The 1619 Project series is Hulu’s latest attempt to push the lies of New York Times leftist Nikole Hannah-Jones, but one historian took to Twitter with a brutal take down of the lies in its first episode.
The series is based on the anti-American 1619 Project that maintains that America is irredeemably evil, racist, and hateful, and it warps history with cherrypicked lies to further the ant-American, leftist agenda aimed at tearing down this country and remaking it by teaching children that America is evil and deserves to die.
But, as I said, it does this by rewriting history to push leftism. And one historian couldn’t take the lies. Phil Magness, who is an economic historian of 19th century history, tweeted a take down of Hulu’s lie-filled series that is a must see.
Both @nhannahjones and @woodyholtonusc assert explicit parallels between Dunmore and Abraham Lincoln's emancipation proclamation. This stretches the evidence beyond all recognition. Dunmore's measure saw very limited use & only freed slaves on the condition of military service.
— Phil Magness (@PhilWMagness) January 27, 2023
Another misleading portrayal is the Hulu series' filming location. Hannah-Jones interviews Holton at the colonial governor's mansion in Williamsburg, strongly implying these events took place there.
They didn't. Dunmore had fled to a British ship and issued the order from exile. pic.twitter.com/YHLVbPLaIg
— Phil Magness (@PhilWMagness) January 27, 2023
Rewatched the segment and…hoo-boy.
Holton points at the governor's mansion in Williamsburg, claiming that Dunmore issued his proclamation from this building as a sign of its significance.
None of this is true. Dunmore fled months earlier & issued it from exile aboard a ship! pic.twitter.com/EdnycpAiVC
— Phil Magness (@PhilWMagness) January 27, 2023
The presentation is almost intentionally imprecise. They dance around the whole "one of the causes" controversy by only focusing on Dunmore, and handwaving aside everything else about the Revolution.
An uninformed viewer would absolutely think that Dunmore was a mass-emancipator
— Phil Magness (@PhilWMagness) January 27, 2023
Liberals are universally liars. Everything they do is a lie.
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