This line is one of the odder falsehoods in the 1619 Project book. Not only is it wrong - there's no evidence that Lincoln abandoned colonization - but Nikole Hannah-Jones once knew as much.
She changed her position though because it previously rested on my scholarship.
She changed her position though because it previously rested on my scholarship.
In the months after the 1619 Project came out, NHJ repeatedly cited my work to show that Lincoln never abandoned colonization.
Then she realized I was the author, despite being a 1619 Project critic.
Then she realized I was the author, despite being a 1619 Project critic.
A passage on the next page unintentionally reveals the historical ignorance of the 1619 Project writers. It is true that most African-Americans rejected colonization, but NHJ uses two very odd choices to make that case: W.E.B. Du Bois and Martin Delany
Du Bois is an odd choice because he famously left the US & relocated to Ghana at the end of his life, dying there in 1963.
Delany was a black abolitionist, but also an advocate of resettlement in Liberia both before and after the Civil War. In 1878 he organized this company:
Delany was a black abolitionist, but also an advocate of resettlement in Liberia both before and after the Civil War. In 1878 he organized this company:
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