do if it is used as a historical context to frame our national discussion around Critical Race Theory. Where our youth would be taught to see everything our nation and society as a form of oppression.

Thank you Peter and Stephen for putting this together.

Fair & Precise

I was impressed with the arguments, and rebuttals, along with documented facts. Peter Wood’s articulation, this day and age, is to be admired for clarity and desire for future understanding. He has given many resources, both pro and con, where people can find more information through which to join the conversation.